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    Making me healthy would be a miracle.

    I'm registered blind - so driving isn't going to be an issue! My blood sugar was 30 before tea and my insulin shot last night. Two hours later it was 22. This morning when I woke up it was between 12 and 13. I even felt well enough to have some weetabix.
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    Making me healthy would be a miracle.

    I got on quite well today. My blood glucose was 30+ and the consultant agreed it's really a case of my pancreas not producing insulin rather than me being resistant to it so he started me on insulin and gave me a blood sugar monitor. I was quite apprehensive about injecting the insulin and even...
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    Making me healthy would be a miracle.

    I just thought I'd update you all. After being 'diagnosed' and put on the metaformin I was finding it was make me feel really ill so was quite reluctant to take it. As I've still only been eating once a day I was usually taking one of the pills. Over the last two weeks I've also not eaten...
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    Making me healthy would be a miracle.

    Yeah, to say I'm a carb junkie is really an understatement. A typical meal is macaroni cheese with chips and cheesy garlic bread or deep fried pizza with chip sandwiches! I then graze all day on crisps - crisps have always been my down-fall. I can easily eat 50 packets each day. It's little...
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    Making me healthy would be a miracle.

    Hi all, I have lots of medical complaints due to an extremely rare genetic mutation and among them I have had chronic pancreatitis for several years including a tendency towards diabetes. I spent so much time at doctors and in hospital for various things in my youth that I've always been quite...