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<blockquote data-quote="Emily D." data-source="post: 1974710" data-attributes="member: 499563"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I wanted to thank all of you for the warm community that I have seen here since my diagnosis in November. I'm no medic but this strikes me as a more sensible forum than others that I have found at home or elsewhere online. I feel like I know many of you already as I have been coming on here to educate myself about diabetes and reading many of your posts. It's very confusing in the beginning. I initially was very hopeful, imagining that I could reverse my numbers and then have "normal" carbs. The reality is sinking in now. Ah well. </p><p>I have type 2 and my HBA1c was 50. I bought the meter and I am getting lower readings already. Before diagnosis, I was having a great time in Slimming World, with all you can eat fruit salad etc and delighted with my black grapes instead of sugar. I am a bit of a fruit fiend but since November I have had to curtail that. Limiting oranges is surprisingly more difficult than limiting chocolate. On the plus side, blueberries have acquired a sweetness that my palate didn't detect in them before.</p><p>I left my doctors' surgery in turmoil, wondering how I would cope emotionally with the diagnosis. I have joined a class where we use yoga (very gentle) for meditation. It was a life-line in the first few weeks. I have also increased my walking and spend some time walking by a local river. I hope to start hiking in a beautiful part of Ireland, as the weather improves. Some days this is ok, some days it is not, but, it was very helpful to find such a supportive and understanding community as yours.</p><p>My name is after the great Emily Dickinson. I went to her house once, we hired a car and drove 3 hrs to see it --- I should have checked with the tourist office first, as they closed on Tuesdays and it was a Tuesday. Still, it is all in the poems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emily D., post: 1974710, member: 499563"] Hello, I wanted to thank all of you for the warm community that I have seen here since my diagnosis in November. I'm no medic but this strikes me as a more sensible forum than others that I have found at home or elsewhere online. I feel like I know many of you already as I have been coming on here to educate myself about diabetes and reading many of your posts. It's very confusing in the beginning. I initially was very hopeful, imagining that I could reverse my numbers and then have "normal" carbs. The reality is sinking in now. Ah well. I have type 2 and my HBA1c was 50. I bought the meter and I am getting lower readings already. Before diagnosis, I was having a great time in Slimming World, with all you can eat fruit salad etc and delighted with my black grapes instead of sugar. I am a bit of a fruit fiend but since November I have had to curtail that. Limiting oranges is surprisingly more difficult than limiting chocolate. On the plus side, blueberries have acquired a sweetness that my palate didn't detect in them before. I left my doctors' surgery in turmoil, wondering how I would cope emotionally with the diagnosis. I have joined a class where we use yoga (very gentle) for meditation. It was a life-line in the first few weeks. I have also increased my walking and spend some time walking by a local river. I hope to start hiking in a beautiful part of Ireland, as the weather improves. Some days this is ok, some days it is not, but, it was very helpful to find such a supportive and understanding community as yours. My name is after the great Emily Dickinson. I went to her house once, we hired a car and drove 3 hrs to see it --- I should have checked with the tourist office first, as they closed on Tuesdays and it was a Tuesday. Still, it is all in the poems. [/QUOTE]
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