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Hi maxizone wellcome You will find a wealth of information on this forum. but more than that you will get lots support and advice. Unfortunately some doctors and nurses make us even more confused. I have 2 nurses and the diabetic clinic and both tell me different things. thats where the forum...

Thanks everyone for your encouragement. I am slowly getting back on track. curry and a cobra sounds like my kind of treat. I had stopped testing when I had my lapse at Easter. no point in wasting the strips when you know your off the rails a bit. (well a lot) I can now recognise without...

the wagon was that bumpy I fell off. sad to hear I am not the only one. so glad the kids have finished their easter eggs. definately getting back on now.

thanks everone for your replies. really fell off the wagon over Easter and now feel really bad. This week now the kids are back at school it has been a lot easier. I printed off a weekly atkins diet sheet and although haven't stuck to it religiously feel as though I am making a start getting...

cuglia thats easy when you know how.. can't even use a calculator. even though I have one on my phone as well. if it was all in letters life would be so much easier for me.

thanks jaykay that way sounds about right for me. when I was first diagnosed the whole family went shopping and scrutinised every packet and tin but that was only for sugar. I can feel another family shopping trip coming on this weekend. last time we were in tesco over 21/2 hours. It was a...

i thanks for the reply.. see thats where I just can't do the carb thing. 0.25, divide. I can't add up properly so dividing is a no no. I will not let this beat me. will have a long chat with my daughter tomorrow and show her the books see if she can help me. might just give her a long list...

Hi was diagnosed last year.. not to bad we will do this by diet alone first few weeks see how you go.. great went home told everyone I am now diabetic no more chocolate and carb counting. I managed to loose 7 lb. 3 weeks later see GP colesterol slightly high, because of this and your thyroid...

Hi I am a happy person today.. 7lb lighter, normal blood pressure, and readings gone from 17.8 to 6.9 in 2 weeks. Had a little chat with my chemist about the testing strips, told him I wanted to test more frequently, he said why would you buy them get them on prescription. Told the nurse...

hi Ah maybe not tell them to bu**er off. If I can't get enough strips off the GP. will tell them all to buy me a packet of strips before I can test them.. there is enough of them to keep me supplied for a year. lol Everyone talks about the prescription for the strips, but what about the little...

Hi thanks for the quick reply. I do feel I should be testing before and after every meal, maybe that is something that will happen after my next visit to the nurse. hope so.. started to keep a food diary myself today but until I start testing before and after meals how will I know which foods...

Hi everyone diagnosed on 1st december, Type 2 Doc gave me a choice medication straight away or try diet first. I am trying the diet first.. went to see the nurse thinking she would give me a diet sheet tell me what I can and can't eat.. all she gave me was a load of leaflets about Diabetes and...