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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveinSpain" data-source="post: 253494" data-attributes="member: 40536">It has taken me about 12 years to accept I am Type 2 diabetic controlled by medication and diet. I am now aged 64. During that time I have gone throught denial - I feel fine, I can't be diabetic. I have seen my father, who was diabetic and on insulin, die from kidney problems resulting from his diabetes. He also had heart and eye problems.In September 2010 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and undertook a course of radiotherapy and am now clear. Beating the cancer, and the threat of my having to start using insulin, gave me the initiative to start fighting back.In January 2012 I started a low carb diet similar to the type offered through Slimming World, and I am trying to exercise more (they have built a new gym in our village but such is the state of Spanish finances, they can't afford the equipment to go in it). This has led to a weight loss of 16 pounds in 8 weeks (only 45 to go) and control over my blood sugar level. The immediate threat of having to start on insulin has been postponed, as has my referral to an Endocrinologist at the hospital.I still have to see an Opthalmologist next week. and my next blood test is at the end of April.I drink black, unsweetened coffee and the odd. brandy. And water. I have bacon & egg or porridge for breakfast (except for Saturday when I have a bacon roll in a local cafe). That roll is the only bread I have all week. I have a salad with cold meat, cottage cheese or egg - hard boiled or pickled, for lunch. For dinner my potatoes are carefully weighed, plenty of vegetables and meat or fish. Having fish & chips tonight, cooked in the oven, not fried.I miss the red wine, cheap and plentiful here, but feel the benefits of only having the very occasional glass. My daily treat, with a coffee, is a digestive biscuit. Only having the one really helps me to savour and enjoy the treat.</blockquote>

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