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Hi Lorraine ... your Crystal Tipps avatar takes me back. Wow, you do get about and I admire how you accept the challenge of your diet and your positive outlook. I'll tag @daisy1 to give you her basket of goodies (advice) for starters and there are other veggies, sorry, vegetarians here who will tell you of their experiences. Welcome.
 
Hello Lorraine , welcome to the forum. You'll find loads of help and advice here .
 
@LozMcC

Hello Lorraine and welcome to the forum Have a read of the basic advice at the link in my signature where you will find all sorts of useful information. Ask as many questions as you need to and someone will help.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Good luck at the doctor's, but don't be put off if you are told not to test and refused a meter and strips on prescription. This is normal in the NHS for type 2's. Most of us buy our own and ignore the "no need to test" lecture.
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That is exactly what I was told Bluetit. Got told because I was
borderline, that I didn't need to check my levels, as I will know
in time what foods will send it high.
So I downloaded the book GI& GL and that has been very
enlightening as to what I was eating, and to what I shall be
eating in the future. And I'm going to buy my own glucose
Machine and test each day. Twice I've seen the doc in the
last month and not once have I been offered to see the nurse
in charge of the diabetic clinic. But as I've been reading here
I'm glad that I haven't. I have another fasting blood test in
April. I hope to get the proper print off instead of the
print off he gave me following the glucose tolerance test!
 
@Amanda61

Hello Amanda and welcome to the forum If you look at my signature you will see a link to the information we give to new members and I think you will find it useful. Ask all the questions you want and someone will be able to help.
 
How rude of me, I never even introduced myself properly.

- Include a photo here if you wish to - see profile pic. I'm not usually that blurry in real life, although it has been known.
- What is your name? - Carols Fandango. Ha ha ha, no, of course it isn't. My real name is Jeremy Sparklepants
- How old are you? - 43. Why thank you, yes, I don't look it, do I? You're very kind.
- Are you male or female? - Yes
- Which country are you from? - UK, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, England, Britain, GB, that one just below Scotland.
- Which city/area do you live in? - I live in the cityarea of London.
- Are you religious? - In absolutely no way at all. So help me God.
- Pick three words to describe your personality - id, ego, superego
- Do you have any pets? - I keep things in cages, but I wouldn't call them 'pets', exactly. 'Experiments', maybe.
- Microsoft or Apple? - Neither. Amstrad all the way, baby.
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? - Tennis, golf, tenpin bowling, canoeing, skydiving, table tennis, wakeboarding, cycling. I love my Wii.
- Do you get angry easily? - HOW DARE YOU ASK ME THAT??!!
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? - I have a tattoo on my piercing.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands - this is literally impossible.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? - see above
- What is your favourite flag? - "I've never figured out the advantage of living in Switzerland, although I guess the flag's a big plus".
- Ever gone camping? - Yup. I even have a campervan.
- Ever been in love? - Are you coming on to me?
- Ever used fake tan? - Are you coming on to me?
- Which countries have you visited? - Just Switzerland, because I heard that the flag is etc etc.
- Favourite city? - I don't like to have a favourite city because i find all the other cities get very jealous.
- List your five favourite TV programmes. - No, shan't.
- List your five favourite films - this also is literally impossible
- Are you wealthy? - beyond the dreams of avarice, yes.
- Do you work? If so, as what? - i do work yes. But you can bet I'll break down just after my guarantee runs out.
- List the subjects you study/have studied - making lists, studying the making of lists, list study, and 'how to make lists - an easy study'.
- What do you like most about yourself? - my vast and almost endless amount of money, my god-like physique and all of the amazing work i do for charity.
- What do you like least about yourself? - my urge to compulsively lie.
 
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Ask questions Barb ....... anything .....

You are amongst some really good people.

mike
 
Hi mike

Thank you. I am hoping to be able to get grips with this, my first 'chatroom' experience.

I have signed up for the hypo awareness course, which was perhaps my first admission that I am diabetic and not alone in this.

I am looking forward to being part of this group.

Barb
 
You'll be good ... you will NOT believe the help I've got and you're about to experience the same

You are a T2? Yes ?

What's your diet and your BS figures presuming you test?

Stick around ..... MANY people here to lean on. Count me as one of them

Mike
 
Mike, thank you.

Yes, I am t2 but my go says I don't need to test, so I gave up doing it. Apparently, it is not necessary as I am not on insulin, just meteor on 2 x 500 twice a day and glimiperide 2mg 1 x day.

My last Hb1ac was up at 6"7 but I know why, too much time in Norfolk and not watching what I ate!

One question, when you were diagnosed, were you given the 'give up smoking, coke, sugar etc' talk? I was and the worst thing was I gave up smoking in 1985, sugar in about 1965 along with coke. My other half was there and said, for me but she doesn't do any of those.

Assuming you do or did work, did you have work friends watching you eat chocolate and giving you a lecture or tutting at you? In my case, it was an ex nurse, who I had to show a web page showing how things had changed!

Oh well. I guess it happens to everyone.

Barb
 
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