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So I'm overdue by about a month for my 6-monthly review with a practice nurse. I hadn't bothered ringing till now because of the blood bottle shortage last month. At my last review I was put on gliclazide so no point having a review if we can't see if the new meds are having any effect. At the...

So having seen that Diane Abbott was withdrawing from campaigning because of a long-term condition I did wonder about T2. Now it's confirmed and I'm pleased she's been so open about it. Regardless of your political allegiances it has to be a good thing that diabetes and T2 in particular is in...

Feeling pretty down and annoyed this morning. Since the appointment when I got the diagnosis with hba1c 96 (which was pretty much just the nurse taking bloods and handing me lots of leaflets about T2) I've had two further appointments. In the meantime I immediately went very low carb, cut out...

Busy meal planning for the next few days and scouring the shelves I see Suma's vegan pesto siciliana only has 1.9g of carbs /100g . Looks like that'll be a staple from now on then. So what to do with it? I suppose veggie noodles is the obvious one. Any other vegan ideas would be much...

So it's day 4 and I feel shocking! I know I'm doing the right thing low carbing, as my test kit arrived from Amazon yesterday, and I'm already WAY down on my reading two weeks ago that brought about the T2 diagnosis. And I'm determined to do this by diet and avoid medication completely if I...

Hi All Feeling incredibly stressed after my surgery visit today :( I was called in at the beginning of last week for one of the NHS health checks. Lots of bloods taken, and told to expect a letter in a couple of weeks if all was well. Instead I had a letter a couple of days later asking me...