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Hi all. Does anyone have any good recipes for the veg you can have with the Newcastle diet please? Hubby has finally taken the plunge to deal with his continually rising sugar levels, and started this diet 10 days ago. Is 8lb lighter, stopped his meds a few days in, and for the last week or so...

Hi all. I've not been on here for a while, but am reaching the end of my tether with my husband, and just need to let off steam I think! He has been type 2 for 12 years,, since the age of 35. First 6 years or so were ok, and under control with minimal dose of Metformin and diet. He then fell...

Have not been on here for a while, but its interesting reading the recent stories about other halves not understanding when you have diabetes; as I have the opposite problem with Type 2 hubby in denial again I think. Bit of background - hubby was diagnose 10 years ago, at 35. His Dad has had it...

Hi all, Well, after 12 months of hubby refusing to do anything to help reduce his blood sugars, something has finally 'clicked'! On an early post, I said about him getting his last HbA1c at over 100, and still not being prepared to change his ways. Well a week ago, he went back to his GP, to...

Hubby was diagnosed T2 10 years ago, in mid 30's. Had been doing really well during all that time with diet /exercise / testing x6 per day. Then about 2 years ago, our (pretty good) GP said it was ok to not test, and just get the HbA1c done every 3 months, and took the tester strips off his...

Hi. This is my first post, so please be kind to me! I am very worried about my husband. He was diagnosed some 10 years ago, at just 34.Type 2 runs in his family, (3 close relatives have it.) When he was first diagnosed, he made a real effort to control it just with diet and exercise. Then...