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My husband had a liver transplant a few years ago and since then has developed diabetes due to the steroids he had to take and immuno-suppressants. He now has to inject insulin every day and take metformin, and I am really worried about the long-term effects of this. He is tired all the time. I...

I went to A & E on Saturday as I was getting tingling and numbness in my left hand, arm, shoulder and the left side of my face. I thought I may be having a stroke but the consultant seems to think it is due to uncontrolled diabetes and high blood pressure. I am a bit surprised at this as thought...

I have just had my HbA1 test result and it is 51 after 6 months. My scores over the last year have all been similar. I am not taking any medication as have been trying to control diabetes with diet but not been very successful. I’ve got my diabetic review next week and wondering if I should...

I have just taken my blood sugar and it is 7.1. This is after not having anything to eat today just a couple of coffees with some semi skimmed milk. My morning reading was 8.5, four hours ago. I'm intending to test 2 hours after eating but given it is so high already is there any point as I...

I've been diagnosed as diabetic for several years now and initially wanted to manage it with diet. I only found out by chance that I was diabetic as read it on my online record. No one had told me. I found out about the NHS low calorie diet and decided to do it and all my bloods went back to...

I found out I was type 2 diabetic a few weeks ago when I was reading my medical records on line - no one had thought to tell me so I had to ask my GP and she confirmed it. Since then I have had a meeting with the diabetic nurse at my health centre. I asked her if there were any courses I could...

I am still confused about the advice regarding eating fats. The low carb course advised increasing healthy fats and says these include the fat on meat and other saturated fats. However the advice in the pre-diabetes cookbook linked to on this site says that these should be cut out to lose...