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Hello Soostark, I was diagnosed in may last year and I also experienced very erratic mood swings and an explosive rage, at times something extremely trivial would send me crashing. I was so concerned about this change in my behaviour that I visited my GP describing it as...

at the risk of sounding like a complete noob! after finding the recipe for these sugar free meringues, can I ask what type of vinegar to use in this recipe? can't wait to try them out Mmmmmm....... :crazy:

Thank you all so much :D I will have a look on the links that you have posted :thumbup:

Hi, I was wondering whether any one knew a website or anywhere that I can buy a nice looking lightweight medical alert band to wear mostly at work. I bought a pretty expensive necklace but boy is it heavy and uncomfortable. I did see one on a random google search which was floral with the alert...

in the end I took a can of diet coke and a tub of mixed berries...ie: strawberries, raspberries, blue berries Mmmm lovely :thumbup:

thanks for your ideas...although I have to agree with noblehead on the pop corn...it reminds me of those little polystyrene packing peanuts...or am I just slightly odd? Hmmm... :roll:

just wondering whether anyone had any suggestions for snacks to take with me to the cinema? last time I went I took a small tub of little strawberries (whilst my friends were all scoffing Ben & Gerry's :roll: ) just looking for another suitable alternative? I think that pickled onions and...

Eternal Hope is the first novel in the Eternal saga...there is a free preview at eternalhope.moonfruit.com and also http://www.wattpad.com/story/1451640-eternal-hope both also accessible via facebook it is currently unpublished and so this is a glimpse into what will hopefully become...

took my meds early....came home around midnight, tired, cold, hungry and for once feeling more human than I have ever felt before, since or after my diagnosis :thumbup: thanks for all the great advice xx

thanks once again for your help! :thumbup: thank heaven for this website and the members. Whooo hooo...chili peppers here I come :clap:

Hi me again... :oops: OK so...tomorrow I am going to the red hot chilli peppers gig; doors open at 4pm and I have been taking my meds 2000mg slow release metformin at 6pm with a meal. I called the stadium of light where the gig is playing and explained that I have diabetes and needed to take...

No! :shock: I don't have an apartment with the dietician .....I haven't moved in with him/her just out of laziness just so they can sort out my grub or anything!!! it's just a normal innocent APPOINTMENT honestly :wink: :lolno:

Ooooh flyerphil I'm scared :wink: finally got my meter today (refused by GP and so I bought my own) and yet again my incompetence is glaringly obvious! when I did a test two hours after eating food and it read 13.1mmol/L ? :? can anyone explain what this means in simple terms! ideally...

I have been reading the advice about low carb diet i have even bought the Collins carb counter book as recommended...but HOW MANY carbs per day should we be eating exactly? sorry for sounding dim! but I have,t really been told much from the GP....i have to wait untill next month to see a dietician.

thanks for all of your comments :) I did mention the anger thing to the GP and he told me that it could possibly be a delayed shock to my original diagnosis (about six weeks ago) he went on to mention that when he told me that I had diabetes he was surprised because my reaction had been...

can I ask whether any one taking misinform have ever had any side effect relating to aggression? recently diagnosed as type 2 my GP has been upping my metformin until I am taking 4-5 per day, over the past couple of days however I have noticed that for no or very little reason I experience...

thanks Defren...will certainly look into that today!

hello Becks, I'm also new to diabetes, diagnosed around the same time as you and also given the same advice! my doctor gave me the web address and told me that diabetes.co.uk was a 'good website' and he was definately right. the way I look at it is that although the doctors and medical people...

thanks mary, just back from doctors and he now wants to double my metformin to four per day plus one cholesterol and one blood pressure tablet next week..the only reason that he did not double them today is that I have diorrhea from the metformin :oops: already talking about a fifth...

thank you all for your help xx after taking a new tablet for blood pressure I went to work last week and totally flipped! I started to sweat and began shaking (very frightening) manager had to bring me home still off work now (although im not on rota for full week) as over the weekend I had to...