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Hi all Diagnosed in Jan 2009 but still feel in the dark as to what I should be expecting etc re. blood testing etc. I was prescribed Metformin twice daily and told to self-test daily. I was told that I should try to get my levels to between 4 and 7 before breakfast and under 8.5 two hours...

Thanks Chris.... I have been trying very hard to follow my diet plan - I used to comfort eat and so now when I get the urge I then panic re. Diabetes etc...... then want to comfort eat more - THANKFULLY I have NOT comfort ate since my diagnosis - basically through fear! My weight losses have...

...sorry to confuse - I MEANT diabetes.uk :roll: Jill

Thanks everyone for the replies. Although I was diagnosed back in Jan 2009 I feel stupid that I still haven't got my head round accepting this is my life now and will be til my end! I feel that a year should've been enough time to 'sort myself out mind wise!'. I am angry re. my eye probs and the...

Right - where do I start!!?? I was diagnosed as Type 2 back in Jan 2009. I was started on Metformin twice daily but around Sept 09 they reduced this to one tablet a day instead of 2 as I was getting very forgetful - ANNOYINGLY FORGETFUL - daft enough to send me to GP !!! Since then my levels...

Thanks Chris.... No there aren't local groups round here, also I worry hearing 'horror' stories direct from other diabetics will panic me even more! You're so right about my OH - he does need the kick you suggested :) Thanks for replying x

I'd been told NEVER to walk round barefooted again due to Diabetes - WHY DOES SO MUCH 'ADVICE' CONFLICT!!!!!!????!!!!!! Thanks for being there you lot x

Awwww thanks for the support you two. Yes please do come round and slap my husband. To be honest I can't really expect him to be better as last year he lost his dad to cancer and although he had plenty of warning he still never phoned / visited etc and when told he was dying and may not see...

Hi all Coming on here I'll admit for a moan! I am feeling sorry for myself again today - some days I just get on with things but other days I get thinking about the Diabetes diagnosis and how it affects me.... My Husband does not understand - he is stick thin, eats like a pig, and when I told...

Thanks for all the postings. What is the maximum for a GOOD spike for your blood to raise - meaning that you can tolerate the food being tested? What spike makes it a BAD one and a food to avoid? Jill

SO IF I do the 1 hour readings - should the rise from before meal reading be the same on every day as if it can change frequently with exercise etc how do I know it is the food affecting me and not circumstances? I don't see the point (s'cuse the pun) of pricking my finger regularly if no...

Hi all Can you help? The other day I decided to test my blood before meals and 2 hours after meals. I found that before Breakfast I was 6.7 then after a Banana - 2 hours later I was 8.3 . I thought this a big jump so to double check - 2 days later again I tested before breakfast ( 6.0) and...

I was diagnosed in end January of this year and had my first Retinal Screening done this March. The test etc was painless, like others said - I did wince when out in sunlight again on way home - I had my Mum with me and I do believe apart from the brightness factor I could see well enough to...

Thanks for those figures Ken. Have jotted them down in my diary book. SO do you suggest I start testing before Dinners and Teas and again 2 hours after each meal? If I test AFTER the meal - what reading means "DO NOT EAT AGAIN" ? When testing after meals what number range is what I should be...

Hi Ken My Nurse said that as I 'only' have Type 2 that I should only test 2 - 3 times a week and that she didn't actually think I should've been given a meter by the other nurse! I have been noting down all my readings in this diary book that came with the meter. You say my levels are not what...

Hello I am losing slowly but surely on SW. This week I lost 3 lbs which I am pleased with. I now have nearly lost 1.5 stones since diagnosis. I measure my blood levels using Aviva monitor every now and then as recommended to test 2 - 3 times a week. Usually my before breakfast reading will range...

I was diagnosed back in end Jan this year and in March I had my first ever Retinal Screening done in same building as my doctors. THANK GOD I did as it was detected that I had a Retinal Detatchment and that if undiagnosed I would've been blind in that eye by Xmas this year! I had the surgery...

I don't pay membership / weighing fees - I get my support from an online forum which is an Aimoo group (free) and weigh myself weekly. Yes Red days are lower carb than Green days - the carbs form your HEB choices (ie. 227g Potato or 2 slices Nimble Bread as one choice). I have been using SW...

Does anyone here follow SLIMMING WORLD diet plan? I have Type 2 Diabetes and take Metformin twice daily and am trying to lose weight as morbidly obese as well (lovely phrase that!). I was originally before being diagnosed following the Green day plan but my nurse recommended I start doing RED...

Hello Everyone I personally am a Type 2 who is morbidly obese and is taking Metformin twice daily and watching my food so to encourage weight loss. I follow SLIMMING WORLD but the RED plan - this gives me measured amounts of carbs etc but unlimited other items - my nurse suggested I switch from...