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My blood pressure has probably always been high and I have been struggling to keep my Doctor/DNS happy that I can do something about it that doesn't require yet another medication regime. I did a quick BP check at the surgery when going for my pre-check up blood tests and got a result of 149/91...

If you didn't see horizon last night try to see it on iPlayer. As a slim Type 2 it was of great interest to me, showing that all type 2s are not the result of obesity or metabolic syndrome; but that it can be due to poor nutrition in the womb! With a significant proportion of underweight babies...

A friend has just been diagnosed type 2, he's relatively healthy if just a few pounds overweight. His diet is a bit erratic primarily due to being on night work for the last few years. I've seen posts in the past from T2's who feel that night/shift working has caused/exasperated their...

The following link is to a news story from the Joselin Diabetes Research centre in the USA and reports on some interesting new insights to Insulin resistance. http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/News-insulin-signals-stop-diabetes-021610.aspx?xmlmenuid=51&wnnvz=1756,01296495181 Hope you can...

When I was first diagnosed my doctor was more worried by my 180/90 BP than my fasting BG of 18. Meds and diet have got the BG under reasonably good control - but from 180/90 to 160/88 on 2.5mg ramipril, to 145/85 on 5mg Ramipril and 145/85 on 10mg Ramipril this one seems more difficult to...

Like most new(ish) diagnosed diabetics I have found this forum a life-saver, an invaluable source of help, support and information, it’s difficult to imagine where I’d be if I’d just been relying on the health care professionals. My thanks to all and may it continue evolving. Following ‘your’...

Of all the things I have had to learn about diabetes over the last couple of months the one that is still a mystery to me is Insulin Resistance. The standard 'wrong key to unlock the energy in your cells' might be sufficient for pre-teens but is surely insulting and un-helpful to most adults of...

In another post (on Frozen Shoulders) Jem comments… ‘…and every day I find more reasons and "likelihoods" that I've been diabetic for more years than I thought!’ I am still quite newly diagnosed, but this same thought is with me nearly all the time. It has positive repercussions for me because...

I am a newly diagnosed T2 (August this year). I have been quite successful at getting my pre-breakfast BG down to between 5 or 6 over the last few weeks with 3 X Metformin and 2 X Clyclazides a day. However last week I had one day that was abnormally high - strangely this coincided with a change...