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- What is your name? Chris
- How old are you? 70
- Are you male or female? Male
- Which country are you from? UK
- Which city/area do you live in? near Birmingham
- Are you religious? Non conformist Christian
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Kind, helpful, loving
- Do you have any pets? No
- Microsoft or Apple? Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) swimming
- Do you get angry easily? No, but watch out when I do lol
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? No not keen
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Pink Floyd, TRex, Led Zeppelin
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Rock, but also classical
- What is your favourite flag? Saltire
- Ever gone camping? Caravaning all the time
- Ever been in love? Yes married 49 years
- Ever used fake tan? Nooe
- Which countries have you visited? USA, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Lichtenstein, Italy, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Belgium, Monaco, Norway
- Favourite city?
- List your five favourite Master chef, American Pickers.Great British menu,
- List your five favourite films. Ronaldo & Julie the, Action films
- Are you wealthy? It's all relative isn't it, never been highly paid but never been unemployed
- Do you work? Retired but work for a local food bank three days a week
- List the subjects you study, the Bible, Motor mechanics
- What do you like most about yourself? Easy going
- What do you like least about yourself? My weight
 

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Hi everyone

- What is your name? Michael
- How old are you? 70
- Are you male or female? Male
- Which country are you from? UK
- Which city/area do you live in? Born West Sussex, then berks, wilts, greater london, back to oxon , now hants
- Are you religious? not especially
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Independant , patient , friendly
- Do you have any pets? We have too many
- Microsoft or Apple? MS
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? too old now to play sports. Enjoy walking .
- Do you get angry easily? I don't suffer fools but otherwise no not really
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? no.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Beatles, Queen, BGs, Pipes & Drums, Wurlitzer Organ.
- Ever gone camping? With 25+ years as a Scout Leader, YES many times and places
- Ever been in love? Certainly.
- Which countries have you visited? France
- Are you wealthy? On a state Pension, definately not
- Do you work? If so, as what? Retired
- List the subjects you study/have studied. Stores/Warehousing
- What do you like most about yourself? Still being able to see, if not as well as I'ld like
- What do you like least about yourself? Being old
 
- What is your name? Jill
- How old are you? As old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth
- Are you male or female? Female
- Which country are you from? England
- Which city/area do you live in? Stockport
- Are you religious? Only about cleaning my teeth. I also have faith in Jesus, which is not the same thing at all
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Reserved, endlessly curious, contented
- Do you have any pets? 1 cat
- Microsoft or Apple? Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Not able any more to participate anymore, skiing; watching athletics, cricket, football, rugby internationals
- Do you get angry easily? No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? No
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Kenny G, Yo Yo Ma, Gareth Robinson, Cliff, Abba
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Classical and worship
- What is your favourite flag? Olympic Flag
- Ever gone camping? Yes
- Ever been in love? Yes, still am, always will be
- Ever used fake tan? No
- Which countries have you visited? Lived in Germany for a year, South Africa, New Zealand, Singapore, USA (Florida), much of western Europe
- Favourite city? Much prefer the countryside though Barcelona was fun
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Natural History, Documentaries, Time Team, Star Trek TNG, Victoria Wood, Belle and Sebastian
- List your five favourite films. Schindler's List, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Sound of Music, The Plank, Galaxy Quest
- Are you wealthy? Yes, I'm in the top 1% in whole world terms, In the UK I manage to get by on benefits.
- Do you work? If so, as what? Trained as a Librarian, worked as a Clinical Trials Administrator, now medically retired
- List the subjects you study/have studied. German to degree level, post graduate Librarianship, I study the Bible regularly
- What do you like most about yourself? Being single
- What do you like least about yourself? Being single

Ask me again tomorrow and I might have some different answers!
 
Morning all. New to the forum and new to T1 diabetes! Bit of a shocker and having a few rough days coming to terms with it all.

I’m a middle-aged man, love cycling and squash and generally being fit so desperate to get well, control the readings and then work out how to get back on the bike / court. Some of the threads on here indicate it’s possible so will definitely be looking for advice.

Re the questions, I don’t have any tattoos, live in East Yorkshire, have 3 kids and a very understanding wife (see above re squash and cycling!). Music taste is quite bland I suppose - I like music with words and a tune which seems to be a thing that old people say according to my kids.

Any kind words re coming to terms with things and/or suggestions on how to exercise safely very much appreciated.
 
