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    Hi everyone

    Thanks Synonym It has already given me a boost, am feeling a lot more positive.
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    Just being nosey - where is everyone from

    Freezing here in Aberdeen, Scotland
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    Hi everyone

    Discovered the site yesterday and latched straight onto the Type2 slot without reading anything else first. Just wanted to say hi and am glad I found you All.
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    varifocals: it's official, I'm middle-aged

    Hi BB Tee hee - am your classic "peering over the top of your specs" case. Just had my lenses updated, single vision, am a stupid moo because my long sight is still fine. Specsavers do varifocals and also told me that they give you a period to adjust to them as they are not for everybody. So I...
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    Grapefruit and T2 - diet only

    Hi Back from the supermarket, all healthy stuff and not a choccie bar in sight. Sorry if I sounded all "woe is me" earlier - I was depressed, it was the mention of statins out of the blue that floored me, that coupled with the fact that I knew I wasn't managing to control my diet. I get my...
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    Grapefruit and T2 - diet only

    Hi Ardbeg Thanks for that - will dig car out of snow and go to supermarket. Guess I just started off so well and then floundered, am finding it difficult to adjust but willl keep on using the forum for tips and advice from other people in the know. Think I just panicked when the Doc mentioned...
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    Grapefruit and T2 - diet only

    Hi I like porridge but with syrup and milk - cripes! I have lost weight over the 1.5 years -two stone - think that was just cutting out beer and cider. Now drink rose wine with (wait for it) fizzy peach water............. sounds awful but I quite enjoy the sweet taste of the water. As far as...
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    Grapefruit and T2 - diet only

    Hi Have just joined the forum - was diagnosed about 1.5 years ago - am diet controlled. Last visit to the Doc was told my cholesterol was high and she mentioned statins - a few people at work suggested porridge to bring the reading down - does it affect sugar levels? Help - started of being very...