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Hi sorry, he had his first screening the 1st Oct at his GP surgery, the hospital called yesterday (Friday) as a result of that screening to see a specialist ASAP - so that’s on Monday 7th Oct. he had recently seen an optician in June as he wears glasses, but this was before his diagnosis and...

In all honesty, his diet isn’t the best. He goes through stages of eating really good and then he’ll fancy something but ends up bingeing. He’s lost almost 2 stone since July (diagnosis). I think they’ll do his hba1c on Monday (review) so thatwll be interesting to see.

Hi, I believe that having high blood glucose levels can have a impact on LFT’s. My partner had the same and was told to basically lower his hba1c. He has slightly and recent tests showed the LFT have lowered.

Yeh his GP said that when he got his results, I feel like they aren’t really telling him the seriousness of it all - they just tell him what it is and that’s it. Nothing of the potential complications and hasn’t really had any advice. I’m really hoping at the appointment it’s no more bad news...

Hi, when he had his first blood test his hba1c was 93. He hasn’t had one since but has a review in a week or so. But he tests his bg every night and is between 6 and 8...

My husband got diagnosed with type 2 in late July and has his retina screening on Tuesday at his GP surgery. He got a call yesterday from outpatients at the hospital and they said that a specialist wants to see him sooner rather than later, which has obviously concerned us. He also got a letter...

Hi everyone! Bit of a random one maybe, so my husband’s recently been diagnosed with diabetes and has now been confirmed that it’s type 2. Now we had joint life insurance (UK) prior to this, but they have contacted us stating that his critical illness cover has been cancelled and his premium...

Thank you for your advice! He does have one yeh, he kind of stays over 8 anyway. Wake up and it’s around 10, his first reading was 15.9 and hasn’t been that high since he’s been keeping an eye on it! it appears to be starting to lower, before he had tea it was 6.8 [emoji1317] will see what it...

Thank you so much for your replies! So how many grams of carbs would you maybe stay under? Like per portion? [emoji4]

Hi everyone [emoji1309] I’m sorry if this may sound like a really daft question, I’m still getting educated and never took much notice of food labels before! When looking for the carbohydrate amount in foods, am I looking for the total carbs in grams or the part underneath where it says “of...

DCUKMod thank you for your reply [emoji4] We are pretty much the same, though we both work long shifts working in health care and security so often nip to the shops at lunch time etc and just grab something quick! It’s good to know that he didn’t completely change his diet, I’m open to trying...

Thank you for your reply jjraak! We were told we should know in a couple of weeks which type it is. But we are sure it’s type 2. That’s a good way of looking at it thank you! Thank you for the tips in the food aisles! He’ll be happy to know he can still have these things [emoji4] I have...

Rachox that’s amazing! Thank you so much for your help [emoji4]

Debandez thank you so much!

Rachox Thank you for that, will check it out properly tomorrow! [emoji4] I’ve decided to eat what he eats so he doesn’t feel so bad about it, he’s a big foodie so he’s a bit gutted to have to cut out a big variety of food. We aren’t sure what type he is yet, but most likely is type 2 as his...

Hi Rachox! Thank you for your reply I’ve had a read of the link, thank you for pointing me in the right direction! So is it right that eating mainly whole meal carbs is better than white carbs? He does this anyway, so maybe cutting them down would be beneficial? What about natural sugars? E.g...

Hi everyone [emoji4] So last week my husband went to the doctors about something, she stated that it could indicate diabetes so booked in a blood test for the Wednesday just gone. Didn’t think much of it, but they rang first thing yesterday advising he go a see the diabetes nurse as he had high...