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Hello, I'm a newby here.

Any support or advice would be most welcome

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Sable_Jan said:
Hi Peterwoo

I'm a fairly newbie here myself too. Pre-diabetic, not diabetic but because I've been reading up as much as I possibly can to find out what's what and how to control by blood sugars by diet. I've also been on a walking away from Diabetes Course (though by the time I got on it I was in a better place to anser some of the other folks questions than were those who were actually delivering the course (office bods not medical pros)

what I came across that stress, both physical from operative trauma and mental stress can really elevate blood sugar levels. I guess its to do with the hormones the body produces other than insulin. It may be that it reduces the production of insulin. There is sooo much on the DUK website other than this forum you that you should be able to find answers to many of the questions that you have.

When you go to the doc or hospital or wherever and you don't get answers, proper answers to your Qs keep digging away until you do. ou may find it helps if you write all your questions down so you don't forget anything you want to ask, but also leave a big enough space to write the answers you get

Hope this helps and hope you have a speedy recovery both physically and bs - wise
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Many thanks for your kind words, everyone on here so supportive and helpful. I have been asking many questions, just sent home from hospital with 80g glipizide , no advice or backup, phoned diabetic nurse after a week, blood sugars still high, told double your dose. I did this and sugars have dropped slightly. I am very careful with what I eat, will go back to GP.
 
Peterwoo said:
Many thanks for your kind words, everyone on here so supportive and helpful. I have been asking many questions, just sent home from hospital with 80g glipizide , no advice or backup, phoned diabetic nurse after a week, blood sugars still high, told double your dose. I did this and sugars have dropped slightly. I am very careful with what I eat, will go back to GP.
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Let us know how you get on :) Fingers crossed now you've got the support of the forum that will help too - as someone said in another posting - "tell us what the doctors say and we'll put you straight :D"
 
Just been skim reading my email (sign up for email updates, its defo worth getting. But I digress - as I got to the bottom I found there is a video about coping with illness AND diabetes. Don't know if its any good as not watched it yet but really need to get to bed as I;m up early tomo - here's the link anyhow - with the length of that its a copy and paste job - or search for it on this site
Jan
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-...9780&utm_email name=Diabetes+13+02+2014#video
 
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