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thank you for you input I’ll check the website out!

Thank you for taking the time to come back to me on this with such a detailed reply. I’ll definitely check that website out. It’s a difficult journey for all of us and such a big lifestyle change. I think after accepting the diagnosis it’s really a rediscovering yourself journey that...

Hi all, I've been on my diabetes journey for a few years now and I'm getting the hang of it slowly. I've accepted that I need medication. I think the stigma and the feeling that I'd failed was putting me off. I felt like I wasn't doing "well enough" and medication was admittance of that. I now...

Thank you! Thank you!

Thanks you I will definitely been looking at these! Side note, has anyone found since going on a low carb diet that their sugar spikes drops a lost faster? I’ve just gone down from 14 to 9.6 in 2.5 hours! Normally that would have stayed spiked for at least 1/2 a day!

Hello! Sorry if this has already been posted! I’m looking for any recommendations or recipes you’ve picked up for low carb, everything carbs [emoji23] low carb bread, low carb cake, donuts, biscuits, anything really. Im really struggling with not being able to eat rice, potatoes or pasta...

Hello! Popping back in here, I’ve recently found out that if I eat carbs it spikes my sugars higher than if I eat sugar. For example chocolate spikes me only a little but donuts will spike me over 7mmol.. Has anyone else found this or know why this could be?

Yes I saw the box online and wondered if I qualify just saw the you will get a penalty if you're not really exempt so just wanted to make sure I was good [emoji23] I wanted to by some test strips online as they're only £7.75 for 50!

So I've been reading around that those with any form of diabetes is able to buy things like test strips and metres etc VAT free? Is this correct?

Thanks for explaining that, I didn't realise this could happen. I've been finding that pepperami really brings my sugar down so when its been high I'll have one and BG just shoots down!

Am i correct in saying as a rule of thumb when Indulging I shouldn't go above 10mmol? Because half a wrap takes me up to 9.3.. so carbs just really aren't the way for me [emoji17] I had a very small scone and cream, no jam and I went from 6.4 to 9.6 [emoji17]

In my quest to find what I can and can't eat I've found I can have a small amount of sweet potato fries but normal fries are very off limit! I was 14.8 at 9pm (started at 6.4) after trying a small amount of normal fries today and now just tested again 8.4. This is the fastest drop I've seen. Is...

Thank you all I will look into these [emoji4]

Does nylons know how how your sugars have to get to start causing damage, I’m finding conflicting information online. My sugars have been in range for a week now and I tried a panini while out, usually I’m very low carbs or try to be as I find carbs have more affect than sugar for me. And I felt...

She’s supposedly the head diabetic nurse for the practise.. I just felt so deflated and fed up by the end of the call. I just feel like I’m getting little to no help even though I may only just be diabetic I’m still diabetic and surely its better to get it sorted now than leaving it until it...

I had the pain in the middle of my ribs where they dont meet. Where you diaphragm was. I had so many miss diagnoses and a lot of gps settled on muscle pain..

I felt very bullied after this phone call. When I told her I was worried about going blind she actually laughed at me and told me I won't go blind my sugars aren't high enough.. I was trying to explain I wanted to nip this in the bud now so i didn't reap it in the future and she actually laughed...

Oh and she also said that the keto diet and similar diets aren't sustainable long term or suitable for a regular diet..? Which.. doesn't make any sense to me

Update! I had a call from the gp nurse saying that my sugar levels aren't damaging me at all and I shouldn't be too worried about the diabeties it's just a case of managing it and monitoring it for now. Nurse isn't too impressed about tester or the keto diet and says I need to eat carbs...

I'll carry on testing and see what are good and work for me and try and keep my numbers down! Just need to be more mindful of what I eat! [emoji4]