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    Diet this diet that?????

    Ok some of the members may not be happy with this and if this offends you I apologise. Have people not yet understood about all these diets suggestions may be ok for 1 but can be lethal to others. I have not been here for a long time because of the ambiguity I have found here. Just got...
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    Pleased am getting there

    Yesssss. Now down to single digits on my BG for 2 weeks now nearly on that 7 mark. Apart from a couple of spikes due to my occasional luxuries (Chocolate mmmmmmmm) I am really pleased to say that as I was reassured when I was a new newbie am getting control from the 20s now to about 8.4 thanx...
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    Kitchens For Sale Manchester

    Admin I believe this is a misuse of the forum, this is a place for diabetics to chat not an advertisment area. REMOVE PLS
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    Type 1 and HRT

    Hello all. I am due to start hormone replacement therapy at 48 years young :D In a week. I have been looking into the hormone I will be given by injection every 10 to 12 weeks and found a few articles indicating that HRT can affect blood sugar. I will be having the hormome replacement called...
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    Immunisation

    Hello all. A very quick but simple question, after seeing my diabetic nurse she indicated to me that I need 2 injections one for seasonal flu yep ok I can see that, then she said the other was immunisation against phneumonia now that one I do not get as it can be cause by a simple rhino virus...
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    Diabetes and alcohol

    Hello all. After just replying to a post Ive just got this impulse to give a little testamonial, and maybe this can help people to help others. Heres my short story I will do my best not to rant. I gave up drugs some years ago but I also enjoyed my drink starting off in moderation and getting...
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    Think its time for change

    Hello all. It is becoming a sad time people are leaving and being banned only for saying what they feel is wrong. Is this a fair forum or are there a few that have stepped over the line in moderating. Maybe it is time for some fresh blood in the moderating, because if it continues this way we...
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    Type 1 and eyesight

    Heloooo. I am getting increasingly frustrated with my eyesight being out of focus. I do wear glasses to read but not very strong, I am very recently diagnosed with type 1 and I understand that when blood sugar is high this does affect your vision and I have noticed I now have to use my reading...
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    First Hypo

    Hello all, last night I started feeling very disoriented, very drowsy etc upon testing my BG the result was 3.8. Up until then since testing my BG had never gone below 18, after taking glucose and some carbs mt BG rose back to 12.2 and I started to feel a lot better. My question is, do these...
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    Test Results through

    Hello all, got my test results through this afternoon I have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and start on insulin tomorrow on a lesser dose to start and adapt to start to control my BG levels. Just as a warning I may be posting on here qrite a lot as here I go on the learning process to...
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    Help and Information

    Hello all, I am awaiting my c-peptide result hopefully it will be in tomorrow, temporarily I have been loaned a BG meter to watch my BG levels. I noticed a bout an hour ago that my vision started flickering in and out of focus and recognised that there may be to do with my levels. I took 1...
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    Aspartame

    Hello, I seem very active on first night but I thought I would raise this and see what you think. Aspartame an artificial sugar about 200 times as intense as sugar used in a lot of diet products as well as diabetic products. This is my opinion from research I have done, aspartame seems to have...
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    Hello to all

    Hello, I am Simon I live in Seaton Devon, on the south coast. I have recently been diagnosed with diabetes and have some other health complications. I do not work and am in home for a lot of the time although I do voluntary work helping people solve software and hardware problems with their PC...
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    Which Type

    Hello all just registered. My question is what type of diabetes do you think I have. Here is the outline of what happened to lead up to diagnosis hope this helps. Approx 4 weeks ago I was admitted to hospital with extremely painful pancreatitis, the pain in mid stomach started a week before...