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  1. J

    Yearly Review

    Ah huge congratulations Really inspiring to read stories like yours so thanks so much for sharing with us.
  2. J

    Scared to death

    Wow thank you all so much for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience. I’m more determined than ever to do this on diet alone and see where I can get myself by looking after myself like many I’m a single mum to a boy who is my world and I do everything for him and have forgotten...
  3. J

    Scared to death

    Wow this is amazing and I’m so glad I wrote this post my heads been in a spin since my doctors phone call, the diabetic nurse said something similar about her husband getting his levels down himself and not being on medication. I really hope she rings me or il have to put a public notice out for...
  4. J

    Scared to death

    No he didn’t really give me a break down just said I was overweight and my blood pressure was too high and my folic acid was too low and cholesterol was too high. The nurse who also looked at the same results was the one who said about my b12 levels and we was tackling that she also explained...
  5. J

    Scared to death

    I’m hoping she rings me soon to discuss my plan for after my loading injections and I can explain everything to her before I take this medication. But I’m hoping I get this right because I’m inclined to try and do this myself before I rely on medication, thanks for you reply
  6. J

    Scared to death

    Hi there, my journey with my diagnosis has been awful and I’m now really scared and not sure what to do. I got diagnosed about 7 months ago and was told on a 3 minute phone call I was diabetic type 2 and to take metformin 3 times a day and swop sugar for sweetener. That’s all I knew for 7...
  7. J

    New confused scared

    wow thank you so much for explaining all this too me, I’d really like to know what my average was, I’m not sure if I was having any symptoms or just use to feeling how I did. I wasn’t having any symptoms that was making me not cope with daily life so to speak so if I was it would’ve be some what...
  8. J

    New confused scared

    Thank you so much for all your kind insightful messages, I’m hoping my doctor or diabetic nurse rings me soon because she never even told me if I was type 1 or 2 but by googling the metformin I gathered it was type 2, I’ve been on metformin for about 6 days and upon googling it I’ve made sure to...
  9. J

    New confused scared

    Hello As I’m sure there are loads of new people who are newly diagnosed and equally as confused and scared as me. I got newly diagnosed last Tuesday with a brief phone call from a doctor at my surgery who I’ve never spoken to before as I never need to see a doctor. My blood was taken from a...