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this is me sorry no photo as I cant stand them
- What is your name? jackie but everyone calls me jaxx
- How old are you? 37
- Are you male or female? female
- Which country are you from? uk
- Which city/area do you live in? portsmouth
- Are you religious? not really
- Pick three words to describe your personality. bubbly hectic funny
- Do you have any pets? yea too many
- Microsoft or Apple? microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? swimming
- Do you get angry easily? depends on the situation
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? ears pierced only
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. 1. passenger 2. slipnot. 3. metallica. 4. nina simone. 5. ray charles
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? eclectic
- What is your favourite flag? british
- Ever gone camping? once with the guides
- Ever been in love? currently
- Ever used fake tan? nope
- Which countries have you visited? isle of wight and ireland
- Favourite city? not seen enough to have a favorite
- List your five favourite TV programmes.1. criminal minds. 2. grimm 3. almost human 4. person of interest 5. sherlock
- List your five favourite films. 1. colour purple. 2. a time to kill. 3. kinky boots. 4. hocus pocus. 5. disneys robin hood
- Are you wealthy? i wish
- Do you work? If so, as what? science teacher in a secondary school
- List the subjects you study/have studied. forensic biology
- What do you like most about yourself? my sarcasm
- What do you like least about yourself? how i look
 
thats it for me
 
- What is your name? Ellis

- How old are you? 34

- Are you male or female? Male

- Which country are you from? England

- Which city/area do you live in? Gloucestershire

- Are you religious? Nope, though My Catholic Mother may have something to say about that

- Pick three words to describe your personality. Funny, Honest, Caring

- Do you have any pets? I've got three kids does that count? and small dog called Bert

- Microsoft or Apple? Apple

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Rugby, Cricket, Tennis

- Do you get angry easily? Anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.....

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? nope, I can't decide what socks I like the best so a tattoo is going to lead to regrets.

- List your five favourite musicians/bands. - Radiohead, Blur, Arctic monkeys, Nirvana, Royal blood, Frank Turner, Funeral for a friend, the list goes on and on and on

- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Anything Guitar Based

- What is your favourite flag? Bhutan, check it out, it's got a dragon

- Ever gone camping? Yes, though we've recently upgraded to Featherdown Farms due to tiny babies. Check it out if you like Farm parks etc.

- Ever been in love? Yes

- Ever used fake tan? No, but I did buy a tinted moisturiser once by mistake. It was a good day

- Which countries have you visited? Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Canada, Russia..... Wales?

- Favourite city? Montreal

- List your five favourite TV programmes. Game of Thrones, Dexter, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Sopranos, Suits,

- List your five favourite films. This would take a while and expose a very geeky side to me...

- Are you wealthy? We just about cover my car habit

- Do you work? If so, as what? Yes, Technology Company (it's pretty boring)

- List the subjects you study/have studied. Degree in International Business Studies

- What do you like most about yourself? My Beard

- What do you like least about yourself? Dunno, I'm a bit fatter than I should be, but it's not the end of the world.
 
- What is your name? Nicola

- How old are you? 43

- Are you male or female? Female

- Which country are you from? England

- Which city/area do you live in? Hanley

- Are you religious? More spiritual & agnostic

- Pick three words to describe your personality. Genuine, Crazy, Funny

- Do you have any pets? 2 cats & 2 dogs (do husbands/children count?)

- Microsoft or Apple? Microsoft

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Ten pin bowling

- Do you get angry easily? Depends on the mood

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? Both ears (once only); tattoos on left upper arm & base of neck (might get 3rd for my 45th bday)

- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Foo Fighters, Elvis, Queen, Meat Loaf, Lily Allen

- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Varies but nowt too heavy

- What is your favourite flag? Not got one

- Ever gone camping? Yup – hate tents but like caravans

- Ever been in love? Yup

- Ever used fake tan? Nope

- Which countries have you visited? Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Hong Kong, Thailand, UK, Cyprus

- Favourite city? Newcastle Upon Tyne

- List your five favourite TV programmes. NCIS, Lost Girl, Family Guy, Elementary, Ghost Adventures

- List your five favourite films. Ferris Buller, The Blind Side, Les Mis, PS I love you, X-Men

- Are you wealthy? Only in my dreams

- Do you work? If so, as what? housewife

- List the subjects you study/have studied. Varied CSEs, GSCEs, C&G Computer Studies, RSA 1 & 2 word/text processing

- What do you like most about yourself? My quirky personality

- What do you like least about yourself? My excess weight won’t go away
 
Hello!

