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Since my T2 diagnosis I’ve missed eating out at Wagamama. BOY, I’ve missed it. According to Carbs & Cals the only low carb main was a sirloin and shiitake salad. But I went in the other day and asked for the noodles to be substituted for bean sprouts in a yaki soba main dish and two things...

I was diagnosed on June10th (aka the start of National Diabetes week!) with an HBA1C of 107. Like all of us, it was a hell of a shock so I read the bulletin boards like crazy and tried to turn things around. Metformin 2x500 a day plus a statin. I’ve tried to hammer my carbs and do more...

Ten days after my diagnosis and life was pretty miserable as I started to come to terms with what diabetes means to me. BUT... something really strange has happened and I wonder how common it is. I’ve been shortsighted since my early teens. I’ve never driven without glasses. I woke up one...

Hi. Newly diagnosed T2. This week. All my own fault. Now on low carb and 2000 Metformin a day. Did the devil him/herself make this drug?? I went up from 1 tab a day to the 4 I’m now on. Vomiting, nausea, diarrhoea, cramps ... and that’s without the mental trauma of getting to grips with it...