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hi ive not been on the forum for a while ive sort of fallen off the wagon .id like to know how everyone is managing to stay good ,H0w do you satisfy a sweet tooth or do you just learn to stop your self and if you watching tv at night and fancy a munch what do you do ? i started off well and had...

Hi your not on your own and funny enough i also got a 6.9 when before i dieted got 6.2 i couldnt believe it had gone up .I have been low carb also had no cheese at all no salt and having these spreads that claim to lower cholesterol . I was not over weight before and have still lost just over...

Hi kennys im also worried about cholesterol and im doing the low carb im sure i will have a more positive Hba1c but wondering if this diet will bring my cholesterol levels down ,let us know if your results are good Good luck :)

Thanks Doug ,im such a winge bag :) :oops:

i really feel like i need a good moan im not the worst off by far on this site of which im aware ,just fed up only known ive got diabetes a few weeks ago and had enough already it seems to me like dont drink dont smoke dont eat anything you actually really like .So not a whole lot of fun ,dont...

Thank you for your answers really glad i got some answers and some great reading on the link found that very helpful :D

Hi i am asking more questions sorry ,i understand that you should test your blood two hours after eating and you should aim for under eight ,what im wondering is does it matter what the level is or goes up to between eating and the two hour test ,I ATE QUITE A BIT of melon and it was 12.2 a...

hi everyone i was diagnosed with two blood tests including a fasting one \,i went to see the diabetic nurse just over a week ago she said she couldnt believe that no one had done my glucose . What is the purpose of the glucose test ? i have know idea and hope one of you can help :)

oh dear i just had a banana ive only been diagnosed about two weeks ago and dont think ive quite got it .I thought i was being good eating melon the other day and test with my newly purchased monitor to find a reading of 11.2 wish i could find something to snack on thats ok not easy is it !

Hi Furrycub ,i was told i had diabetes ten days ago and still a bit freaked out by it ,what a shock and so much to get your head round .I find it so anoying when people say that to be type two you must be fat < part of me is angry i have diabetes i dont sit about i dont stop and also i am not...

wow well done im a newbie and also been reading all the advice offered on the site,feel hopeful i can do the same :P :clap:

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn mine on the last two tests is 6.9 didnt think that was to bad though would like it to be lower .

Thanks for the reply,just shocked at being put on the same tablets my mom was put on only a few weeks ago :thumbup:

hi everyone im wondering if anyone else is being told they need to take statin for their cholestrol not sure im even spelling it right im 45 years old and been told as a diabetic my choletrol is to high this has really upset me as the only people i know who take statins are in their sixties or...

I was diagnosed as type 2 last week and finding it hard to get my head round,if it makes anyone feel better im not over weight and i never have been over weight .I have always drank diet drinks and ate brown bread and i have diabetes really dont see why why people think you need to be big,those...

thank you so much for your reply ,i was beginning to think that i had asked such a stupid question that nobody was going to answer. Im so glad i found this forum got a feeling i will be on it often ,i surpose it saves me from spending all my money on ebay .Got a lot of questions

i have been told that i am type 2 after 2 blood tests .I dont realy believe it as after reading other peoples story on the furum who were told they were like 8.2 and 12 etc why am i diabetic at 6.9 can any one explain please :?