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    Exercise - Type 2

    Hi..I'm Type 2 but strictly diet controlled....for now...but I understand Metaformin means you can eat most stuff..Do you have Hypos...(I don't)...also I don't check my levels...I go by how I feel...and eat on a regular basis..that is a meal every 4 hours with nothing in between.. I was...
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    Eating fruit

    Hmm.a bit worrying as I tend to eat a fair bit of fruit...I have a banana after lunch..and it has to be a yellow banana...not keen of hard fruit or overripe fruit. And in the evening after dinner I have fresh fruit salad..which I make from half of the following orange/apple/kiwi/peach..some...
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    Eyes

    I have glasses for reading and close work...have had for the past 20 odd years...However when I notice my vision blurs at times I put it down to tiredness and age..Also a recent retinel scan shows alls okay there and am due for my bi annual eye test any time...but I'm going to wait until I have...
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    health worries

    Wow Rosan...you seem to be having it rough...I was diagnosed this May with Type 2...I take no medication apart from a tiny aspirin and apparently so far no other symptoms.. I did experience some dizziness in the begining when I changed my diet..I dropped all sugar items plus fats etc...added...
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    smoking

    Having been an off and on smoker for half my adult life...smoked through stress times in my life..didn't smoke when pregnant and whilst kids still at home...Gave up smoking after I retired..too darn expensive when ones income is suddenly slashed in half...result I gained weight..learning to...
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    sugarfree red bull and coffee

    I drink caffiene free coffee and tea.......never tried Red Bull I think I'm too old to handle it :lol:
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    Is this an age thing???

    Being 67 this month and recently diagnosed T2 all I'm doing is trying to lose weight..as I was 14 st 5'6 so with a combination of NO more sweet stuff choc cake biscuits pastry etc and more salads veg and fruit ..so hopefully it will improve my overall health as well as control the...
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    feet - what do you do?

    May I also thank everyone for advice given...I'm a newby T2...got my 2nd appt this fri with my DN and she said she will look at my feet..so far there ok ish...I have no hard skin or corns but some odd dry patches but I do cream my feet nightly with a foot cream always have done..and don't go...
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    Hi everyone!

    Hi Michelle and welcome...I'm an old bod..( is almost 67 old!!) with newly diagnosed Type 2....(proberly the age onset type...) I find this place very interesting info wise...but a bit scary as well... :lol:
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    is there ?

    Any forum can become a chat room if theres enough people on line...not like now ..I'm all alone...but there am retired so appear here and on other forums during the day..All you lovely folk that work will appear later when I move my bod from the chair in front of the desk to sofa in front of...
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    Three Word Story Game

    and lost shoes
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    WORD ASSOCIATION GAME!

    bubble :roll:
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    Just a question of tiredness

    I didn't think I got tired I just thought I was slowing down and taking my time as I was getting older...maybe I was getting tired...hmm. Still spite being well past 60 I don't take an afternoon nap..yet.
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    Totally fed up!

    Hi Cherry pie...I do hope this site can help and you get some good advice I wish I can be more positive.. I'm more than twice your age and have recently been diagnosed with T2 and after the initial 'why me' feeling I have now accepted it....would I if younger I don't know.. Please take care, do...
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    I,M just being nosey

    Reading...painting..my computer...gardening...walking( when fine ) meeting up with a group I belong to....have 2 cats whom I'm a slave to....otherwise I lead quite an ordinary life
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    Diabetes is not the end of the world... its...

    Only got type 2 so haven't had any hypos ( do type 2s get hypos???)...At the mo' am heavily into losing weight..but being a pretty big older lady..need to lose weight on a steady basis to avoid the flabby bits forming....What do I miss sweet wise...just a disgusting habit of eating a bar of...
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    Alcohol

    Funny when I had my first visit to the 'diabetic' nurse and we discussed alcohol..I told her my favourite tipple is Vodka and J20...she said the vodka is fine just drop the J20..so have switched to adding soda and a splash of lime to my vodka...not quite the same..but passable..Also when out and...
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    new to the site

    Hi Ozzie and welcome... I'm pretty new here myself having been diagnosed recently(type2)..confirmed on the 8th...since then have been watching my weight ..managed to lose a half stone so far...However I was advised to have carbs with each meal as they provide a slow release to keep on feeling...
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    Just being nosey - where is everyone from

    Essex born..London bred...finally ended up in West Yorkshire via Suffolk after trolling around the world with the RAF....
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    Any diabetic couples?

    Not really..but my ex husband was diagnosed with Type 2 about a year ago...and me just a couple of weeks ago...So both our daughters now have twice the risk of developing the condition...