The_Bowlii said:
Any kind words re coming to terms with things and/or suggestions on how to exercise safely very much appreciated.
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Hi @The_Bowlii , welcome to the forum.
What about starting a thread with your questions?

But to get you started, I think this post is good for helping getting to terms with your diagnosis: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/5-things-any-newly-diagnosed-type-1-should-know.175425/
And here is a lot about exercise: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/managing-exercise-and-insulin.127691/
 
- What is your name? Jill
- How old are you? 41
- Are you male or female? Female
- Which country are you from? UK
- Which city/area do you live in? Kent
- Are you religious? No
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Respectful, Loving and Fun
- Do you have any pets? No
- Microsoft or Apple? Both!
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?Motorsport, Swimming and I’d love to play tennis.
- Do you get angry easily? Yes
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
P!nk, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Becky Hill, David Guetta, Usher
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Complete mix of most genres, I love all music apart heavy metal.
- Ever gone camping? Yes
- Ever been in love? Yes
- Ever used fake tan? Yes…..badly never again!
- Which countries have you visited? I’ve been very fortunate to have visited lots of countries with one of my best being Nepal.
- Favourite city? NYC just because of the sheer craziness.
- List your five favourite TV programmes. They would all be reality….easy watching no thinking kind of ones.
- List your five favourite films.
Dirty Dancing, Snatch, Bridesmades, Fast n Furious movies and girls trip!
- What do you like most about yourself? As I get older I’m starting to understand myself more.
- What do you like least about yourself? My lack of enthusiasm to exercise!!
 
- What is your name? - Gwen
- How old are you?- 55 years
- Are you male or female?- female
- Which country are you from?- Belize
- Which city/area do you live in?- Dangriga Town
- Are you religious?- yes- Catholic
- Pick three words to describe your personality.- friendly, dedicated, ambitious
 
hey there i’m new here im jimmy wassup
 
Hello all!

- What is your name?
Kim
- How old are you?
29
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
UK
- Which city/area do you live in?
Norfolk
- Are you religious?
Wiccan
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Silly, caring and introverted
- Do you have any pets?
1 Dog (pebbles an almost 2 yr old lurcher)
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
I like tennis, motorsport and Ice hockey
- Do you get angry easily?
No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Plenty of tattoos and both my ears pierced 3 times each
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
1.Lady Gaga, 2. Likin Park, 3. Dua Lipa 4. Raye 5. Ashniko
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Pop
- What is your favourite flag?
Pride
- Ever gone camping?
Plenty of times and want to go again
- Ever been in love?
Yes and happily married to my beautiful wife
- Ever used fake tan?
Nope
- Which countries have you visited?
France, Australia, USA, Canada, Greece, Cyprus
- Favourite city?
Vancouver, BC
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Don't really watch TV
- List your five favourite films.
The godfather. Black hawk down. The nightmare before Christmas.
- Are you wealthy?
Not a chance though I wish.
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Can't work due to disability but I was a motorsport electrician before hand.
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Mechanics
 
