newly diagnosed

Hi, so I’ve had T1 for about 2 weeks now and I’ve finally got my blood sugars lower today (4.7 from an average of about 16). I felt so awful though, I was shakey and dizzy and fuzzy. Has anyone else experienced this when they get their BG to normal levels?

I have read such mixed reviews about whether a high fat low carb diet is beneficial for type 1! I am already putting on weight after 4 days of taking insulin and don’t want to put on any more. Has any one got any advice on what diet to go on?

There has been a bug going around and i've become one of the unfortunate victims! What are some home/safe remedies that you guys do when you get a cold? I'm afraid of taking cough medicines because every article I read says that it's bad for your BG and my BGs have been a tad bit high since...

Hello, I'm a recently diagnosed Type 1 Diabetic. I have been diagnosed around 2.5 months now, so some what adjusting to life with Insulin and BG meters. Over the last couple of weeks I have had my BG under control, with very little effort. I'm on 6 units of Levimir in the morning and 8 units...

Hi - diagnosed 2 weeks ago T2 put on metformin and told to gradually increase dose. I do need to lose weight and it does seem the metformin is reducing my appetite but I do have an upset stomach so I’ve not increased off my starting dose of just 1 tablet. I’ve read some threads suggesting slow...

Hi All! Apologies in advance for a long, possibly ranting at times, post and I don't even know where to start! I'm newly diagnosed (this week) as Type 2 following an initial blood test 3 weeks ago that showed a HbA1c of 97. My last blood test 12months ago had a HbA1c of 47, at this stage, my...

Ever since my diagnosis a little over a week ago word has gotten around in my family. Everyone keeps giving suggestions on what to eat, how to exercise, how this could've been prevented etc etc And it's been extremely overwhelming. I've yet to process the diagnosis myself, but having everyone...

Hi I am feeling a bit overwhelmed as I have just been diagnosed with Type 1. I am right in the middle of my GCSEs and my sugars are all over the place. Still in shock and I am wondering if anyone has experience or advice.

Hi, quite newly diagnosed, in March when I went for my '40& falling apart tests' I have been getting aches and pains in my hands and feet, this started 12months before diagnosis and was told it's osteoarthritis, but it's slowly getting worse, been referred to rheumatologist who seems dubious...

I am newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (three and a half weeks in), and I am now in the middle of my third week of Low Carb High Fat eating. I am not on any drugs, having decided to try and lower my blood sugar with diet and exercise. I was prescribed Metformin, but I am reluctant to go...

After reading many other posts about people's experiences with T2 diabetes I thought I would do a post about how things have changed for me over the last four weeks. I was diagnosed with T2 on the 27th April, but I started changing my diet and exercising every day from the 15th April, when I...

Hi ive never done this forum things etc for anything so please bear with me. In febuary this yea my 11year old was diagnosed Type1 I thought she was mothers instinct i suppose ?? Anyway we have no direct or close friends or family with the condition so it was all new still is !!! So we are...

I'm a 19 year old first year university student and I was only diagnosed on Thursday. My levels have been a bit up and down at first but my diabetes team said that was to be expected! As of recently I've been managing to keep my levels to below 14 and around 8 which I'm really happy about...

Hi everyone, I feel a little selfish posting on here, as I feel that it should be my boyfriend asking for advice...but I really need some reassurance! I've been with my boyfriend for 5 years, and he was diagnosed with type 1 a few weeks ago. This was a massive shock, and at the time I was the...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed 4 days ago with type 1. I am jumping into learning, reading, researching and really getting my head around everything. ( it’s how I deal with stressful/unexpected/shocking situations) I’ve just started carb cou ting today after a visit to my dietician and diabetes...

Hi to whoever reads this. I'm a 27 year old mother to the most fantastic girly living in Scotland. I was hospitalised at the start of the with severe dka and diagnosed as type 1. I'm struggling to come to terms with the prospect of it all combined with a series of unfortunate events I'm feeling...

Hi there, I was diagnosed T2 at the end of January this year and given a prescription for Metformin, 500gm in the morning for the first week increasing by 500gm in the second week increasing by 500gm the third week and to the maximum of 2000gm by week 4. I managed week one with no problems but...

Hello I was diagnosed with diabetes two weeks ago and I am so confused. I first went to the doctor's for carpal tunnel and they tested me "just in case." Well, my blood sugars came back really high (74), but as I am only 25 years old and my bmi is terrible (not great, mind) they didn't believe...

For many years I've brought up my fatigue and other symptoms (restless legs started when I was 17, then hair loss, constipation, low mood etc... Sometimes feeling almost like passing out after a normal meal), and also the fact that my family has a lot of diabetics, but all the GPs have told me I...

Hi, I was recnetly admitted to hospital with BS of 22 and ketones of 2.4, but feeling OK. I have now been discharged for over 2 months and I have come back negatve on the GAP test. They are treating me as Type 1, but one of the hospital consultants said he thought I was Type 2. Can that be...