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
< See left.
- What is your name?
Mark
- How old are you?
39
- Are you male or female?
Male
- Which country are you from?
Scotland
- Which city/area do you live in?
Glasgow
- Are you religious?
Nope.
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Fun, fiesty, creative.
- Do you have any pets?
Not at the moment.
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft and Google
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Football, fishing,
- Do you get angry easily?
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Four tattoos on upper arms.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Guns N Roses (80s), Radiohead, Boards of Canada,
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Rock
- What is your favourite flag?
Saltire
- Ever gone camping?
Yes.
- Ever been in love?
Yes.
- Ever used fake tan?
No.
- Which countries have you visited?
Spain, Belgium, Norway, France, Canada, Tunisia, Italy, Ireland, Wales and England.
- Favourite city?
Barcelona
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Currently The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, The Returned, Wicked Tuna and Extreme Fishing!
- List your five favourite films.
Too many to list five.
- Are you wealthy?
Only in my dreams.
- Do you work? If so, as what?
I co-own a spirits shop and co-organise a whisky festival as well as having shares in a couple of other ventures.
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
- What do you like most about yourself?
Tall and slim.
- What do you like least about yourself?
Having diabetes.
 
Hi folks my name is John.Im pre diabetic and the diabetic nurse wants me to go for a Glucose tolerance test to prove it once and for all if i am or not diabetic.My GP swears i am deffo diabetic type 2.Nurse corrected him there and said it cant be proved from a simple blood test.So ill find out who is right and wrong by going to have the test.In the meantime the nurse says it wouildnt do any harm to change my lifestyle diet etc.Not as easy as it sounds lol.I dont like Vegatables for start well only Peas and Potato's. Anybody any ideas as to what sort of diet is best.I could do with loosing a couple of stones im currently a good 3 to 4 stones over weight according to BMI.Im a carer for my wife so dont often get chance to go out for a walk except when we go out twice per week i then get excersise pushing the wheelchair.Anyways thats a brief introduction to yours truely.On with reading the forum now and see if i can pick some tips up etc
 
mine was diagnosed with a single blood test which returned a result of 53mmol. I have yet to see the diabetic nurse, she is on vacation until the 12th.
 
gaynor_lo said:
mine was diagnosed with a single blood test which returned a result of 53mmol. I have yet to see the diabetic nurse, she is on vacation until the 12th.
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Ah right i know my BS wasnt high enough to be classed as definate diabetes.I cant remember what figures the nurse quoted now but she said it was below diabetes.Good Luck with you tests etc.
 
- What is your name? John
- How old are you? 53 going on 54
- Are you male or female? Male
- Which country are you from? England
- Which city/area do you live in? Huddersfield West Yorkshire
- Are you religious? Agnostic
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Cheerful,Helpful,Friendly
- Do you have any pets? No
- Microsoft or Apple? Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? I like Football
- Do you get angry easily? Some times
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? None
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Abba
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Easy listening
- What is your favourite flag? England Union jack
- Ever gone camping? Yes
- Ever been in love? Yes
- Ever used fake tan? No
- Which countries have you visited? Austria,Italy,Germany,Switzerland,Greece,Turkey,Spain
- Favourite city? Leeds
- List your five favourite TV programmes. The Bill,The Chaser,
- List your five favourite films. Theres too many to list
- Are you wealthy? Far from it
- Do you work? If so, as what? Yes im a carer for my disabled wife
- List the subjects you study/have studied. None since school
- What do you like most about yourself? Caringness,Honesty,
- What do you like least about yourself? Cant think of anything off hand.
 
