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Hi everyone, thanks for allowing me in! I am pre diabetic and weigh 25 stone. Clearly what I have is more than just a situation of "eat less, lose weight" as there are mental issues involved as I was neglected and starved as a child and now food is the whole world to me! I am not yet...

Hi After a routine blood test and a follow up after a few weeks of a low sugar low fat diet I was put on Metformin. After reading another post and lots of people recommending testing glucose to see what foods cause a spike I got myself a monitor. I started using it today. I figured I would test...

Hi all! I'm new to this forum, and wanted to introduce myself, but also just share my story and get some much needed advice! (I'll apologise right now for the length that this will inevitably be - I like writing!) This time last week I was 4 days into feeling pretty ******. I had caught a cold...

Hi. I am a retired nurse who has lived a keto then low carb life for about the last 25 years. I have a sister who died after surgery, of ketoacidosis. I have another sister who has been T2 for the last 10 years and third who developed Pre-diabetes.Over the years I've tried to help them but...

Hi, So I am newly diagnosed, 8 or 9 weeks now and I have been using a CGM to try and get some patterns before I finally get an appointment to see a diabetes nurse. (I still haven't seen one which is a whole other story) and have noticed the last 2 days iv been getting a low blood glucose alarm...

Hi guys! I'm Nathan, new to this community, living with type 1 diabetes since 2014. I have been venting about my condition through blogging, thought that it would be great to try out some support groups too. Looking forward to meeting you guys! cheers, N

Hello everyone! Of course I am speaking about eating. Most people like to eat, like to taste the food, enjoy different meals. That's a pleasure which is a big part of the "living is worth it" feeling. What is the hardest part of this illnes for you? I have been diagnosed with type I diabetes a...

Hello everyone! I'd like to introduce myself, I'm Marton, and I have been diagnosed with type I. diabetes 1 month ago. I found this forum online, and thought I would be a frequent user. See you in other threads! Cheers! :)

Hello all! My name is Hollie, I've just joined the forum. I've been diabetic now for 12 years. Unfortunately diabulimic and totally burntout for the most part (My hba1c hit 157 and that's when I knew it was time to try a little harder ;) ) I have a little staffie who alerts me to my lows. Home...

Hi everyone. Well im completely new to this having received a letter from my GP completely out of the blue just a few days ago. I didn't even know they were checking my blood sugars. Anyway my HbA1c has gone from 44mmol to 46mmol in the past 3 months so now they tell me I am high risk...

hi, I’m new to this and need some advice... I recently had health test at work that indicated blood sugar 17 so told to go to GP. First visit - not very helpful or sympathetic nurse practitioner who gave no info support just sent for blood test. Called for blood results - incompetent...

So I have been diagnosed with LADA. I am 41, male, 6'2" and I had recently lost quite a bit of weight right before I was diagnosed. My HbA1c level was 11.7% when I was diagnosed in Oct 2018. I have an upcoming blood work in February and I will be asking to check my c-peptide levels as well...

Hello Everyone! My name's Sean O'Sullivan and I've been T1 since I was 5. I'm now 23 and because of being stupid when I was younger and not looking after my diabetes, I have some retinopathy problems. I've been on a waiting list for almost a year to see a diabetic specialist and finally got to...

Started on the libre yesterday and I already love it! I've seen that some people have wildly inaccurate results but mine seem to come up within 1mmol so v. happy. Disappointed that the costs seem very much like a postcode lottery as ive seen now that some locations, the sensors are on...

Hi guys, So for around 6 months now I’ve been so ill as soon as I get rid of an illness I get another one which has caused my blood sugars to be high in the past few months! I’ve also had to have a couple of weeks where I couldn’t take my insulin as it was making me vomit and I had to wait for...

Hello, I have been diagnosed with Type 2 last week following on form my Gestational Diabetes that didn't go away. I am absolutely devastated as I am a fussy eater (dont like most meat, vegetables etc) I mostly live on potatoes! But over the past few days I have made an effort to eat better but...

Hello, I'm new to this site. I just joined because I'm tired of being such a failure with my Type 1 diabetes. I was diagnosed when I was 11, and I've had ups and downs with it. It causes me a lot of stress and anxiety, and I often shut down and get depressed because I can't seem to find that...

I've officially had LADA for a week. I was put on Lantus Sunday and then got my fast acting Apidra on Wednesday My readings are still too high so yesterday and today I have had 14 units of Lantus as advised. They were 15.9 this morning. Down from the 20's Wednesday. I've been told to have 1...

Hello all I'm newly diagnosed type 2 I was hoping I could get some advice on a good BG meter. I've had a look through some other posts and a popular meter seems to be the SD code free, however some seem to question its accuracy. I would be really helpful to me if anyone could let me know what...

Today i'm celebrating 5 years of being Type 1 diabetic! Seems like yesterday but still going strong! Christmas is always a reminder of me being diagnosed and being in hospital just days before Christmas day! Merry Christmas to you all! And remember to enjoy the celebrations and enjoy the food...