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Well I fell off the wagon, and paid for it, mainly because I was given lots of choc at Xmas and I'd lost over two stone in weight and relaxed the strict low carb diet I put myself on. The doc told me in November I was no longer diabetic and didn't want to see me for 12 months, and I thought I...

Thought I'd chip in regards the head sweating. I suffer terribly, the sweat drips from my eyebrows into my eyes and I look as if soemeone's thrown a bucket of water over my head. The sweat runs down from the back of my head down my back too, it's horrible. And my hair is soaking wet as if I've...

Well I saw the diabetic doc last week and he was over the moon and told me he didn't know what I was doing but to keep doing it, and that my numbers were the best they'd ever been, and doesnt want to see me for another HBA1c for 12 mths. I'm totally confused. He said the HBA1c test result was...

I haven't tested my bg, the doctor told me theres no need and my diabetes can be controlled by diet alone ????? I am experiencing some awful symptoms and not even sure if it's related to the Diabetes but it all started back in Jan/Feb when I had a medication reaction to Venlafaxine. However...

Is it only people on diabetes medication that get hypos or can you get them if your controlling diabetes with diet only? And can all diabetics get them even if you're HBA1c result is aroud 47/48 or do you have to be well over that to get them? I've searched the site and Googled and can't seem...

Thank you Catlady *hugs* x

DevonBear you have given me new enthusiasm. I don't find changing diet a problem, infact I've been sticking to the no carbs diet pretty strictly, and if I do have them, its under 50g a day. I'd be over the moon if I could get my levels down to non-diabetic levels. I know what I can and can't...

Thank you all for the replies. I'm afraid I am overweight from when I gave up smoking 2 yrs ago. I piled on about 4 stones. At the moment I'm 15s 8lb. I'm 5ft 5ins so I should be about 11st but I had been 12 stone for donkey's years and that seemd to be the ideal weight for me. I have lost...

Just back from the doctors after my HBA1c test last week. The prevous 2 HBA1c's within 10 days of each other were 57 and 10 days later 53. The doctor wanted to leave it for 3 months before testing again, as he wasn't sure if the high readings were due to a drug reaction I'd had. And the results...

Thanks Ladybird that was very informative. The locum I saw mentioned in my post above said he would never give Ven to anyone, as the side effects list is as long as your arm. However the other doctors in the practice tend to dish it out to all and sundry whether they need it or not. The original...

I hadn't thought about having traces of jam or anything on my fingers, I can't really remember, because I was so ill with the side effects of the venlafaxine. I have some news since my initial post however. The doctors put me on blood pressure tablets because of the high bp readings and two...

To say I'm scared is an understatement. I am petrified. When I read posts on here it makes me even more scared. I know I'm a coward, I admit that, but it was, and please dont take this the wrong way, nice to read your post cos I could see you were as scared as I am. If you want to chat...

My monitor and other bits arrived this morning quite early, the driver said they had only just received the parcel overnight. Homehealth say the parcel was despatched the same day I ordered, and it was for some unknown reason held up at the couriers hub before despatching it to the Truro depot...

Well I ordered the monitor above on Thursday and rang them to check it could be delivered next day delivery as i live in Cornwall and the girl said that wasn't a problem and it would be delivered Friday. So I put the order through and paid the £6.99 for nxt day delivery. It never arrived. I...

I put on quite a bit of weight when I gave up smoking, about 3 stone. I did the Harcombe Diet which is very good and the weight did come off easily. I started smoking some time later and then gave up again and put the weight back on, but not quite so much. Getting back to the point of this...

Thank you so much. You have made me feel much more cheerful. Will check out the meters now. Thank you for the links. Looking at the Codefree monitor it says you can choose which you want, I don't have a clue which one I'd want to be honest. The one that reads 6.0 upwards I think I'd understand...

Thank you so much Bluetit for explaining eveything so easily for me. So I can assume I am diabetic then, and will probably have to control it by diet. I'm hoping it's gone down considerably by 15th March. Do you think there's any chance it will have gone to or below 42 by careful diet...

Thanks for your replies. Diakat I don't eat too many carbs, mainly 2 slices of wholemeal Allinsons bread toasted with butter (I used to use Clover but it's processed so cut it out and replaced with butter). Bluetit yes it was an HbA1c test What concerns me is, the tests were done 48hrs after...

Hi all I'm new here. Not sure if I am diabetic, prediabetic or not diabetic, and have posted a thread in prediabetic section explaining why the uncertainty. I hope to learn a lot about preventing diabetes or if I do have it, controlling it. I have lots of hobbies which I haven't touched for...

Hello everyone! I've had diabetic blood tests for some years, and they've always been clear. I moved to where i live now in 2014 and not had one from the current surgery. 2 weeks ago I had a really serious reaction to a drug the doctor gave me for 'depression'. I'd had 4 bereavements last year...