introduction

Hi everyone, Nice to meet you all. [squints] Good-looking crowd! So, in December I had a Hb1ac test and it came back as 42. This did not surprise me, for several reasons. First, all my life I've had an extremely sweet tooth. In 2021, and especially over the summer months, my overindulgence...

Hi everyone! Just to briefly introduce myself.. I'm 27 and was diagnosed with MODY (Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young) when I was 18.. that's a story for another time! My mum also has MODY and my brother carries the gene (specifically HNF4A for us). At diagnosis, I was told I was type 1 and...

My name is Melanie, I've been lurking in the forum for a while, I was diagnosed 8 or 9 years ago when I was 31 but I'd been having symptoms for maybe 3 years before that. I pretty much diagnosed myself and then took a year convincing the doctor to test me as I was "too young for type 2 diabetes"...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to quickly introduce myself. I've been Type 1 Diabetic since the age of 15 (6 years now), and started getting the usual symptoms during Year 11 of secondary school. Incredibly thirsty, urinating constantly, extremely lethargic. I self-diagnosed after noticing this...

Hi everyone! I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Rosie, I'm 35 and I live in London. I was just diagnosed Pre-Diabetic with an HbA1c level of 43. That was on my second test. The first one - approx 2 weeks ago -was at 48. I was just at the start of a complete diet and...

Hi Everyone, My name is Rebecca and I was diagnosed with type two diabetes on 11/02/2019. I can't say this has come as a surprise, diabetes runs in my family and I am obese (130kg at 5ft 4). But nevertheless it's really opened my eyes to the damage I've done to my body by neglecting it so...

Hi all Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bob, 63 years old and was diagnosed about 3 weeks ago, Type 2. Bit of shock, but finding out has answered a number of questions about my state of health. Looking forward to reading the forum to find out my info on my condition.

Hi, I should have started here (I already posted a couple of times). Since I don't know how to start to introduce myself I will do some Q&A with the suggested points from the sticky post. If you don't care, feel free to skip to the next section. - Include a photo here if you wish to. Done -...

My name is Adriana (forum name, Traveling Hawk - I also write a travel blog, using the same nickname), I am from Romania, and almost 70 yrs old. I was diagnosed with diabetes type II in 2004 and since then I tried to control it (with more or less success) only by diet. On June, my glycemia...