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If you were very ill with your pancreatitis and had a hospital stay you have probably had some degree of muscle wastage. I would think once you get up and moving a little more hopefully this will ease especially as soon as you get some good nutrition into you. I’m newly diagnosed as well. It is...

Breakfast is usually porridge with sweetener and a banana. Lunch is a sandwich or an omelette. Usually a very low sugar yoghurt with this. Dinner is usually meat and veg sometimes with a small portion of potato/chips (rarely and very small amount.) I would have a low cal bag of crisps for a...

I am excerising quite a bit. I really don’t want to put the weight on that I lost pre diagnosis. It was the kick start I needed. Now I’ll be heading back to work next week so will need to bring all foods to work with me (I work 7.30 am to 8.30 pm). I’m just struggling a bit with what to eat and...

You can get metformin in a liquid form if you can’t swallow it

Dry roasted and the like that are very salty and full of saturated fat

After seeing the diabetic consultant this week I’ve been switched from metformin 500mg twice a day to the slow release metformin. To be kinder on the bowel as I really struggled for a few weeks with the quick acting metformin. I will be increasing this to 1500mg per day from Monday and then...

Thanks! I do eat some cheese but it definitely reacts badly with my colitis. I eat low sugar yoghurts too. It has been very tough as GP basically threw me the tablets and gave me a lecture on smoking and no other advice. Diagnosing hba1c was 106. Only saw my diabetic nurse this week as was only...

Hi everyone! I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes now for around 9 weeks. I’m 33, have an 11 month old son (was boaderline while pregnant but no gestational diabetes) and weigh 67kg. My BMI is 25. This diagnosis was a big surprise to me but I’ve come to terms with it. I have for the past 6...