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Evening, I will be talking through my concerns with my diabetic clinic at my next appointment however, I'm looking for advice from anyone who has been in a similar position and a feel for whether I need to try and bring forward my next appointment. Happy to be told to chill out and go with the...

Afternoon, I’m hoping someone with a little more knowledge may be able to assist. A bit of background - Gestational diabetes with 3 pregnancies between ages 17-21. Diagnosed type 2 at 28, 8 years ago. Managed diet alone for a few years then Metformin for a few more until a very sudden large...

Afternoon all, Just wondered if anyone had any must have recipe books they could recommend? I have the carbs and cals book and generally follow a lot of low carb/keto blogs but I do love a good recipe book! Laura

Hello all, It's been a long time since I've been here (hangs head in shame). A little background info.... I was diagnosed in November 2013. I was diet controlled until recently. After I was diagnosed I did a ton of research, I joined this forum and gained some fantastic advice. I spent weeks...

Hey all, I got a codefree BG monitor yesterday and used it yesterday evening and this morning fine. My morning blood sugar was 10.5, which is around normal for me at the moment. I had breakfast a tested again 2 hours later and the first one came back as 19. I've never had a result higher than...

Hey all, I'm a little bit worried, I've eaten normally today but at around 6 I started feeling really strange. I started feeling really shaky with a horrid cold sweat and felt that I needed to eat immediately. I just didn't feel right at all but can't really properly explain it. It took about...

Hey All, I was wondering if there were any known links between gestational diabetes and type 1 diabetes?. I had gestational diabetes during all 3 of my pregnancies and was warned at the time that I had a high chance of developing diabetes later in life. My mum is also a type 1...

Hey all, I've recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (I'm 28 ), however my timing sucks as the specialist diabetes nurse at my doctors is on long term leave. I was told to just wait until she was back (although they couldn't tell me when).I complained about this and managed to get a...