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Hi. I am Bee, and I was a member of this forum when I was first diagnose with pre-diabetes in 2008 I think it was. I managed to get my HBA1C down to what you guys call the "5% club" and since then I have been quite lax with my health. I was knocked down by a pushbike just afterwards which meant...

Budge over, I'm in. :mrgreen: Latest hbA1c - 5.9% Took me ages to get my result, I had it the other Friday. Was run over by a bike coming out of the blood clinic would you believe, so haven't been able to get into the doctors as yet. The nurse just said my cholesterol was "abnormal" whereas...

The Facebook page for Diabetes UK Feel free to add your own links to groups or discussion pages, thought it would be nice to have a central thread for them. Unless we have one already? :)

This is an actual complaint letter to Virgin:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... ddict.html What with this and the Atkins-type diet published yesterday, someone at the Daily Wail.. sorry MAIL has changed their mind this year. :lol:

Well I just got back from the docs. My first HBA1C result is in. And it is *drumroll* 6.1 She seemed over the moon with it. Then she said I did have diabetes but if I continued losing weight and all that, then I wouldn't have diabetes. :? My cholesterol is good, but she didn't tell me what...

My boyfriend thinks it is hilarious for some reason. :? My thighs and sides are feeling all tingly and shivery over the last few days, especially when I bend in a certain way. I'm wondering if it is anything to do with my lower back, which I have had intermittent problems with for years. Or...

:oops: I am following a low carb diet and have been for about 3 weeks. A few days ago I noticed I was feeling "sore" when I went to the toilet for number twos and slightly uncomfortable in that general area. Today there has been a small amount of blood when I go to the toilet, leaking as it...

Does anyone use this, what are your thoughts? http://www.naturallygreen.co.uk/stevia- ... p78816j305

Is it any good? I have been reading their pages on diabetes, is it reliable information? http://www.nhs.uk/Pathways/diabetes/Pages/Symptoms.aspx The list of symptoms, for example are: The only one I got was the uhm.. thrush thing, but I had that sorted a few months ago. I won't say how - no...

... bit nerve wracking doing it for the first time, but I think I got it right. Tested just now after commuting home, before eating and got 5.7. Good/bad? :? What do I do now? Do I need to test alot, or wait for the GP to tell me to start or... ?

Hi there! Currently I am trying to limit the amount of carbohydrates that I intake, on the advice of some of the people on this forum (I stress - some - it doesn't work for all I know :) ) I was just wondering, am I doing it right, is there anything I am missing out, am I going "too" low carb...

Thanks to all of you lovely people I now know much more about diabetes - especially Insulin Resistance and PCOS etc. I have been reading and digesting information from a variety of different sources. Tonight I read from a link on here that by the time a diabetic is experiencing impaired fasting...

:D Hello! :D I am so glad I have found this place, I have so many questions! This year I went to the doctors about my constant tiredness. I mean I need at the very least 7 hours sleep a night, I sleep for England! :lol: I commute, and by Friday I am exhausted. I get episodes where I go...