Hello!

Hello mrsknitty
Welcome. I am a type1 and have been for 36yrs and i am 42yrs old. I have three children, stepson of 26yrs, and a son 20yrs old and a daughter 18yrs. My pregnancies weren't easy, but wouldn't of changed it for the world.
Does diabetes run in your family as i am the only one in the family, and that was mumps that started it off.
We are here to advice and help, but remember we are all different in the way our diabetes are dealt with. We can only go by our own experiences.
Take care
Tracey

Hi Tracy, I too am pre diabetic, though I was diagnosed as diabetic, (incorrectly), three years ago. Looking back I think I may have been in this state for years, as I remember being told my blood sugar levels were "a bit on the high side" several years before that. I too have no family history of diabetes, and was a bit weighty. Over the course of the past couple of years I have lost a couple of stones, following the advise, seen on this site, to lower my carb intake, and treat myself as diabetic, and now find though I am still at pre diabetes levels, I have not got any worse. Stress seems to be the trigger with me, as I have just come back from my hols, where I cheated big time and woke up this morning with blood sugar level of 5.3, so don't get upset, it may never happen, and if it does, there is a life beyond diagnoses. :wave: