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Hello all. My question is in the title. If your hbalc is ok, at non diabetic levels, does it matter if you sometimes have a high carb spike? I am sure that I have read somewhere ( now can't find it) that it is the bigger rises of over 2 that will do the most damage. Is this still the case if...

Yay!!!! I have been doing it all wrong. I will immediately start eating fruit and lentils. Oh for goodness sake'....

Your garden looks fab!!! I really love your photos each day.

Morning all. I.was 6.4 at 05.45. But I had been awake for a while before that. If you should see a headline saying "old kent lady arrested for murdering her snoring husband" you will know why I have had to stop posting.

Hello and welcome. Beautiful baby!!

As wshelley says, genetics are hugely important. I have many family members with t2d. Also some with t1d. And a couple with ms. And I have hypothyroidism as did many of my aunts and some of my cousins. And a few other autoimmune disorders. Genetics play a huge part in our illness but for the...

Slowly is absolutely fine. You have had to make such big changes. I know everyone focuses on the physical health side( quite rightly, or you would be in hospital for ever) but I think the mental challenges are even more daunting. You have had to face the fact that you are mortal. So did I, and...

I started off aiming for lower carbs and ended up on ketogenic. I found that just having a little bit did not work for me. Not because of my bgls, ( although they did rise) but because I just wanted to eat more and more. A little bit just made me want to eat loads and it took ages for the...

Hello robbie. So good to see you here! I have been following your journey and can see you getting to grips with it all. Hope you and mrs robbie and all the little signets are well today. X

Well done everyone. This is not the easiest thing to do!! Its really good to share with people who understand.

Morning all. Going to use ickihuns idea. Starting 101kgs 26 june 2017 Today. 71kgs Total loss 30 kgs. Thats 2 kgs over the last 2 weeks. So want to get below 70. Dont know why, hope I have not become fixated on the numbers.

I am amazed at how similar many of our stories are. There seems little recognition of the fact that a dx of diabetes is a life changing event. However, the lack of info at the beginning seems rather stupid. Why cannot there be just a short info sheet giving phone numbers of clinics, web sites...

Hello and welcome. I am an old expert now, having been diagnosed in june!!! There are loads pf very helpful people on here who will answer any questions you wil have and dont mind how many times you ask. My bit of advice is to make a big mug of tea, pull up a chair and read. Then more tea and...

I have never heard of the dottie course. Is that where you were told you could eat anything in moderation? And welcome to the forum!!!!

Hello bubbsie, nice to see you here!! Didn't know you posted on here, thats great! I am 5.4 today. Bit late cos I had to take grandchild for hospital appt. He invented a whole new set of problems just for himself, so gets quite a bit of nhs attention. I must say they have been exceptional...

I think I have to agree with this A few, a tiny minority of us have had a good experience on dx. I did not. Luckily I found this place. I did not have a second blood test. Nor was I offered retinopathy check until I asked for it. I was told about the xpert course and referred in june. I have...

I was under the very mistaken impression that t1ds were given more info on dx. That is appalling. Did you have to work.it out by yourself? How long until you had some actual help?

Well done!

I have just seen apost from a new member who was told she was t2d by the gp receptionist. I was told in a phone call and told to make an appointment, which was for 4 weeks later. It seems to me that such a huge bit of life changing information should perhaps be given face to face, by someone...

Hello batgirl. I am t2d and I was told in a phone call in june. No info at all except to make an appointment to see the diabetes nurse, an appointm.ent which was for 4 weeks later. And tbh she was not really much help. But she did look at my feet! I weighed 16 st 2 lbs in june. Now weigh 11...