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    hbac1

    hi all, need some advice please. Was diagnosed with type 2 last October when I was rushed into hospital with a foot which had gone manky. Found out I was diabetic then and they think I had been for a while unknowingly. My hbac1 then was 114, on metformin and glicazide, and sitaglyptin. Bloods...
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    cold and feel unwell

    Hi, I've got this horrible cold, cough lurgy that everyone has got. I've reasonably new to the diabetes thing and was told not to take remedies as they ate full of sugar and can cause problems. I used to drink orange juice at the first sign of a cold but cant even do that now. I feel awful...
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    different kind of christmas

    Hi, I've recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and still trying to come to terms with it and trying to learn what I can and cant have anymore. Its that time of year when all the shops are filled with all the nice Christmas foods, the magazines are full of Christmas recipes and the tv...
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    hello from a newbie

    Hi, I'm s total newbie, both to forums and to diabetes. I've just had a bit of a whirlwind 3 weeks. Unluckily 3 wks ago I managed to get a drawing pin in the sole of my shoe. Unbeknown to me until it was too late! I then had a very bad infected foot which doubled in size very quickly, I was put...