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Try pepsi max gives a sweet taste although hubby says it tastes like a mixture of cough medicine and brake fluid lol, still he drinks it too and seems to enjoy it. I'm type 2 taking 2x500 morn and evening. I don't think I eat perfectly even though I'm supposed too but I have made changes to my...

I am in N.E Lincs also and can confirm there was never any mention of testing strips by the diabetic nurse or the doctor.In fact if I hadn't come onto this forum I would never have known that it perhaps should be tested in between the 3 months. I manage without strips, hoping I'm eating the...

Hi that is so heart rendering poor little mite but with your support he'll grow up learning how best to manage the condition with him being so young there is a chance that some day there will be a cure found for it. Meantime just love him learn all you can and he'll enjoy a happy life.People...

I was diagnosed type 2 taking 2000 metformin a day and 40 simvastatin at night. I was not offered any sort of testing apart from a 3 monthly one. I was pretty much told what I should be eating told to excercise 30mins a day 5 days a week and left to my own devices for these 3 months.I was...

Until that absess goes away you're going to be in pain for sure. I had to have one tooth removed the absess was so painful my tongue went numb.only real cure for the pain I think is to get that tooth out. As for eating in the meantime how about getting a cheap blender I bought one from Argos...

Hi thankyou for your replies thankyou for the advice Daibell , I'm kind of still sticking my head in the sand a bit curious but not really wanting to know results just yet also. On Metformin now 2000 a day plus simvastatin for the chlorestrol.Feel ok and cutting out a lot of carbs I used to...

Hi I was diagnosed only about a month ago and now on metformin 2 in a morn and 2 at night 2000 per day. Simvastatin once at night for the double chlorestrol I was diagnosed with. Query is, is it normal to have to wait 3 months before I know if what I'm now eating is helping or not. I have...

You're not alone I too had no symptoms at all and found it hard to believe that I was indeed diabetic even though the fasting blood test came back at 13. I hadn't felt ill at all and no need to go any more frequently than before. I was told I'd probably had it for years and learnt to cope with...

Hi everyone thanks for your replies I went to morrisons and thanks to the picture I knew what to look for cheers Sid for the pic. forgot to do the coupon but hopefully it'll be ok for next time. Think I might survive a bit longer than I originally thought so any help like this is much...

Hi everyone and thankyou for your replies I'll look in those store I'll have to give it a try. MCMLXXIII That's why mum's go to Iceland.ha ha I do visit most of these shops everyone mentioned perhaps I just missed it before or it was sold out so will pick one up next time I shop. cheers everyone.

Hi I'm fairly new to this forum only diagnosed a few weeks ago. I am changing my diet completely to what I ate before I was blissfully ignorant for years I was not eating correctly. Anyway what is done is done but I see people mention burgeon bread my query is where do you buy it? and is it less...

I would imagine it doesn't really matter so long as you are taking them regularly so they build up in your system. I am on my second week of Metformin I was told I had to take one with my evening meal for the first week . Always take it with food I usually have a glass of water also to help with...

Hi im recently diagnosed now on my second week of metformin i wasnt offered any testing strips at all just had to see the dietition nurse who explainedwhat i should or not be eating.i think i now have to wait 3 months until the next bloodtest so i wont know how my bs is until then so hoping its...

Hi zalastar, welcome to the forum ,yes we all get a shock when diagnosed I suppose. I thought I'd had it and didn't even have any symptoms they told me I'd probably ignored/ got over them some time ago. I was feeling dreadful at first but now I'm positive again and getting on with life. Have an...

Hi Sid thankyou for your encouragement when I needed it the most. I'm much better in myself now must admit the diabetic nurse made me feel like I had leprosy or something now I look back . Perhaps it's the way I took the news though as even though that was my 3rd blood test in as many weeks I...

Thanks viv now i know i.ll stick with it and try downing the metfarting :) half way through eating.thanks for ur advice appreciated.

Hi I'm newly diagnosed too I wasn't sure I'd get through the first days I was so upset the people on here are brilliant gave me confidence . I know exactly what you mean it's hard to know what is best to eat. I'm obviously no expert learning myself too but there is a thread "breakfast" on this...

Hi thankyou to you all for your lovely replies I feel a lot more confident now. I think I just needed someone to say I wasn't going to die the next day as that was the impression I was left with after seeing the dietition. She told me I wouldn't need to see her again which made me think I'd...

Thankyou Daisy I'll take the time to look through all of the information you've sent to me. I'm very grateful thankyou. :thumbup:

Thankyou Sid for your kind words and reasuring me. I know this is something I've got to try to understand now. I just hope it's not to late to stop the bad side of diabetes setting in.I'm trying to learn how to eat all over again, I really gave food no real thought before as I always used...