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Yesterday I made an appointment at the opticians for an eyetest with a view to obtaining some corrective spectacles. When I answered in the affirmative to their question "are you diabetic?" they insisted on doing the full retina map thing even though my routine diabetes eye check up a few weeks...

I have lost 5 stone since being diagnosed T2 in June. I have just acquired a BG monitor and I did a casual test in the middle of the day yesterday and scored 5.7. I took a further measurement before my meal this evening and I was astonished to obtain a reading of 4.5! I will get the results of a...

I had my six month check up today and I told the nurse that I had joined this forum and that members advocate testing blood glucose levels for T2s. She praised me and reached in a draw and gave me a meter, even though I am not strictly entitled to one! There are some good uns out there.

Hello I have been diagnosed as type 2 for 7 months now (picked up at a routine medical). Since then I have lost 4.5 stone in weight and I feel much better. No permanent damage has been identifiegd yet. I have joined this forum for mutual support.