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Apologies for the length of this post. Not sure really why I'm posting, I know I just have to wait and see what happens and deal with whatever the result is. I guess I just need somewhere to vent a little and waiting isn't something I'm good at! lol. Since diagnosis last year I thought I had...

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes back in March last year. Back then I was discharged from hospital absolutely petrified, not knowing what I should do and more importantly what I could eat! The only advice I was given was to "eat healthy". Thankfully I have a wonderful (non-diabetic)...

I went to the supermarket today and I was looking at all the Christmas food. This is going to be my first Christmas since diagnosis and it's already making me feel depressed! At diagnosis I said that there would be three days in the year where I didn't worry too much about what I was eating...

So this weekend I received a letter from my Doctors asking me to go for my flu jab. I've never had one before, but then I've never been classed as 'at risk' before either. My question is why are we put into this category? Does getting the flu pose bigger problems for diabetics? Looking at cold...

Just wondering if other people experience higher bgs when they are hot. Having got my numbers under control, I've been seeing them creep up these past few days, but they only seem elevated when I am feeling hot with the weather. As my temperature cools in the evening or when I first get up my...

Just got back from my first review after leaving hospital at the end of March. The good news is: my HbA1c is down from 11.8 to 6.4 I've lost over 6kgs in weight My own tests before meals are now always in range (even in the mornings) urine tests have come back all clear The only down side is...

Hello everyone, To cut a long story short, I've only just come out of hospital having been admitted last week as an emergency - not very pleasant! I had started the process of finding out what was wrong with me with the doctors, but events overtook all that. I was on a sliding scale drip for...