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Hi, I’ve recently been told I have Gd (currently 30 weeks pregnant).
My first appointment with the diabetic nurse was quite positive I was told what my targets should be (under 5.6 fasting and no higher than 7.8 for after meals) great I thought after going a good couple weeks of having all my...
There have been many newly diagnosed T2's who say they feel guilty and ashamed.
I don't feel that way and neither should they. We have all been told to eat the wrong things, and that those are even 'healthy, for decades!
T2D is all about diet - what the person has eaten in the past and going...
Sorry to be negative but I am utterly fed up.
I'm fed up of finger pricks, blood tests and cannula changes.
I'm fed up of carb counting, guilt around eating and facing the inevitable consequences of over indulging.
Im fed up of answering 'whats that?' when people see my pump or my meter...
Hello,
I had a planned/semi emergency c section over a year ago. When they tested my sons blood,an hour after delivery, it was 1. He was taken to SCBU where he ended up having many different glucose drips including one into his stomach. I didn't really have any support with breastfeeding and so...