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Earlier last month I was taken into hospital via the out of hours doctor. Diagnosed with diverticulitis I was kept in for 2 nights, with iv antibiotics and liquid, initially nil by mouth but then allowed clear fluids. I am type 2 but insulin dependent as well as on metformin and a new one...

Not sure if this is the right forum or not - I think it is as it is to do with low carb. I'm trying to shift us as a family towards low carb - husband also type 2 and we are both overweight. 3 young people living at home - no weight issues but good time to learn healthy eating. I am also...

This is somewhat of a rant - may apply to others and give them ideas as well, but may not - I don't know! I help a lady with getting some care - she is mid 50s, had diabetes for almost 50 years. Very brittle form of diabetes - frequently having ambulances in to deal with hypos etc. She lives...

Hi, just read another post and that was the first time I had ever heard of type 3c (or indeed that there was a type 3 of any sort!). Quickly doing google etc. searches isn't really giving me much information. The reason I am asking is that I have a friend who is now in her 50s, was diagnosed...

Obvious I guess! Until 1997 the only diabetes we knew in our family was my paternal grandpa had had type 2 and had died of a stroke when I was 7. In 1997 my then 7 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 - completely out of the blue. He fought like made the first few injections when we were...