type2diabetes

An online, compassion intervention for adults with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM; T2DM) What is the aim? My name is Hetashi and I am a Trainee Clinical Psychologist. As part of my research, we are exploring whether a four-week Compassionate Mind Training can help reduce experiences...

Hi all Newbie here, was diagnosed T2 on Thursday. My HbA1c came back as 90, which I’m told is very high. I have been prescribed Metformin, and have altered my diet dramatically, low carbs, mainly chicken and salad, nuts, olives etc. I started my diet change around two weeks ago when I first...

I'm struggling at the moment following my annual review and the results of my Hba1c. A little about me: Female, early 50's (Very) Overweight Multiple other health conditions inc Atrial Fibrillation, Fibromyalgia, CFS, Anxiety, High Blood Pressure Current Meds (diabetes and blood pressure)...

Hello everybody, Very recently (2 weeks ago), I went for a health check and I was informed that i am having type2 diabetes. The latest reading showed HbA1C as 88 mmol/mol:(. However without knowing my diabetic situation, I was trying to get pregnant. This morning I realised I was pregnant. I...

Hey, so, having been for my first ever blood test last week the results have come back and my HbA1c score was 55. Obviously, as soon as I heard the nurse mention the words diabetes I freaked out and immediately went to worse case scenario. I’m 33 and I’ll be honest I’ve not lead the healthiest...

I have been type 2 for over 10 years. I have always been carefull with my diet & taking my medication on time. Despite that my average sugar levels have been around 12-15 mmol/L. One & a half month ago I had my gallbaldder removed bacuse it can lead to complications due to the stones it was...

Hello Everyone, My name is Krishen and I am 33 years old. I got diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes 3 days back. I was quite shocked to see the results, as I never imagined that I will get diabetes. I was ill-informed that it's mostly about genes, and people with a family history of diabetes...

Already on Metformin and Jardiance- bad eating habits post life trauma including cancer recovery mean I now need to go on one of the above which were offered by by DCN today- I thought the Trulicity would suit me best and could kick my body into some weight loss … but now full on anxiety attack...

Hi I would like to share my case of diabetics and have some queries on that, please help. Case: I got diagnosed with diabetic last year with Hba1c 10.2 I started taking pills there after and recently when I moved to Finland I got a lab test again after 1 year and my diabetes is still very high...

Hi all - I am not diabetic (yet), but I’ve posted a previous thread on why I am here. (diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/please-help-confused-about-my-diagnosis.182536) So today was my wife’s birthday and I decided to do a pre/post reading before lunch. (Which I usually don’t do. I only check every...

Hi Everyone, I have been recently diagnosed type 2 at 26 and have been really struggling mentally with coming to terms with it all. I have been prescribed metformin and gliclazide which I take daily, I am not great with foods, I have a big sweet tooth (which I am trying to cut out) and was a...

Hi all, This week I found that I've shockingly stumbled into the world of Type 2 Diabetes (entirely my own fault). I've decided to pursue an intermittent fasting with low carbs/no sugar path to try and sort out my inner workings. This is in the hopes that the 'reversible' effects (from the...

So I was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia about two years ago and I’ve had a lot of blood sugar spikes but nothing like this. I had a cup of black coffee and two larger sized pancakes. I wanted to treat myself. An hour after I felt shaky so I thought I was low. I took my blood sugar and it...

If I continue to to eat things I really shouldn’t, will it possibly lead me to type 2 diabetes? I take chromium everyday and it’s seemed to helped, but I still eat kindof bad and love caffeine. I’ve been having a lot of bad blood sugar moments because of this. A lot of feeling bad from drops too...

Hi, everyone, I Just met my GP yesterday to confirm I have Type 2 Diabetes. It has been up and down for last 2 weeks. Knowing my blood sugar was high few years ago, it was not surprised about the news. Now, no time to think the past but action to take for future. After seeing my GP, I had a few...

Hi, I've struggled with stress during the pandemic and during lock down got into some bad comfort eating - icecream is the latest evil- it's just so hot!! . We also have a glut of fruit in the garden and have been eating much more than I am used to as I've been on a low carb diet for a couple of...

Hi, I’m 10 weeks pregnant and recently diagnosed with type 2. I am getting a lot of anxiety being diabetic and the situation with covid isn’t helping. My reading are normally within range, however a few reading have gone up to between 8 and 10. Being my first pregnancy I’m not sure if I should...

Hi all, I’m new to this forum so apologies if there’s already loads of content on this topic and I’ve just missed it. I was diagnosed last year with Type 2 diabetes, I went to the GP thinking I had an iron deficiency because I was always tired and lethargic and getting minor things wrong with...

Who are we? We are a research group exploring the effects of self-compassion and mindfulness on the lives of people with Type II Diabetes. What are we looking for? As part of our research we are conducting a long-term study, involving participation in an online survey with follow-up at regular...