Ok here go's
Hi I am Bill, UKBill on specialist international forum for a rare genetic condition called HFI.
HFI is an interesting one because to us all sources of Fructose are toxic and cause liver, kidney, intestinal and even in severe cases brain damage.
I am the ONLY one of us to go diabetic. lol why be awkward when with a little effort.. you know the rest.
I am 67 now and have never been able to eat any fruit or sweet foods without vomiting and going hypo caused by Fructose poisoning.
My mother went Diabetic at 85 and my brother (who was a vegetarian for 30 odd years) went diabetic in his late 50's I have only just passed the threshold.
So it seems I have a genetic cause for my type 2.
I also have NASH due to the liver damage caused by mostly inappropriate dietary advice all my life even after my first diagnosis in 1987.
No dietician could get their heads around the idea that ZERO fruit and vegetables was a good idea.. lol so they all kept pushing vegetables at me that made me sick.
Anyway. That is in the past.
I am very happy to be HFI (not a single rotted tooth) and even though I really like my food not too over weight.
So what works for me is possibly not going to be what works for anyone else.
I have a CGM and that has been a revelation and showed exactly what was causing my problems.
My high carb breakfast! Peaks of over 15.4 that took about 3 hours to drop back below 11. Later the same day a single soft white cheese topped bread roll pushed me over 13.6 and it took 4 hours to drop below 11.
That was the 12th August today the 5th September and all this month so far I have not gone beyond the 11 top level! My resting 12 hour blood sugar levels are slowly dropping down and are now between 5 and 6 most of the time.
Tonight my main meal was a chicken curry with more than 1/2 a plate of white boiled rice.. eaten at 19.15 I peaked at 9.4 and am now slowly dropping to 7.2, 4 hours later.
For me this is a win! My only concern is my cholesterol level now... but that is a different story lol.
For me the CGM is a life changer.
I hope to be completely clear of medication in less than 12 months. That is my challenge for now.
P.S no I am not short of ANY micronutrients even folic acid I get more than enough from meat. The only thing I get short of is vitamin C so take a supplement (slow release 500mg) daily. Currently trying not to eat any veg oils except extra virgin Olive oil, which if you think about it is the only vegetable oil humans have ever been exposed to before recent times in the millions of years we have been evolving. This seems to agree with my body. lol.
To answer some of the other questions.
I am dyslexic and possibly / probably ADHD as well
I am British / English.
Yes I am a nerd!
Yes I am male.
yes I do like stupid jokes and clever ones too, although I can only actually remember the dirty ones..
Religion.. really? err really?
Love Terry Pratchett, Tolken, Physicist Brian Cox, David Attenborough etc type books and broadcasts.. well I did say I was a nerd right?
Music is anything good and skilfully played from Folk to heavy rock.. I exclude only thrash metal, punk and Northern soul and some of the more "arty" (meaning rubbish) Jazz and "experimental" orchestral music.
I like real art that makes you think anything but why am I looking at this pile of junk and dirty cloths that cost HOW MUCH?
Hobbies when I get time include fixing things.. DIY, cars, motorbikes etc. Hill walking. Swimming, getting beaten up by grand kids. Petting anyone's dog (currently we do not have one.) etc. I also want to get my telescope fixed, the auto tracker is on the blink.
As a heterosexual man I do not see the point or attraction in watching for 2 hours 22 millionaire men chasing a bag of gas and getting hot and sweaty in their underwear.. Women's foot ball however .. yes I can see a point in that.. they are also very much more skilful too.
Most of my spare time is taken up supporting other people with HFI and the parents of newly diagnosed babies who are always panicking about how to feed a baby that must not eat fruit chocolate or vegetables.. ever!

Truly the food advice we are all given is terrible, it should not be eat 5 portions of fruit or veg a day, it should be do not eat more than one item of ultra processed food a day!

To give you an idea of how my life usually runs my wife and I decided we wanted a dog (she) we decided it was going to be something small and fluffy.. we ended up with a fabulous Great Dane.. a dog that is about as far away from small and fluffy as anyone can get! A breed I would recommend to anyone who has a spare 3 seater chair and do not mind when you get up in the night for a "natural need" then find your warm bed is now occupied by 56Kilo of dog who has no intention of moving.. lol I do miss her every single day.

I firmly believe life is far too short so get the hell out and enjoy it while you can!

So keep smiling everyone and remember to Eat Safe!

Yes I do have a very small charity supporting other people with HFI called eatsafe.org.
 
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- What is your name?
Grandma
- How old are you?
ancient
- Which city/area do you live in?
Near Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
- Do you have any pets?
Well now, that's hard to say. I used to, but my furry fellow, Magnus, died a few years ago. But around that time, we moved house and the new place came with two cats. One feral and one stray. The feral was badly injured and near death, so we started feeding him. The stray sometimes came around for snacks, too. The feral died a few days ago, but the stray is still hanging around, so I offer her food, butb she's not all that interested. Do I have a cat? I don't know.
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
I have never been sporty, but I love a good walk.
- Ever gone camping?
I used to love it! I haven't had the opportunity in decades, though. I expect that these old bones would find it less enchanting than they ponce did.
- Ever been in love?
Many times.
- Ever used fake tan?
No
- Which countries have you visited?
US, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Australia
- Are you wealthy?
Nope. Squeaking by on a disability pension. Then again, I have everything I have ever needed or wanted, I have a wonderful family and time to pursue my interests, so perhaps I am.
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Full time carer.
 
