newly diagnosed

Hi everyone! I am a 31 year old male and a month ago I was driving to work and noticed my distant vision was blurred. After a few days I went to the opticians who recommended I check my blood glucose and it was 17mmol/l fasted. I was admitted into hospital for two nights until and came out with...

Hi all, Its my first time posting in here - and probably the first time I'm being completely honest with myself about my feelings about my new diagnosis. I'm 24 years old. At the beginning of February, I went on a skiing holiday to Bulgaria with my sister - and 2 days in began to feel lethargic...

Hi there, well, as the title of the post says I'm feeling pretty gutted today. I went for a 50 year old birthday check up at the GP's practice and it came back with Fatty Liver and Diabetes t2 112 and my finger-prick test was 12.8 today, I had eaten porridge at that point. I also have a long...

Hi all I thought I’d share my type 1 story to help those who may possibly be going through the experience. Roughly 5 years ago my sister who was around 4 years old was diagnosed with type 1, as part of research through trial net me, my brother, mum and dad all got tested for the antibodies...

Hi I first started noticing blurry vision early last summer. Initially I put it down to the air conditioning where I worked. Then late Summer, during a lull at work, I went to see my gp. I was sent for a blood test and was diagnosed as pre diabetic. This came as quite a shock, although being of...

I got Diagnosed with type 2 on Wednesday. Horrible experience in the hospital. Thank god I no longer have severe dehydration and urination. That’s a massive positive at least. I was just wondering if any of you had any tips? Or good apps etc I should use? Things you wish you had’ve known at the...

Hi I am on basal and bolus - take basal with meals theee times a day and bolus at bedtime. However today I missed breakfast and had early lunch took my first basal of the day, now don’t know if I should have a dinner plus shot and supper plus shot and then my bedtime bolus?? I have checked...

Hi, Husband newly diagnosed and hasn't got dietitian appointment until 15th August. He is flitting between low carb and 'screw it I don't know what i'm doing so I'll eat anything I want'. Also a bit low. Any advice for keeping his morale up a bit and any experiences you had with your husbands...

Hi, I am a 20 years old recently diagnosed diabetic (T2 mostly regardless gonna have it confirmed next week with C-Peptide test) I feel very anxious and scared that this is going to lead me to early and miserable death with diabetic complications. Read multiple studies about how T2 diabetes is...

So I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last Friday, wasn't really given that much information about how I was supposed to deal with this but was started on a titrating dose of metformin. Thankfully I discovered diabetes.co.uk. I bought myself a blood glucose monitor and tried to follow a low...

Hi everyone, My name is Dannia, I'm 25 and recently been diagnosed with Diabetes. May 2019 is exactly 1 year since I have been diagnosed. I have a family history of Diabetes as my father had type 1 and passed away aged 35 from the repercussions of uncontrolled diabetes. Before his death he...

Hi, my name is Courtney. I am 22, weigh 65KG and I am 5ft5. I was newly diagnosed with diabetes last week after constant thrush since last year occurring every month, I went to the doctors for the third time. I get dry mouth constantly, I urinate frequently and I have had weight loss from...

Hi everyone, I've not posted on here before. I joined a few months back and have read the odd post to get advice here and there. But I thought I'd break the silence as today it's 6 months since I was first diagnosed with diabetes. I'm 36 years old. Last year I asked my GP for a blood test as I...

Hi everyone I was diagnosed with type 1 two weeks ago. My ketone levels were quite low after being discharged however this week they started to increase again even though my blood sugar levels have been pretty decent and consistent. Yesterday my ketones shot up from 0.5 to 1.1 (I suspect I got...

Hopefully.... :) Carrying on from my last post about changes after diagnosis, I went in for my first BG test and review since diagnosis of T2 in October, I was first diagnosed with a hba1c reading of 49. My results have come back with a reduced reading of 41, happy girl, woohoo! Officially...

Hi everyone, I'm just looking for a bit of reassurance really. My husband was diagnosed type 1 on new years eve (Happy new year haha), roughly 2 months ago. First of all, his blood sugar was always very high, anywhere between 18-25. Over the following weeks, he adjusted both insulin pens to a...

Hi guys! So i'm a 24 year old and I've recently been diagnosed. So, I know only tests can really provide a definite answer...but I thought I might ask for your opinions because i'm so confused! I stayed in hospital around December 20th last year with DKA a HBA1C of 13.7% and a fasting blood...

hi all, Bit of a strange one but I need some advice as I’m very confused. I’m newly diagnosed and still figuring out my levels and my insulin, I cut out carbs for the most part and found my levels easier to control and more consistent, then my diabetes nurse told me that I cut too many carbs...

Hey, everyone. I am a self-diagnosed prediabetic, my HB1AC levels were borderline the last time I had the test. Basically, I went to my doctor and told him about my concerns. First of all, he said it's unlikely that I have diabetes because of my age, even pre-diabetes, but my last HB1AC test, I...

Hey, newly, unofficially diagnosed here. I'm 16. 5'3", 185 pounds but that's after losing 10 pounds in a span of a month which I suspect is a symptom. A few months ago, I got diagnosed as almost borderline. My doctor said in a few weeks, I might become borderline. Well, it's been 2 months, and...