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I am borderline diabetic and obviously am so pleased with my diatician visit today but I do appreciate that so many of you have enormous problems wih diet, bs levels etc. Can I only wish you well and hope you might return from a medical apointment and feel as happy as I do today. Best wishes to...

Just got back from my first appointment with the dietician. I was diagnosed in Sept 2008.I am absolutely over the moon, chuffed and delighted. I have lost a stone in weight since mid November. She said that the way I am attacking my diet is brilliant Her only comment was that I should be...

Can diabetic retinopathy be treated? Obviously it must depend on the severity when diagnosed. If it can be treated is this done by keeping BS levels low or what?

Hi all. Just got back from a 8000 step walk in the pouring rain with my large brolly and my ipod playing in my ears. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't know when my step meter is 100% correct or not but I do find using it a challenge as I keep trying to beat my own record. I got mine from Amazon...

Why is saccharine not good to use?

Sorry Sixfoot but as newly diagnosed last September and yet to see the dietician, have my eyes screened etc. it was so good to hear these comments. I've been battling away by myself with a few cookbooks, the tremendous wealth of info on this site, lots of walking and loads of determination...

Another 30 years of walking, Phew!! I have just got back from a walk and saw my neighbour as I got home. He commented how healthy I looked. I've had three people this week asking if I had lost weight. I hope the compliments keep coming. They sure do make me feel good.

Relatively new to this in that I have only had 2 appointments with the diabetic nurse since being diagnose last September although I have learnt SO much from this site. One thing I have to ask, what is the HbA1c test? The blood test I had done after fasting for 12 or so hours when I was...

Actually done 6,000 today

Not sure of distance in miles but I think unless I do anything extra my daily steps are about 4,500 - 5,000. I need to put my step length into my pedometer

I have one which is why I wondered about suggested number of steps for a 62 year old. Yesterday was brilliant I actually did 14,500. I work in a school in the mornings I walked the kids, to the swimming pool, meter read 6,500 when I returned to school. Then I took myself for a walk in the...

That's the other problem. I would not have time to do 7 mile as I still work. Any idea how I can get more exercise? I park at the other end of car parks, I run up the stairs, often 5 or 6 times without stopping at home, which I pride myself on as my two best friends who are roughly the same age...

I know that everyone is recommended to walk 10,000 steps a day if possible. I am 62 and wondered if this amount of steps is still advisable for someone my age. Ok, if I can achieve this then brilliant. Does anyone know of a steps number that it will be good for me to achieve every day therefore...

Came across this so thought I would post it. Maybe a lot of you have already seen it. http://healthguides.mapofmedicine.com/c ... betes3.pdf

Was wondering how your Gran is getting on? Best wishes.

I have a FreeStyle Lite monitor. The cheapest place I have found to buy the strips is direct from the company that manufacture them, Abbott. They are around £16 for 50, about £25 in chemists, possibly a few pound cheaper on the internet. You will probably have to become a member and give them...

Thanks Dennis. I think she intends doing that I just wondered what people thought.

Are shaky hands a symptom of diabetes. My daughter who is 30 had one of her work mates comment that she sometimes notices my daughter's hand shaking slightly and that she may have diabetes.

Many thanks for your kind replies.

I understand and accept that very low carbs reduce bs levels. I do need to reduce my weight and have read that it is ok to eat such things as butter and cream which most people would avoid if trying to loose weight, is this correct? Grief it is all so confusing. Diagnosed type 2 levels around 6...