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Hi there - When I was first diagnosed my bg was very high at 28 - from that moment on I got serious but so did my doctor by prescribing Metformin and Glipizide. I stopped carbs and sugar and have pretty quickly gone down to between 5 & 7. Glipizide made me feel so rotten - my body just didn't...

Now that I am off the carb & sugar train (it only took half a century and one diagnosis) I find it almost difficult to eat. My appetite has certainly diminished to the point that I really need to force myself to eat. I find a plate with a few slices of meat, cheese and grapes does the trick...

Thanks for putting that up! Great stuff. How amazing that he put on so much weight and so many inches of fat around his belly from just eating 'healthy' - big business has a lot to answer for.

Thanks for your response. If only I didn't have all the patience of running water. :)

Thanks. It was a huge wake up call. It's only taken a few decades of acting like every day is my birthday to grow up and understand that the consequences could be more serious than just adding weight along the way. I have come to the conclusion that Diabetes may actually save my life. I have...

I was diagnosed just over two weeks ago. My bs was 28! I am now pretty consistent at 5.5 after cutting out all the carbs and sugar in my diet - of which there were enough to keep a small village alive! I have gone from probably over 500mg carbs a day to under 50. :)

Mine also stopped being short sighted and now very long sighted. All I know is that it is terribly frustrating! You don't know what you have lost until its too late eh?

It IS odd isn't it? My optometrist was surprised to find I am no longer long sighted which I have been for years - he puts it down to the Diabetes. Weird. My b/s hovers around the 5.5 mark consistently now so I hope my body rewards me by giving me eyes back. :)

Fingers crossed. I got such a shock at the diagnosis that I immediately went into freak out mode and just stopped with carbs and sugar which was probably not the right thing to do. Thanks for your response. :)

Thanks - I am really glad that I found this forum. There is a ton of information here. I will sit a spell :)

Brilliant! That gives me hope - I didn't realise that could be a Metformin side effect. Thanks for the response.

Hi everyone A little background info : I was diagnosed with Type 2 about 2 weeks ago now. After feeling particularly unwell I had the HBA1C test which came back at 96 and my blood/sugar was 28 - not good. My eyes had become blurry but after a week of very very low carb and sugar they got...

What is your name? My name is Allessandra - How old are you? 52 - Are you male or female? Female - Which country are you from? New Zealand - Which city/area do you live in? Bay of Plenty - Are you religious? No - Pick three words to describe your personality. Kind - Bolshy - Friendly - Do you...