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Hi Sue, Just wanted to say hi, and that im also 33, diagnosed back in February. Im on 3 * 500mg metformin a day, but i think this needs upping, as my fasting levels are between 7.2-8.4, and my pre-meal readings are normally about 6, hence i spend the vast majority of the day over what i would...

I felt exactly the same as you. I reckon i've had diabetes at least a year, as id had bad thrush episodes for ages, kept trying to convince myself it couldnt be diabetes, not at 32... then i ended up getting all sorts of blood tests for another problem and it showed up and i was diagnosed 4...

When i first started taking metformin shortly after diagnosis I had very vivid dreams. I dont know whether it was an effect of the medicine (started the 1st night i started taking them), or the fact that it was probably the first time in a very very long time I started slerping through the...

constant worry of what the future holds

I had read about needing a higher dose of folic acid, and asked my doctor at the first appointment, but he didn't know anything about it. (overall i dont think he's that great as he responds with 'i dont know what that is' too often to me, but i think he is amenable to me going in and telling...

Hi there, Im fairly sure ive got food poisoning. Husband and I shared a takeaway sunday eve, and both of us affected monday morning - unlucky for me im getting it much worse than him though. I ate a couple of biscuits last night to just eat something. I threw up my food in the afternoon, and...

Hi there, i just wanted to say hello. Im in a very similar position to you. I got diagnosed in Feb, im 33, I also put off going to the docs as i was frightened of the diagnosis. I'd say im quite glad now that i did go as i feel so much better, energetic, get a good nights sleep now, gotten...

Im quite newly diagnosed myself, so I dont know too much. However, I am 33 and am trying for a baby as well. My Dr hasnt said much to me but he knows i am trying to conceive yet 2 weeks ago started me on metformin. From what i have read, and yes there is, as always, conflicting stories, but i...

oo - ive not noticed any change in my nails yet (but only on my 2nd week of metformin (2 a day this week). Apart from the dodgy stomach at lunchtime, the very vivd dreams at night since taking my nighttime tablet, I have to admit im fairly impressed with its appetite suppressing activity. I...

Hi, Im fairly newly diagnosed T2 (5 weeks) and just started taking 1 dose 500mg metformin (up to 3 a day in 3 weeks). Before the metformin, as i was changing my diet i found that when my bg level his 7.5-8 i would start feeling horrendous, dizzy, sick, tired etc, as though i had low blood...

Ive just started taking metformin (1 a day this week then up to 3 a day). My background: actually i was diagnosed with diabetes after suffering a severe allergic reaction. I keep on having these severe reactions where I vomit/diarrhea, then itch and head/hands etc swell up and i turn a...

It seems thats about average (from the things ive read on here). I got diagnosed initially after blood tests after i had after a severe allergic reaction. Doc sent me to receptionist with a form for an URGENT 2nd blood test for hba1C and urine was analysed. 19 days later they managed to fit...

Thanks for your replies Swimmer and xyzzy - Im not on any meds. The doc is letting me try diet and exercise at least until i go in for my next hbA1c test in Mid-May. I think i'll keep on with my diet and have a look at my carbs, i dont know off hand what my g of carb is, just that compared to...

Ive been diagnosed T2 for 2 and a half weeks now. Attempting to do diet and exercise and see if i can reduce bg levels this way. I've a lot of weight to lose, i reckon probably 5 stone. Since I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago I have managed to lose 1/2 a stone on a low carb/low cal diet which im...

I have converted to the linseed and soya bread at home (really tasty), but I was staying at someone elses house last night so had their wholemeal, and sandwich was multigrain from boots. Im finding it quite difficult to balance calories (as ive put myself on a 1150 calories a day diet), reduce...

So i was diagnosed with type 2 about 10 days ago now. I have now had my hbA1c test result back, 109. which is very high. Dr says thats what we measure everything against in the future, im getting another test in 3 months and hopefully it will be much lower. My blood glucose was apparently 2...

Im having a bad day, and bad night. I knew it would be much harder to keep up my low cal diet at the weekend (too much access to foods in the fridge, compare to being at work). Im 150 calories over my allowance today (im on 1183 cals a day - i do a weightloss website which allows me to log all...

Hi there, So i was diagnosed as diabetic on Tuesday by the doc, after a suite of blood tests following a severe allergic reaction, which picked it up. This morning i went to the nurse for yet another blood test. I have veins that just dont want to give up their blood, so it took 2 nurses to...

Ive come to join the club. Diagnosed 2 days ago, but if im honest i suspected it for a few months. I was going to the loo all the time, almost every hour, and having to get up up to 3 times a night sometimes for a wee. I had a severe allergic reaction a few weeks ago, ended up at A&E, and...