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Its taken a year (and paying to go private to see a consultant!) but I have just been diagnosed as having damaged my balance mechanism. I have been feeling quite dizzy since having a virus last October (12!) it left me feeling like I was drunk and there was a pressure pulling me to the left. I...

Hi Stillo I really am no expert but I would say your body is going into shock by only eating once a day and hence your BGs are all over the place and are trying to compensate for the lack of food. I do appreciate you want to low carb but you can still do this and have three meals a day (there...

Hi Paul and welcome to the forum. I was fairly recently diagnosed and have found this place to be a huge help. I get very hard skin on my heels mainly because I hate wearing socks and usually go barefoot round the house. I tend to use Bodyshop Hemp Foot-cream. Sometimes I put a liberal...

I bring mine home in a little bag and put them in the sharps bin

Hi Carole and welcome to the forum. Firstly stop blaming yourself. Obviously we know weight does play a part (that, I believe is the reason I am here) but instead of beating yourself up over it use that energy to control your BG instead. There is a wealth of info on this forum, lots of...

We've had about 20cm here with drifts upto a meter although a bit higher up the hills they are a couple of meters. Seem to be spending most of my time towel drying the dogs who think its great to leap about the garden chasing the birds! :crazy:

Flash mob or not it made me laugh on this snowy Friday afternoon :lol:

Welcome back ****, good to hear you have sorted out the Docs, it really helps when you have one you trust. Can't help you with the fatigue as although I have got quite good control I feel quite tired especially towards the end of the day. Now the lighter evenings are here I will be taking the...

I used to help with a cat rescue so could have upwards of 6 cats, more if it was kitten season :shock: It used to drive our dogs loopy trying to play with so many little fluff balls. We are catless at the moment as our last little rescue dog doesn't cope too well with them but I am hoping...

Just one complaint about the survey Gregory (which I have just completed) I am in the top age group!! :shock: I am never in the top age group, slowly creeping up but never at the top :lol: Dave are you still shrinking??

I am certainly no expert and I am sure someone with a far better insight in to this will be along soon but I would say don't panic too much, sometimes a sudden change in diet can have a negative effect coupled with exercise (which always adds a bit of weight for me in the first couple of weeks)...

Hi Ruby Tuesday Firstly can I encourage you to speak to your Manager or even maybe HR at work, explain you have been diagnosed with Diabetes and that you hope over the coming weeks to be feeling a bit better, this will hopefully give them the opportunity to support you instead of trying to...

Its nowt to worry about, I went a few weeks ago however it was a group meeting and whilst the message wasn't too bad, she went on about portion control and reducing carbs there was the usual 'numpty' there who thought it was all a bit of a joke. I was given lots of info to take away including...

hi Barry :thumbup: Hope you get sorted with the chest pains very soon, can be very frightening. Grab a coffee, put your feet up and spend some time reading through the info on here, I did when I was first diagnosed and it helped a huge amount.

I don't think this weather helps! During the dry days I am outside pottering in the garden or out on the beach with the dogs but these damp, dreary days its a quick walk in the woods then back inside :thumbdown: I too feel very tired, I know I work full time and its quite a demanding job...

Fantastic results John, well done :clap:

I am very lucky as my OH has been fantastic as have my parents. Sometimes though I do feel guilty as I go on about it a bit and I know both my OH and parents have conditions which are far more painful/serious but they never stop me talking bout the diabetes. Just know you can always pop on...

I really don't have any answers as I was only diagnosed at the beginning of the year so am still learning lots but did want to offer a big hug as it does sound a little like you have become a bit overwhelmed with it all. Just take some time out, eat well, look after yourself and smile ((((hug))))

As a child I used to go every year as either my mum's or my gran's Yorkies used to qualify. Loved it! I was pleased to see the Scruffs finals are there this year, even the mutts will have their day. Unfortunately we can't watch it as one of our mutts takes exception to dogs on the telly and...

Hi Rosie :wave: I tried bowling once, have to say I wasn't very good at it, spent most of my time picking up my bowls from the ditch :roll: Hope you find this forum interesting, its certainly been a huge help to me