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You’re right MrsA2! I need to look at this in a positive light. We didn’t eat very unhealthy before, but I know portion size and green leafy vegetables were not high priorities. Going to do some batch cooking this week - we do this every so often, it just needs to have different...

Now I’m really cheered up. Qrisk3 calculator says I’ve the heart of 66 year old [emoji15] 8% chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. Well I suppose this is my baseline data to improve from. I’m away to plan our meals for the next week. Low carb healthy food all round.

I had them taken first thing in the morning when surgery opened. I’d had a mouthful of water that morning while brushing teeth but nothing more. Think I need to read up more. I don’t understand about trigs.

I have attached the serum lipids from the blood test done in August. Cholesterol was 6.41, LDL 4.53. DN said that my risk was almost 10% for heart attack/stroke. Will look into statins in more detail. Thanks everyone for being so helpful.

My husband knows and he’s very supportive. I haven’t said anything to our daughter. She’s 13 and too smart for her own good - too quick to google and then worries about what she finds. Though I know she’s been reading over my shoulder and probably suspects something is up. You’re right I need to...

Mum lost a lot of weight at the beginning when she was first diagnosed, but over the years some of that has crept back on. We are in Northern Ireland where the humble spud forms part of every meal as far as she’s concerned. She takes metformin. I haven’t actually told family that I’ve got...

Hi everyone. I’ve recently been diagnosed with T2, I’m 48, 5’2” and 92kg. I was phoned about a blood test result while on holiday in August. Unfortunately I have spent the pandemic working from home, sitting at laptop and comforting myself with a large box of midget gems (the Lion ones with...