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Couldn't agree more, I have been thinking along these lines myself since being diagnosed. How did it happen in the first place? What should we be researching. Has anyone looked at the Newcastle diet?

A lot have mentioned that metformin acts as an appetite suppressant. It does not appear to do that for me. I am constantly hungry with it 1000mg in the morning and again in the evening. Does anyone else feel hungry with it?

I had a cold for some weeks earlier this year and found long walks in fresh air helped. Is it usual for diabetes to prolong a cold? I was diagnosed in May this year.

Brilliant, thanks for brightening my day.

In Thailand they tie the 'member ' to a balloon in case of skilled surgeons being able to reattach the item.

Celery and peanut butter sounds almost good to me. Thanks.

HBA1C May 2016 59 but not informed by my doctor's surgery. HBA1C Oct 2016 65, HBA1C Apr 2022 52 Currently on Metformin 1000 mg am and pm

I drink coke zero as the labels says zero sugar, zero fat, zero carbs. Not a problem is it?

Interesting regime, and you are right about the nhs, not very joined up thinking from them at all.

4:15 am and pain so bad I haven't slept yet. I have neuropathy and cramps coupled with a sort of swelling feeling, as if my foot has a thick bandage around it. Only been diagnosed with type 2 for a week and had always put the pain down to damage of my feet in frostbite-related climbing...

Like most replies, I have been told that type 2s do not need to test bs levels more than twice a year to "keep an eye on things". A visiting colleague from Thailand is type two and has a meter which he finds invaluable to determine what he should eat by experimentation. I am so sick of being a...

My name is Ian, I'm 58 and male. I'm from the UK but lived abroad for many years - Thailand, where I still have a house to retire to. I'm currently living in York, though have lived in Northumberland, Bucks, Scotland, Norfolk. I am a Buddhist and have been for over 30 years. Three words to...