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Helenwales.

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Location
Wales Bridgend
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Insulin
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many things depression is awfull,I wish there were more support with Diabetes in my area would love to meet people and talk about the condition ... I get along .
Happy New Year every one,I hope this is going to be my year,I need to lose 6 stone and I am on a mission tried so many times to lose weight and failed

I am on a healthy eating mission and going to do a lot more walking and swimming,I was thinking of having the gastric band but had a letter from the hospital this morning I have an appointment for the 18th of Jan,to go to weekly sessions of being weighed and to a new unit for nutrition and diet department.

so at the moment feeling posative and happy,I am type 2 diabetic and on a lot of medication so I realy hope this is my time to start sorting myself out
 
Hi Helen

I need to lose 6ish stones too. I am feeling daunted by the whole thing. I am glad you are feeling so optimistic. I hope it rubs off on me too! I was thinking about a gastric bypass but I don't think I am brave enough. Looks like its diet and exercise for me.
 

Hi Helen Happy new year newly diagnosed myself what a nice christmas present type 2 was :twisted:

ive got about 9st to lose currently looking at endobarrier trial or pose but im 6 and bit grand short :cry: and trying my best on food and exercise longway to go at mo but hope to make it
 
My best friend had a gastric band fitted and she has lost a lot of weight, but she says she struggles now to keep at a healthy weight and regrets having the band fitted and said that it was not worth all the suffering she went through. I weight 25 stone at my heaviest and have now lost 3 stone already without surgical intervention. I would never advise anyone to get the band or a gastric bypass. For me personally, the "hard way" takes longer, but it is for me the better option....

Good luck with your weight loss
 
Thanks everyone my problem is I am addicted to Chocolate,love it not had any now for over a week and I feel great,although I could easily eat a huge bar no problem,Deep down inside I could scream as I feel I am letting every one down my 2 Children Nat 24 and Shane 21 also my new Grandson Jack 10 months.

I want to be alive and well as Jack grows up I have been so selfish and in constant denial in the last 7 years,I should be ashamed of myself!!!!

I am having all the help I can get,I have been here so many times before but I need to lose it for myself and family,I am doing well so far had a dish trifle today as a treat,but totaly changed my eating plan,I am also lazy and should walk a lot more i will do regular updates and hope you all get motivated as I know how hard it can be for us all.

This Forum is fantastic as no one understands in my circle of friends what I go through what WE as Diabetics have to do anyway off for now going to have a tangerine

Thanks for being my friends and being there xxxx
 
Hi Helen

It was only last year when i quit drinking that i found my love for chocolate again !! I was a heavy drinker and never had any choccie for years and then when i came off the drink i couldn't stop eating it,When i found out i was diabetic i had to leave it alone again

The strange thing is having diabeties has probably saved my life as i only went to the doctors when my left leg and foot went numb ! My doctor has told me my liver is pre cirrhosis, Just makes me wonder if i never went to the docs :shock:
 
Update Had a meeting yesterday at my local hospital,with a Dietition nurse it was a group meeting,all with different health problems,basicaly it is for 6 months being weighed every two weeks,and keeping a food diary I think this will help me loads.

My bloods in the morning are very high 11 sometimes I need to get them down oviously to 5/6 .
So far I am feeling very confident I also need to walk and swim more!!!

I was 18 stone 5 yesterday so wish me luck as this is going to be my year hope you all get motivated too I know how very hard this is going to be but I want to see my grandson get married and have his own children I want to be alive and healthy
Talk soon xxxxx
 
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