 

- What is your name? Glynis
- How old are you? 60
- Are you male or female? Female
- Which country are you from? UK
- Which city/area do you live in? Somerset
- Are you religious? not really
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Feisty, funny and stubborn
- Do you have any pets? three dogs and a cat
- Microsoft or Apple? Apple
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Does walking count as a sport??
- Do you get angry easily? Hmmmm sometimes
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? no
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Ed Sheeran, David Gray, Arcade Fire, Coldplay and Paloma Faith
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Rock and Roll
- What is your favourite flag? Welsh
- Ever gone camping? yes
- Ever been in love? yes
- Ever used fake tan? NO
- Which countries have you visited? America, Eire, Gran Canaria, Cyprus, France, Italy, Slovenia and Ibiza
- Favourite city? Paris
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Darling Buds of May, Frasier, Miss Marple, Poirot and Morse/Lewis
- List your five favourite films. It's a Wonderful Life, Now Voyager, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Independence Day
- Are you wealthy? not in my opinion
- Do you work? If so, as what? Not now
- List the subjects you study/have studied. History, Art, English, Music
- What do you like most about yourself? My spirit
- What do you like least about yourself? My lack of patience
 
Br careful with the Metformin it damned near wiped my wife out in 2009.Her kidneys were in danger of packing up and a team from the Intensive care unit were running about like headless chucks.She was already on the medical ward having been admitted with urine infection.They found out it was metforin that was causing the problems and immediatly took her off it.
 
Here goes!

- What is your name? - Barb
- T1/2 and for how long? - T1 for almost 34 years ('anniversary' in October)
- How old are you? - 35
- Are you male or female? Female (last time I checked)
- Which country are you from? Dublin
- Which city/area do you live in? Bristol
- List your five favourite musicians/bands - Foo Fighters, 1975, Elbow, Coldplay, Kasabian
- What would you say your favourite music genre is - Anything with guitars and drums in it
- Life mantra - "When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt"
 
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
No photo at this time, sorry

- What is your name?
Robert Cozens but only my mother (deceased) called me Robert everyone else uses Rob.
Just diagnosed T2 but am in disbelief even though I have all the indicators ( most of family diagnosed, been pre-diabetic for 10 years)

- How old are you?
45

- Are you male or female?
Male

- Which country are you from?
England

- Which city/area do you live in?
Telford Shropshire

- Are you religious?
No

- Pick three words to describe your personality.

- Do you have any pets?
2 dogs Storm(black lab) Sweep(English Springer Spaniel)

- Microsoft or Apple?
Apple/Linux

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Like most on Tv play Golf ( badly)

- Do you get angry easily?
Yes get very moody, but trying to learn to see the signs and control it.

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
No.

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
In no order
Faith No More, Pink Floyd, Queen, Gorillaz, Warren Zevon

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

- What is your favourite flag?
Don't have one

- Ever gone camping?
Not for 20 years

- Ever been in love?
Yes

- Ever used fake tan?
No

- Which countries have you visited?
Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Jersey, France, Germany, Belgium, Japan, USA, Canada

- Favourite city?
Liverpool

- List your five favourite TV programmes.
In no order
Come Dine With Me
Death in Paradise
Warehouse 13
Babylon 5
Waking the dead

- List your five favourite films.
Harry Potter
LOTR
Matrix
The Prestige
Son of Rambo
Note Blade runner was no. 1 till the directors cut made Deckard an Android

- Are you wealthy?
No

- Do you work? If so, as what?
Yes Software Engineer

- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Various electrical computing courses
Not much studying outside of work
Will take to google like a demon to research new interest (ie diabetes after diagnosis)

- What do you like most about yourself?
Willingness to help

- What do you like least about yourself?
Inability to fulfill willingness to hep on many occasions

Have fun!
 
