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Re: Chance for YOU to help end the diabetes care postcode lo Yes to 1-7 no to 8 as I don't smoke 9 my diabetic nurse does all the checks, but the care planning is a bit hit and miss I am in SP2 area. Good luck with your project :)

Hello everyone. I can certainly relate to what you are all saying. I think it's natural to go through those stages in a repeated cycle, as life does not stay static. I was diagnosed in September 2011, (type 2) and was doing really well until just before Christmas 2012. Since then, I have gone...

Hello Hana, I am so sorry to hear about your dog, she sounds such a sweetie. Yes, you are right, she did have a kind end to her life, and when you think of all those poor dogs who never know kindness and love from humans, there is a lot to be said for that. I know you will miss her, and she will...

Hello Celast, Type 2 Diabetes diagnosed August 2011 At my GP practice I see the Heath Care Assistant about a week before my review. She takes fasting blood and urine samples for liver, kidney function, lipids and hbA1c levels. This last one meausres how much glucose is in your blood over a...

Hello Gobbo, and everyone :) I can't believe your GP can be so callous! (well I can actually) I was diagnosed 9 months ago, and put on Metformin. Even with a careful building up to a clinical dose, I had awful side effects and wondered what 'I'd let myself in for' by being diagnosed. (no choice...

Oh yes, it can be really hard at times! I went for retinal photography yesterday and they spotted some swellings. They said it wasn't anything to worry about. But it got me thinking. A choice between falling off the diabetic wagon or go blind? I have to think like that to help me eat properly! I...

Hello linscol, metformin can have these side effects. I had them for awhile and went back to see my nurse. She changed it to metformin slow-release, which has been much better for me, although it has taken a while for me to get used to the medication. Slow-release is more expensive than...

Hello Kerze85, welcome :) Does your GP practice have a speciallist Diabetic Nurse? Or your local hospital have a speciallist diabetic team? Either of those would be a good place to start. There may be an education day available too. I think its called DESMOND or something like that, for type2...

Re: Diabetis Type 2 Hello Debsy3. I'm a bit surprised no one has answered you yet. I'm not an expert by any means, but here goes. I was diagnosed type2 last September and put on Metformin. I felt strange at first a bit disconnected and spaced out. I also had diarrhea (can't spell it!) and went...

Me! I was diagnosed with T2 last September and went through a 'Road to Damascus'. I ate healthily and stabilised on the Metformin SR. Then, 'nothing happened' when I went off the rails a bit 'Oh, it's Christmas, everyone eats treats at Christmas' But the treats have continued well into the new...

Hi Malc, I'll be round at yours with my own dinner plate and knife and fork! It sounds wonderful! It sounds like the bread was to blame! :wink: Good luck on Thursday :) :)

Hello galleywench100, I would be concerned too, especially as he is having dizzy spells and blurred vision. Is there any way he can avoid the drive until he has seen the Dr? It sounds like his dr is suspecting type 2 diabetes and is having him back to run some blood tests. In any case it sounds...

you are welcome Nicnac68 :) If you look in search (right hand top corner) or sometimes they have a link at the bottom of the post you are reading. Good luck :)

I'm not surprised you feel fed up with it all. Have the hospital nurses refused to see you as well? How do you get on with your GP? You could try writing a letter to the consultant telling him how you feel scared disheartened and overwhelmed by having T1 for so long. You could also apologise to...

Hello Nicnac68, I am sorry to hear you are having problems with your eyesight. It's very scary to be suddenly aware of problems that didn't seem possible when you were first diagnosed. I assume you were in your 20's? When I was in my 20's I couldn't imagine being the age I am now, never mind...

Hello Ausra, you seem to have a lot of worries there. Is this a new thing? I doubt it's laziness though. When did you last have a review with your health team? I am recently diagnosed T2 and when I first started taking Metformin I had some wiered stuff like feeling as if there was a glass wall...

Hello Snowysand, aw that is soo brave of you.I am new here and don't know a lot about it, but I think I have been burying my head in the sand for a bit too! I had tiredness, needing the loo a lot, and a really bad thirst. Put it all down to stress!!!! and my age/menopause stuff. (and I don't...

yes, a bit like knitting fog! I went on a Desmond course which I found very helpful, but not everyone does. They gave us lots of information about how diabetes affects the body, and what treatments are available. There was a dietician who gave us information about what the basic food groups were...

hello everyone. I too started on Metformin (T2) early September 2011. I struggled with it till a recent review with my DNS. The diarrhoea, wind and stomach upsets were horrible. She prescribed me the slow release version and so far I have been fine. I also think it is helping me control my blood...

Hi Clairelbrooke, I am new here myself (and new to diabetes) but it sounds like you need to go back to your GP for a proper check up. I am assuming you aren't being monitored. I think that some foods can cause a rapid rise in blood sugar followed by a rapid fall, and I think one way to help that...