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hi wiflib, thanks, I will test my wee and go to gp/A&E for help if ketones are high. Hopefully it is the antibiotics not anything else Much appreciate your advice x

Sorry meant to say not usually vomiting but sometimes!

Hi, I have been feeling ill for about 3 weeks now and was diagnosed with bronchitis last week. I am on antibiotics which have made me nauseous but usually actually vomiting. Despite my best efforts about eating all the right things, even when my body is saying "please, no food or I will throw!"...

HI, i was sent for an OH consultation recently. My boss assured it was f my benefit but by then I was managing my diabetes well with the help of my GP and the DN. I assured my boss I would be much healthier now this was happening and would not need any special measures. He kept banging on about...

Hi to all who replied and thanks for the information/links which I will read. I did have some tests done which confirmed the insulin resistance, and also I had put on some weight but it all came off about 6 months before diagnosis and whilst I have lost some since then i has only been about 5...

When I was diagnosed T2 I was told I was insulin resistant but also did not produce enough insulin. I am classed as a "skinny" with a BMI of 22.9. I have just been reading a thread about my kind of person and saw that I am more likely to develop T1 or a variant because of the above. Dos anyone...

As it is so similar to the Atkins diet this is normal but you must force yourself to eat and drink loads of water. The weight loss usually tails off eventually and steadies to a few pounds a week, just enough to keep you at it! Good luck, and watch out for when you re-introduce foods. Should be...

I really struggle to eat until I have been up for about an hour and a half or longer so delay food, otherwise I vomit which kind of counteracts breakfast and I lose my metformin. The delay does mean lunchtime comes round quicker so mid day tests are up slightly but by the evening are usually...

Re: Just for fun - are all T2s diabetics former sweet tooths I've always loved sweets and sweet foods but never liked sugar in coffee or tea and couldn't stand sweet soft drinks. I once worked part time in a chocolate factory where you could eat as much as you liked.....I didn't gorge on it...

Thanks guys, lots of good information and advice. The OCC Health assessment is supposed to "assist" him in the Attendance review but as I have not yet signed the consent form for the former nothing has happened yet. I'll post again when things have moved on. The really sad thing is that he has...

I am so frustrated! I was diagnosed T2 July 1st, and as quite poorly at the time but am adjusting and felt better with antibiotics. Went back to work asap. I have tried explaining that I do not need special adaptations and that I can drive safely, and that it is obvious now that the sick leave I...

And if you are near a river like us, Mink and Otters! I love wildlife but they loved our Koi jut a bit too much! Just take precautions and enjoy your Koi x

Mine was definitely diagnosed as "true" frozen shoulder and it was cured, but he was a marvelous healer!

I saw an Osteopath who was also a Reike Master, and something of a healer. 30 minutes with him, almost pain free treatment and completely cured! It was years ago. He also fixed slipped discs on another occasion for me, and prevented my son from some threatened surgery for Tennis elbow. Don't...

I did re test and it was the same. I didn't squeeze either, but still could be a false low. I'm sure I would feel worse than this if the reading was right! I've had a 7.5 that made me feel worse so am not too worried currently. Just going to test a bit more today, just in case, and let my body...

I guess I didn't eat enough carbs yesterday! my BG was 9.1 last test last night which I wasn't happy with but this morning pre breakfast it was 1.4! I thought I had misread the meter at first. However, I resisted the temptation to eat chocolate which I would have loved to have done but I...

I was 59, diagnosed T2 on 1/7/2011 but was told I'd had the condition for several years. I'm on Metformin x2 per day and just started Simvastatin. Never really been over weight but have lost 1st 9 lbs in about 8 months prior to diagnosis. So glad the exhaustion is subsiding since treatment...

Hi JayKay, sorry you have had such a rough time. Like Doug I know stress is bad for BG. As for the last thing, wow! So good to hear something positive! I know of people who've had bad things happen after an emotional trauma, like going grey overnight and one person went immediately blind, but to...

Hi, I'm newly diagnosed, 1/7/2011, and am getting on track. I've found though that when my BG is between 7.5 and 8.5 I feel a bit dizzy and disorientated. Is this my body having been used to high BG reacting to the lower more normal BG perhaps? It doesn't last long, maybe half an hour and I...

I have been given a prescription for 2 lots of test strips and lancets per year. I got a free meter from SpiritCare with free replacement if it goes wrong and free replacement batteries and their strips are £12.50 for 50. I,for the moment am happy to buy the test strips in between prescribed...