As I keep getting reminded to introduce myself, here goes:

Born in Germany to a family of diabetics. Mother, and aunt (who lived with us) both went blind as a result, mother also had gangrene. My sister and brother both have diabetes, as have all my cousins. Heart disease is rife in my family also; almost every member either died of heart attacks or (those still alive) had heart surgery.

I'm prediabetic with a healthy heart (had it checked). Determined to be the odd one out in the family.
 


Good luck Gudrun i hope you are the odd one out.Im hoping the same as you as my mother was diabetic as were 2 of her brothers.Im prediabetic at the moment and will find out for sure when i have the Glucose tolerence test on Wednesday
 
- What is your name?
Poul E Kristiansen
- How old are you?
54
- Are you male or female?
Male
- Which country are you from?
Denmark, the country with the happiest people.
- Which city/area do you live in?
Jutland / Aarhus
- Are you religious?
Yes, I believe in spirituality if that Counts.
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Helpful, Purposeful, Persistent
- Do you have any pets?
No
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Tennis
- Do you get angry easily?
No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
No
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Queen, Volbeat, Pink, Beyonce, Rihanna.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Rock
- What is your favourite flag?
None
- Ever gone camping?
Yes
- Ever been in love?
Yes
- Ever used fake tan?
No
- Which countries have you visited?
Too many to count
- Favourite city?
Prague
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Mr. Bean, Air Port, Coast to Coast, Fawlty Towers, etc.
- List your five favourite films.
Die Hard, James Bond, Where Eagles Dare, The Shawshank Redemption, Overboard.
- Are you wealthy?
Yes and no.
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Yes, I Work as Holistic Ganotherapy Consultant.
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Holistic science, Network, Marketing, Coaching, Dianetics, etc.
- What do you like most about yourself?
I like to help others. I am persistent in reaching my goals.
- What do you like least about yourself?
I may be a little too eager to help others so that they become overwhelmed.
 
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What is your name?
Bernadette ( Bernie for short)
- How old are you?
58
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
England
- Which city/area do you live in?
Wolverhampton
- Are you religious?
Not really
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Bubbly, cheeky, naughty
- Do you have any pets?
One.... my husband
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Swimming
- Do you get angry easily?
Sometimes
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
A butterfly tattoo on my back, a small one
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Spandau Ballet, Take That, Boyzone, Michael Buble,Rod Stewart
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Pop
- What is your favourite flag?
St Georges
- Ever gone camping?
Nope
- Ever been in love?
Yeah ...... still am
- Ever used fake tan?
Yes
- Which countries have you visited?
America,Germany,spain,Sweden,Holland,Tenerife,Portugal,Lanzarote,Rhodes, Cyprus
- Favourite city?
London
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Great British Bake Off, 24 hours in A and E, Emergency Bikers, Vera, DCI Banks
- List your five favourite films.
Titanic, Mama Mia, Mrs Browns Boys,Dirty Dancing, Quantum of Solace
- Do you work? If so, as what?
I work as a Library Assistant
- List the subjects you study/have studied
None really.
- What do you like most about yourself?
I am fairly easy going and will help anyone.
- What do you like least about yourself?
I am getting older
 
I'm F/55 - from Chicago, IL USA - my BF (M/57) is a diabetic and I wanted to learn some coping techniques when he gets angry due to low blood sugar...
I'm deeply religious - he is not,,,
No one in my family has diabetes - so this is my first time dealing at such a personal level. I'm having a heard time discerning between low blood sugar anger and straight up abuse... Any suggestions?
He is a great guy - I have known him 30 yrs - but only in a relationship for a few months - he was diagnosed 10 yrs ago (I lost touch with him prior to this) - Normally he is hilarious and sweet - but when his blood sugar is low - he is angry and mean-spirited (picking fights and threatening to leave me) - It's very hurtful - in my intelligent mind - I know this is low blood sugar - but it's very hard to be exposed to this.
Any suggestions on how to NOT take this so personally?
 
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