Hi I`m Bob I`m 64 a retired firefighter and just recently retired from RoyalMail through ill health . 10 weeks ago I had a right knee total replacement , I`d been borderline type 2 for a number of years but since leaving Royalmail and not being so active pushed me just over the border of being type 2 which i was diagnosed 2 weeks ago so very new to this
 
- What is your name?
John

- How old are you?
I66

- Are you male or female?
male

- Which country are you from?
Wales

- Which city/area do you live in?
Holland on sea

- Are you religious?
Welsh Methodist

- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Will fix anything!

- Do you have any pets?
Not anymore

- Microsoft or Apple?
Android

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Surfing

- Do you get angry easily?
Not really

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings?
None, am unique.

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Gidea Park/ UK Beach Boys, Foo Fighters, stereophonic. Fatboy slim, Alan Walker

- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Dance

- What is your favourite flag?
Welsh dragon flag.

- Ever gone camping?
yes

- Ever been in love?
Several times over the years.

- Ever used fake tan?
No

- Which countries have you visited?
Not many, Japan, Spain, Andorra, Majorca, Ibiza, Greek Isles, Norway

- Favourite city?
Swansea

- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Wheeler dealers, Homestead Rescue, Fifth gear, Ski Sunday, Blacklist

- List your five favourite films.
Shawshank Redemption, Nobody, Avatar, Equaliser, Equaliser 2

- Are you wealthy?
Very poor

- Do you work?
Retired

- List the subjects you study/have studied.
RADIO tv and electronics, computer sciences

- What do you like most about yourself.
Kind to everyone.


- What do you like least about yourself?
unfit
 
- What is your name?
Gillian (Gill)
- How old are you?
62
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
UK
- Which city/area do you live in?
Hull
- Are you religious?
No
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Funny, sociable, anxious
- Do you have any pets?
One dog and one cat
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Swimming
- Do you get angry easily?
No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Ears pierced, tattoo on leg and hand

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Anything soul, funk

- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Soul

- What is your favourite flag? British

- Ever gone camping? Yes

- Ever been in love? Yes

- Ever used fake tan? Yes

- Which countries have you visited? Spain, Canaries, Greece, Tunisia, Morroco, Cyprus, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Belgium

- Favourite city? Barcelona

- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Eastenders

- List your five favourite films.
Anything psychological and horror

- Are you wealthy?

- Do you work? If so, as what?
Retired due to I'll health

- List the subjects you study/have studied.
I have a BA (hon) Community Management and several occupational qualifications

- What do you like most about yourself?
I'd like to think I'm kind

- What do you like least about yourself?
I can be depressed at times
 
I have just been diagnosed with type 3c diabetes because of chronic pancreatitis. I'm finding that there isn't much info out there
 
 
Hi Im Thornliebank
im 83
female
from uk
i live in Hertfordshire
not religious
helpful / kind /bewildered
I have a 16 yr old westie
my sporting interest are tennis and rugby. Watching naturally
I get cross when things are not done correctly but seldom blow up
i only have pierced ears
i lived in a tent many many years ago
love a strange question to ask!
Used to use fake tan years ago
Ive visited many countries, and lived in a few now settled in uk
Barcelona my favourite
favourite tv documentaries / good old Eastenders/ crime/ hospital programs
I’m retired , and still enjoy a coffee in bed in the am
that I made it to be independent
less like what cancer and other problems have left me looking like but could always be worse
 
Hi everyone, hope you are all well. It is the first time that I have registered and joined the community.

My name is Ajit (AJ for short), 41yrs old male from Nottingham UK. I was diagnosed with T2 in November 2021, however the Metformin tablets were not reducing my BG levels. In March 2022, I was officially diagnosed with T1 and have been using Insulin ever since. I am taking Levemir (morning and night) and NovoRapid (x3 times a day).

I have to be honest and say that my life was changed totally since March 2022. It was such a big shock that it really effected my mental and physical health. In addition, I have had Cervical Spine surgery in 2018, and since then suffer from Disc degenerative disease in my neck, but was also told after a MRI scan last year that my Lumber discs are in bad shape. At present I suffer daily with sever neurological pain from my neck, to my arms, lower spine and waist, and now its going down my legs and feet. I am also taking Duloxeitine 120mg and Rosuvastatin 10mg.

I live with my wife, x2 daughters 12yrs and 2 yrs, and also my elderly parents whom I look after. I was working previously when I was diagnosed but stopped in May 2023, as I was not able to focus due to the severe pain.

Joining a community like this will help me get through this as by talking to others I know that sharing each others experiences we can move forward together.

Looking forward to getting to know many of you
 
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