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I know how that feels, sometimes it seems like there's a schedule or something that you're meant to follow when grieving...but I am sure as your counsellor told you, not to let anyone pressure you to be/feel/do anything before you feel you are ready. Those that avoid you or say the wrong thing...

Sorry Beachbag, forgot to say: location of tat is up to you, but bear in mind that ones 'on the bone' (ankle, shoulder blade, wrist) can be more painful when getting it because it is so close to the bone, I suppose it depends on your design, whether you want to show it off or not, and of...

Hello, I am planning to get another tattoo soon, but since my diagnosis, I have to ask my friend diabetes first, like everything else. Please make sure your A1c is at acceptable levels, and possibly check with your GP first. Size of tat does not matter, it's your healing capabilities that do...

Hello all, Death and diabetes, not the Double 'D' I was aiming for... I lost my dad in May, and was diagnosed 7 weeks later on my return to the UK after being abroad to take my dad to his final resting place. I had been feeling rotten for quite a while, and I was not surprised at my...

Cheers for that, I shall find out more about it...

Thank you whompa73 & Netty70; you know I thought I was just being over-sensitive (grumpy and hyper perhaps?), but my feelings mirror yours entirely. Well done for taking the time to speak up; hey I'm just a new kid on the block, but this place has been a beacon of hope for me in these last few...

Hello, I have been having similar problem: bedtime can be between 6-9ish, and then I wake up and it can be up to 11-18!! The other day I got up, walked the dog (briskly) for half an hour THEN took my BG: 12.4....I mentioned this to my DN, and showed her this trend, so she has just upped my...

Today, I have mostly been eating...not a huge amount.. brekky biscuits, apple and cuppa char lunch - 1 slice multigrain toast with pb a smear of jam and half a slice of lo-fat cheese, with green tea, blackberries from garden din-dins: brown rice and peas cooked in light veg stock, chana dal...

what have I been eating...? I'm not a vegetarian, so am trying to cut down on saturated fat, keep my carbs low, fibre high, less salt, more... my fave brekkie at the mo is , probiotic yoghurt with blackberries from the garden mixed with some blueberries and raspberries, a tsp of the Linwood's...

Re: Diabetes sucks: hey. we're all allowed to have a moan he Well Sparky, you took all of the words I have written in my journal, pretty much verbatim. I was diagnosed in July, and I have had good days and bad days, like all of us I am sure! Shopping has become a battleground; I seem to live my...