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    Latest test results

    Hi all Just wanted to post my results as no one at home really knows why I feel so pleased with myself. I have just had my first yearly diabetes check. Last year I was diagnosed at 41 and a half. I was over 17 stone but the diagnosis still came as a shock, especially being put on pills...
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    When to exercise

    Hi Fraddycat Yes I do have a testing kit, but i didn't test before going to the gym that morning of my first hypo and then I left it at home that day :oops: I didn't realise that I was having a hypo but luckily I had told the personal trainer so that was her first thought. I could try a yogurt...
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    When to exercise

    Hi Everyone Before I was diagnosed if I went to the gym i found the best time for me was 6.30 ish in the morning. I would have a banana before I went and this would see me through the exercise until I had my breakfast at work about 8ish. Was diagnosed in Feb this year and didn't go back to the...
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    my first hypo, i think!

    Hi Katza Thanks for your reply, i went to the dr's today and he thinks it was partly because 6 weeks ago i was put on slow release by a locum doctor, at the time i asked if i should change when i dake them or anything and he said no, dr today said i should take two in the morning and 1 in the...
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    my first hypo, i think!

    Hi everyone I was diagnosed in Feb with T2, since then i have lost 3 stone still got lots to go but I am really pleased with myself, i have been following slimming world which i find is good as it is as low or high carb as I want it to be. I have been going to gym classes for the last 3 weeks...
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    Grapefruit and statins

    Hi everyone I completed my Desmond course in April and I mentioned how disappointed I was that I couldn't eat grapefruit because of the simvostatin especially when she said that citrus fruits are the best ones to eat with T2 diabetes. She said why couldn't I eat them and I said because of the...
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    Metformin……..feeling cold

    Today was a warm day, per diagnosis I would have been outside without a jacket today I wore a fleece, tonight my toes especially the big ones actually hurt and are throbbing, thick socks haven't worked either.
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    Metformin……..feeling cold

    Hi everyone, I was diagnosed last week with t2 does anyone else have cold fingers, toes and generally feeling cold, before this I was always a fairly hot person!
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    Newly diagnosed T2

    Hi Everyone This is probably going to be the same story for all the newbies so I apologise in advance :). I was diagnosed last Wednesday and started on metformin, the nurse I saw told me that she didn't have much experience with diabetes, she printed me off some information, did a foot check...