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I was diagnosed with a reading of 110 in January 2023. I had a blood test a couple of weeks ago and I am now 38. I don't eat anywhere near as much as I used to and am very careful not to have many carbs evey day and exercise as much as I can. Unfortunately I had already damaged my eyesight and...

I had real problems with my arms about 5 years. I was told that was a frozen shoulder and given injections and all sorts with no joy. A couple of years ago my legs started hurting enough to stop me sleeping. They ran blood tests including Vitamin D and realised I was very very low for Vit...

Haha, "I'm surprised they stop bothering you after 60 instead of checking every 5 years to see if you've got younger", that made me laugh. I've just checked the entitlement webpage for me and it's still got my old address even though every other part of the NHS has my correct address. I moved...

I agree with you. AI is an incredibly useful tool, it is different to google or anything like that. Obviously you don't take it as gospel as it is wrong on such a lot of things. However, when it gives you answers to questions and gives links to back it up it is incredibly useful. I...

Sorry about that, for some reason my brain told me it was your husband when I was typing the reply. :)

Hi, Sorry to hear about that, but as has been said it has always been the case. However, you do not have to wait for the card to arrive. You can check on the following website if your hubby is now exempt : https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/check-if-you-have-nhs-exemption The pharmacist shouldn't...

I've been to every supermarket near me today looking for low carb bread. This was Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Morrisons, Farmfoods. The lowest I could find was some Warbuton's which was 9g per slice. @Melgar - I think I'm going to look into making my own bread. Have you got any recommendations for...

That's brilliant, well done.

Sounds like you are doing great Lupf. Things like this are very inspiring to me, I'm really hoping that I can keep my reading down. I love eggs and cheese and that type of thing.

Hi @KennyA . I've been looking at different breads for my sandwiches. Lidl do High Protein Rolls with a low carb of ~10g, high protein of ~24 and high fibre of ~13g. Do they sound good?

Thanks for the recommendation, but it looks like it costs over £4 a loaf which is a bit too expensive for me.

Hi Ian, I've already got the results from the NHS app and I know that I've got down to 38 from 48 in December - I'm hoping to bask in the glory when I see her, haha. Like you I have stopped horrible pasta, rice, potatoes etc. When I used to have chips with meat for dinner I know have a...

Plenty of positives there Jo, thanks for sharing. I know what you mean about humans, the older I get the less patient I am with people (apart from family). It's an effort to get out of the house and meet people and I haven't met 1 friend since I moved here in November last year. There is a...

You've done incredibly well there, 33 is a great figure in less than two years. I buried my head in the sand a lot when I was first diagnosed, I just didn't want to read about it and I think I was a bit in denial. Fortunately, I did stop eating chocolate and crisps (and bloody pasta - I hate...

Some great posts here, thanks for sharing. Thinking about it, I too don't have to go to the loo during the night, also, I had liver problems with no symptoms. It was picked up during my diabetes blood test - I think I could have hard serious liver problems if it wasn't for that. I used to...

Hi all, I've always been a glass half full person and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in January 2023 with a 110 reading. There are so many downsides to having type 2 but to cheer myself up the other day I was trying to think of any positives it has brought to my life. 1. Weight. I...

Hi Mrs SLD. I was diagnosed as type 2 with a reading of 110 in Jan 2023. Just like you, I had no symptoms and it was discovered from a blood test. I was prescribed Glicazide but my nurse gave me 3 months to get it down first. Iwas down to about 60 in three months which was good. I just...

Thanks for saying that about it dropping. I guess we'll never know what she meant about the tuna as I won't see her again. I'm now down to 38 so it took 2 years and 6 months to get to that.

Thanks for this, it is interesting reading. I don't think that she meant the mercury but I don't really know. I probably make her sound really bad but she really did help me. She was great with the medication, she'd said she should put me on all sorts as I was 110 - however, she said she...

Reading this made me laugh a bit. My know it all brother had a bit of a go at me during a family dinner last week. He was going on an on about how bad asparteme was and that the 17 cans a day thing was rubbish and the documentary said it was bad having more than 1 can a day. I asked what he...