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Hi, I have been feeling ill for about 3 weeks now and was diagnosed with bronchitis last week. I am on antibiotics which have made me nauseous but usually actually vomiting. Despite my best efforts about eating all the right things, even when my body is saying "please, no food or I will throw!"...

When I was diagnosed T2 I was told I was insulin resistant but also did not produce enough insulin. I am classed as a "skinny" with a BMI of 22.9. I have just been reading a thread about my kind of person and saw that I am more likely to develop T1 or a variant because of the above. Dos anyone...

I really struggle to eat until I have been up for about an hour and a half or longer so delay food, otherwise I vomit which kind of counteracts breakfast and I lose my metformin. The delay does mean lunchtime comes round quicker so mid day tests are up slightly but by the evening are usually...

I am so frustrated! I was diagnosed T2 July 1st, and as quite poorly at the time but am adjusting and felt better with antibiotics. Went back to work asap. I have tried explaining that I do not need special adaptations and that I can drive safely, and that it is obvious now that the sick leave I...

Hi, I'm newly diagnosed, 1/7/2011, and am getting on track. I've found though that when my BG is between 7.5 and 8.5 I feel a bit dizzy and disorientated. Is this my body having been used to high BG reacting to the lower more normal BG perhaps? It doesn't last long, maybe half an hour and I...

Went to see DSN today and was told this, still have protein in urine. Have to get further bloods done in a few weeks. I was hoping it was just the UTI I had. Also now on meds to lower cholesterol but BP down a bit and BG stabilising so not all bad. I was wondering if the protein thing is likely...

Up and down it's been for the last few days! Eating some things one day and getting good results like yesterday when it went down to the lowest I've had since diagnosis, 8.5, then today when I ate much the same foods and got more exercise and tonight it's 13.1! I'm still very new to all this but...

Hi, I am new to all this, diagnosed 1/7/2011. My DSN gave me urine testing strips so I have been using them till this weekend when my free BG Mtr arrived. I had worked hard to control carbs and my urine tests seem to reflect that. However yesterday I started testing blood and was shocked to find...

Hi I treated myself to a few chips tonight, rare for me even before diagnosis 2 weeks ago, but found it was a big mistake. BS went right up and I felt lousy, so back to low carbs! It just wasn't worth it!

Glad to say I think my BG is under control! I only do urine testing currently but it looks reasonably stable. (couple of highs but as newly diagnosed I've been experimenting with food and maybe this accounts for highs!) Why I thought then do I feel rotten? Had a routine GP appointment today and...

Hi, After registering on here and doing the competition for a free meter I got a call from someone saying they were doing a local health survey but in fact they were trying to sell me some kind of capsule containing powdered pomegranate skin to take as supplement for diabetes. Has this happened...

Hi, just wanted to know what kind of reaction people got from their employers when newly diagnosed? I have had to take a bit of time off on a couple of occasions preceding diagnosis and feeling so rough now I am off again. Only diagnosed on 6th July and still trying to stabilise things! My boss...

Hi, I have always had a problem with the above, right from being a child!(am now nearly 60). Eating early in the day, and brushing my teeth too early often spark it off but sometimes it's spontaneous. Not every day (except when I was pregnant and my BS was high during the first one).Unpleasant...

Hi, I was recently diagnosed with Type 2 so I was concerned about driving and how this would affect my insurance. I don't have to inform the DVLA but I rang my insurers to inform them as I thought I should. They have said if the DVLA do not need to be informed neither do the Insurers. Don't know...

Perverse I know, but mine is making me constipated! (but still windy) Will now do one a day with food and one a day without hoping this will work and hopefully won't go too far the other way :roll:

Hi I was diagnosed during a healthy heart check last Friday. Had BG in my urine and ketones, and finger prick blood test showed 15.8. The GP came right in and talked to me and made an appointment for me to see the DSN yesterday. The full blood test showed I had been diabetic for quite a while...