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  1. Anfalas

    Feeling dizzy when bg in range

    Thank you I was worried x
  2. Anfalas

    Trulicity/dulaglutide

    I've started ozempic recently and have to say that injecting in thigh fat as opposed to stomach made my side effects smaller. Logically I know this shouldn't matter but it did. Every time I injected in stomach I had constipation and gas and reflux and nausea. When in thigh I was better
  3. Anfalas

    Feeling dizzy when bg in range

    Hello, I havent controled my diabetes well and didn't try for a long time so my sugar was always high. Like between 10-13 all the time. Recently I decided to change and started new medication called ozempic. Side effects aside its going ok. But lately my sugar started to be in range like...
  4. Anfalas

    Got given a few options - any advice?

    Spoke with my diabetic nurse today. My hba1c is 69. She has given me an option of going on an injection called ozenpic or on the Very Low Calorie Diet through the NHS. I'm scared of the side effects of the injection, I'm worried I won't keep the doet up. I've read about both and would like...
  5. Anfalas

    Insulin and weight loss

    Hello, I got told I'm going to start slow acting insulin soon. Also been told to loose weight. I heard insulin makes you put weight on. Not sure what to expect?
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    Blood test Liver worry

    Hello, I have been for my usual blood test recently and got a call that my doctor needs to discuss my liver test results with me as they were abnormal. I need to wait a week for this and am really worried. I don't know what to think. If it was really bad 5heyd see me straight away I think...
  7. Anfalas

    How did your doctor tell you?

    I got told over the bloody phone, basically you have diabetes take metfaorming make an appointment. They all need bloody sensitivity training
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    Advice for my mum

    Hello, My mum has been diagnosed about 12 years ago but has not managed her bg very well. She would eat carbs etc and just put her diabetes out of mind her levels were in high teens. She has now been prescribed insulin and I think this has given her the kick in the butt to do something about...
  9. Anfalas

    Is Slimming World healthy and effective for those with diabetes?

    Did you eat the carbs though? The freefood is mostly carbs and the syns include full fat things so Iam struggling
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    Motivation

    How do you motivate yourself? I'm the kind of impatient person who needs to see results straight away or I'll give up. This is hard with diabetes as all the complications seem far away and like they couldn't happen to me. I have a problem with binging, I'll be good and then eat loads of...
  11. Anfalas

    Make a sentence from five letters :D

    Some children are really funny. PASTA
  12. Anfalas

    Not feeling well.

    Hello! I've not been feeling well lately but I cant get an appointment with my diabetic nurse until April so I am wondering what my symptoms could mean. I have been feeling drunk and very disoriented lately. My head is dizzy but not spinning if that makes sense. My bg during one of those...
  13. Anfalas

    Whey powder

    Hello, I wanted to get a whey powder to add to my breakfast as I wanted to up my protein intake and its an easy and fast way. I was gonna add it to smoothies. Which is best? I am a bit confused as they all have suagar in? Is it OK to get, then? Only sugar free one is soy one but I'm not...
  14. Anfalas

    So confused and stressed!

    Hello, I had GD which turned Into t2d. I was told that the placenta releases hormones and other chemicals that affect your blood glucose reading. So at different times readings are different. Having high blood sugar is bad for baby and makes them grow really big. I had my bg under tight...
  15. Anfalas

    Mozarella and egg pasta

    Will do. Is there a place on the forum with recipes etc?
  16. Anfalas

    Mozarella and egg pasta

    Wow thats bad with diabetes as well :( sorry to hear that
  17. Anfalas

    Mozarella and egg pasta

    Hi, no its a diy thing. Basically mix mozzarella cheese with one egg yolk, mix and cut into strips then cook. Here is a video