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Hi, I'm type 2 diagnosed nearly a year ago. When I had my last HbA1c my nurse also decided to check B12 and found it was low at 109. I've had the 6 loading injections which finished about a month ago. I was getting symptoms like excessive tiredness, lightheadedness, needing to pee more...

Hi, I was diagnosed with Type 2 in June and was able to persuade my diabetes nurse that testing would help me adjust my diet and bring down my HbA1c (which is has, gone down from 96 to 46 in 3 months!). I was prescribed test strips and lancets but I've been told that I'll only get them on...

Hi, I've been having some unexpected BG readings lately. The last few days, I haven't been able to get a reading above 7, even though I've been eating chocolate, crisps and toast (wouldn't normally, but it's the only way I've been able to get BG up). I've been getting readings under 5 a lot and...

Hi, I found out I had T2 a few months ago. It was a shock, I felt the best I'd felt for years after starting a new job and losing a stone. My mental health was good too but I've been dealing with quite bad anxiety and depression for several years. When I found out about the diabetes I felt a bit...

Hi, I found out I had T2 about 2 months ago. On low carb diet and metformin. I've been monitoring my BG levels and they keep going a little on the lower side of normal. 4.6 is the lowest, which I know is ok, but feel tired and shaky when it goes below 5. This morning BG was 4.9 and because I...

Hi, I've recently found out I have T2. I think I'm starting to manage it well and am feeling better after a couple of weeks of exhaustion due to the low carb diet. I'm still trying to learn how to manage diabetes and my active job with 13 hour shifts and nights. I told my manager a couple of...

Hi, this is going to be another ramble. There are so many things right now that are making me feel overwhelmed, most of it relating to work. So, I've just worked 3 night shifts and 24 hours later I was supposed to go back in for a day shift. When I woke up this morning, I felt terrible...

Hi, I found out 3 weeks ago that I have T2 and since then I've twisted/sprained my ankle twice while walking the dog. Neither times was he very sympathetic. And after twisting my ankle both times had to walk at least a mile home. I'm pretty sure it's fine and just a twisted ankle and the second...

Hi, I was diagnosed with T2 a couple of weeks ago with Hba1c of 98. Bit of a shock because it was the best I'd been feeling for years. I started a low carb diet straight away and it made me feel tired. My BG readings went down from about 15 to between 5-9. I've also started metformin and the...

Hi, I was given a free blood glucose meter by my pharmacist, which I'm very grateful for and now I'm checking before and 2 hours after eating and when I'm feeling off. It's already a lot lower than last week when it was around 15. This morning it was 7.2 before breakfast (I had 2 veggie...

Hi, I've just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I'm trying to get over the initial shock and have decided to try and up the exercise and go low carb. I'm also vegetarian and I'm finding it a bit hard to get enough to not feel hungry all the time. One of my worries is that I work 13 hour...

Hi, I'm going to ramble a bit, sorry. It's all very new to me. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes on Friday. It was a bit of a shock and a bit upsetting, since I've been losing weight (due to being more active) and just started trying to look after my health better. I had been checking my...