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    What do you miss most from being diabetic

    I've been diabetic for 20 yrs, last ten on insulin. Always had 'orrible blood glucose readings, until I went zero carbs. So mainly I do miss a really good roast potato, but that is a very small price to pay for getting readings of 6 - 7 most of the day. Insulin dropping accordingly
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    CONFUSED

    Hi Paul, I was diagnosed as being a type 2 some 20 years ago, the last ten years being treated with insulin and metformin. Two years ago I had to go to the local A & E Dept following an injury. After telling the triage nurse that I was type 2 diabetic, I gave her a list of medication...she got...
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    Carb flu - how to get past it?

    Hi Akindra18 ; Just after last Christmas, I was 62 and weighed in at 29 st 10 lbs and was well off the blood glucose scale. Having tried all that the Specialists, dietitians and Specialist Nurses advised mainly with mixed results, but seldom stabilised for more than a couple of weeks, I...