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Today I got my hba1c results (my 3rd since diagnosed in April 2015) and im really happy. In April my hba1c was 98 and as of September 17 I was 44.

Diagnosed in April with Diabetes T2 weighed 134kg, 17th August got weighed by nurse and was 129kg, got weighed today and 129kg - getting there slowly :)

Hiya, have you tried asking ur GP or nurse to assist with getting meter, strips and lancets? Some people struggle being Type 2, and I argued the point of how am I to know what will affect me and what won't! I have a meter and now get my lancets and strips on prescription. Don't forget if living...

Got my results today, when diagnosed in mid April I was 99 = 15.1and today I am 68 = 7.9. Really happy with this but nurse isn't and is changing things around with prescription

@woppit_95 don't stress as this will cause you sugars to spike. I'm overweight and I have found that drinking loads of water is helping, and a 10 - 15 min walk every few days is also useful. I know it feels like the end if the world as I was a chocoholic, but this site, these people are amazing...

I was recovering from a cold so I had been drinking lots of fluids (juices) and urinating. Something just clicked in my head one day and I asked a friend who had a glucose meter if I could test. My sugar was 21.8. I called and arranged an appointment for a Hb1Ac. Which came back with a 98 (15.1).

I am glad I'm not the only one that put on weight before diagnosis.

Oops my bad - on the plus side good news :)

Hi and welcome - without this forum I would have been lost. My GP gave me no info and I was left to research by myself. If ur a bread eater substitute it for burgen soya and linseed bread (found in asda) and have only 2 slices. I have found chicken stir fry is a must as it doesn't take a lot of...

Only prescriptions relating to diabetes will be free in England. My card took nearly a month to arrive.

I was told same thing that as a type 2 no need to test. I told my nurse I would like one in order to keep a record of my own. Luckily she contacted Diabetes Nurse in the area that saw me today and said the same thing but gave me a monitor and a few lancets and strips. How is anybody suppose to...

Glad to hear Some1 else with high ketone at time of diagnoses. My nurse has had me in a ball of nerves as being diagnosed by the Dr as type 2, the nurse thinks I might be type 1, due to the high ketones and "sudden onset"

It runs in my family, and I started showing symptons 4 weeks ago. I was just getting over a cold and had been drink loads to flush my system. Once the cold was over I was still drinking loads and needed the loo more than usual. One day I asked a work colleague who is diabetic, if I could take a...

Thank you for the responses. Think its something im going to pass on taking for the moment.

Hi, I was diagnosed on Monday with Type 2, and the doctor has given me Metformin and Statins. I dont understand the reason for the Statins, as my Cholesterol is 4.4. I have asked the doctor and the diabetic nurse, and the response i got was that it assists with lowering cholesterol. I know this...