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    Put Off by Food

    Hi. I really understand every heartfelt word you said. :thumbdown: I too reached that point and a friend mentioned the hairy bikers cook books. so I bought the first one..Spanish chicken.. fantastic! Its all calorie counted for you and most of the recipes and be divided down. I simply...
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    Share Your Progress!

    Good morning everyone :D I was diagnosed just before christmas and was absolutely gutted, I really struggled at first to adjust, but have just had my latest HbA1c and it's down again from 6.8 to a nice round 6! My GP has even told me I only need to test my levels if I'm going to drive for...
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    Sugar aversion.

    Hello to one and all, I was diagnosed prior to christmas as type 2. I was then re-assessed to prediabetes when the tests were re-run due to the metformin making me stop sleeping completely! I now take one 500 metformin at 3pm to cover my main consumption part of the day, and am controlling my...
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    Organic Diabetic Chocolate that tastes great

    Thorntons do a Diabetic chocolate and it's great, particularly the dark chocolate one and the use all their traditional technique to produce it so it's also beautifully smooth in texture, literally like the real thing! :clap:
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    Perfect Low Carb Bread Recipe!!

    Hello to one and all, Could you reprint the recipe, as I have scrolled all through, because there was such a lot of positive feed back and it's not there :( Thank you PS Have just been told my ave down to 6.4 and my BP has returned to normal and have lost weight. Only need 1 metformin 500...
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    What exercise?

    Hello one and all, I have recently been diagnose as prediabetes/type 2 boarderline!! A few years ago used to train in Karate, was injured getting ready for my Black belt and had to give up for a while...I was just considering returning when I got my diagnosis. Since I have been told to be...
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    Scared and out on a limb

    Thanks Dawn, I seem to swing from being positive I can do this to reaching for the lancet and going into a spin. :crazy: Am going to break this over the weekend with the support of my husband so i'll let you know how I got on, on Tuesday. Wish me luck
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    Scared and out on a limb

    Hello, I was diagnosed with type 2 prior to Christmas, given twice day Metformin. which gave me almost every side effect known to man. :sick: I was re-tested and was then diagnosed as pre-diabetes at 6.5 so in order to stave off the inevitable for as long as possible I now have 1 x 500mg...
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    New to Metformin

    Hello :wave: I have was diagnosed prior to Christmas and given twice daily 500mg Metformin by a newly qualified GP. I ended up just totally not sleeping, feeling sick all the time, experiencing pains in my feet and toes, none of which had I been experiencing previously and because of the...
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    Please post the good things about diabetes why do you like d

    Re: Please post the good things about diabetes why do you li Am struggling to come to terms with this and like your positivity, but the silver lining is I've lost a stone in weight since Christmas..
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    Abandoned to my fate

    Was diagnosed as type 2 diabetes at Christmas, put on 500mg Metformin, twice a day. prior to diagnosis I had no symptoms at all so was completely blown away. I was temporarily taken off the meds as I completely stopped sleeping, therefore unable to function in any capacity. the tests were...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Hello, My name is Tracey, I am a 47 year old Female from Essex, England (So the jokes start here!!) I am christian but would say I was a spiritual rather than religious as I believe but do not conform. I am Loyal, Humorous & Kind. I had a Cairn Terrier called Pippa until 18 months ago when she...