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Thanks, Those ideas are really helpful. I signed onto the low carb diet thing on this website - not wholly sure what I'm supposed to be looking for - I watched week 1 video and saw the meal plan. Not really any clearer and too busy to really just take the time to sit and work my way through...

I can't believe all these responses! I thought it was only our hospital that was atrocious! I did have my insulin with me, but because there were not doing anything about the possibility of a hypo I let them tell me not to have it - had they been more knowledgeable and helpful it would have...

Earlier last month I was taken into hospital via the out of hours doctor. Diagnosed with diverticulitis I was kept in for 2 nights, with iv antibiotics and liquid, initially nil by mouth but then allowed clear fluids. I am type 2 but insulin dependent as well as on metformin and a new one...

Not sure if this is the right forum or not - I think it is as it is to do with low carb. I'm trying to shift us as a family towards low carb - husband also type 2 and we are both overweight. 3 young people living at home - no weight issues but good time to learn healthy eating. I am also...

OK thanks - probably not that then, unless there have been other illnesses in the past - she was unconscious for about 2 days about 3 years ago, in hospital and it was discovered she had a urinary tract infection which had exacerbated the diabetes and caused the unconsciousness to last so long...

Hi Jim - good to get to know you! Just to let you know my husband and I are also practising Christians - I'm a deacon at our local Elim Pentecostal church, and am doing a degree in Applied Theology! We are also both type 2! Well done on losing the weight - we are still struggling doing that...

This is somewhat of a rant - may apply to others and give them ideas as well, but may not - I don't know! I help a lady with getting some care - she is mid 50s, had diabetes for almost 50 years. Very brittle form of diabetes - frequently having ambulances in to deal with hypos etc. She lives...

Hi, this totally might not help, but my son has only just been able to go on a pump earlier this year - he is now 25 years old and we starting battling for a pump when he was 10! I would highly recommend it - his health this year has been immensely improved! If you would like to ask any...

Hi, just read another post and that was the first time I had ever heard of type 3c (or indeed that there was a type 3 of any sort!). Quickly doing google etc. searches isn't really giving me much information. The reason I am asking is that I have a friend who is now in her 50s, was diagnosed...

Hi, I'm quite new here too, although I was diagnosed type 2 quite a time ago. However, my son was diagnosed type 1 when he was 7, he is now 25. I know I'm type 2 so this may not apply (although I am insulin dependent now) - earlier this year I was getting more and more ill, sugar levels all...

Hi, I'm fairly new on here too! I was on normal metformin and had the tummy trouble too. Then I would go for a few weeks with no problems, then suddenly have them again, then not. It didn't really worry me, but eventually my dr decided to change me to the metformin slow release. I have...

Thanks for so many replies and such help already! I'll certainly be around more and really trying to get into a more healthy lifestyle. I'm not great at posting lots in these types of forums, but I am an avid reader! Lizdeluz - I'm always happy to talk about homeschooling! I don't know if...

Obvious I guess! Until 1997 the only diabetes we knew in our family was my paternal grandpa had had type 2 and had died of a stroke when I was 7. In 1997 my then 7 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 - completely out of the blue. He fought like made the first few injections when we were...

My son is now 25 and has had a pump since January. He was diagnosed when he was 7 and we first found out about pumps when he was about 10 and have been fighting for one ever since. His control these last 6 months has been so much better - he is feeling better in himself, he looks better. He...