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I have a small garden and have a blueberry tree/bush, they taste just wonderful

Thanks everyone, I now have a monitor and have been testing every morning and averaging at around 7.7 Would you recommend reading before meals or 2 hours after just to see the effect? 2 hours after not always possible as teach in a secondary school! I purchased the carbs and cals book and...

Thanks for the replies everyone, I really appreciate your comments of support

Well, I went along to my second appointment today (only 10 days after being told I have diabetes type 2) I was given more leaflets to read, this time, foot care, one telling me I will be having an HbA1c test every 3/4 months and another explaining about retina problems. I reminded her I needed...

Andy, it's great we started on here at the same time, it's like a buy one get one free for everyone lol :lol: Everyone is so helpful and there's so much you can read, I feel so much better Thank you guys :thumbup:

Brilliant, thank you Etty, I went shopping today and looked at all the labels :***: carbs carbs and yep more carbs!!!! I did find a nice piece of smoked mackerel that has none :D I'm not cutting carbs out altogether, just cutting down as much as I can, i found some rustic oven chips with...

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Thanks Lesley, I went out for dinner tonight with friends and sat looking at the menu and trying to work out what was good and not so good on the diabetic front, i opted for a jacket potato with tuna and side salad. Usually after the meal, drinks would have flowed quite nicely but stuck to a...

HAHAHAHA love that game, it's too addictive!! i'm on level 133 but cant give it up :shifty:

Thanks for the support everyone, I'm feeling much better about things now. This sounds like a daft question but I've got to ask...... Once you're diabetic will you always be diabetic and have to tick the box on forms ext, even if you've got it under control with diet and exercise?

Hi Andy, I only joined this site today after being diagnosed a few days ago, everything seems pretty daunting doesn't it. What to do and what not to do. I agree with you that there are so many questions but none appear when given the chance to ask!!!! odd lol Anyhow, just wanted to say hi as...

Thank you for your welcome and replies, needless to say, I have ignored my nurse and read, read and read some more. The booklet I was given is about understanding diabetes and the printouts do indeed tell me to eat starchy carbs! I do like to nibble and I do have a sweet tooth but since being...

I was diagnosed as type 2 Thursday 4th April 2013 so only been a few days, nobody in my family have diabetes so this is very new to me. I was given lots of reading material from my nurse and was told not to look into it too deeply on the internet.... but... me being nosey and it's my body this...