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STEWBRU

STEWBRU

Member
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16
Location
Aberdeen
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
Camera Shy

- What is your name?
Bruce

- How old are you?
Ouch, 60

- Are you male or female?
Male
- Which country are you from?
Scotland
- Which city/area do you live in?
Aberdeen

- Are you religious?
Agnostic

- Pick three words to describe your personality.
That would be telling

- Do you have any pets?
Rescued cat 10 years ago. She's a Silver tailed Persian

- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Watch a lot, football, rugby, tennis.
Used to play all of above but now play golf.

- Do you get angry easily?
Wild mood swings since the Diabetes came strong.

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Not any.

- List your five favorite musicians/bands.

MMh. Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Gerry Rafferty, ELO, Bob Dylan

- 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?
Think I did when I was a kid.

- Which countries have you visited?
Lived in Africa, Middle East, Far East, US, Holland, France.....

- Favourite city?
Rome

- List your five favourite TV programmes.
No favourites. Like crime drama. documentaries

- List your five favourite films.
Recent is Inception, Black Dahlia, Minority Report. Ok you only get 3.

- Are you wealthy?
What's wealth?

- Do you work? If so, as what?
Yes, Oil and Gas

- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, History and Psychology
 
Welcome Bruce. I hope that now you are with us we can be of help to you. That's a lot of information on yourself. Feel free to share information any information on your diabetes and shout if you have any questions. Our wonderful Daisy should be along soon with some useful information for new members to the Forum.

Take care

Doug
 
daisy1 said:
Hi Bruce and welcome to the forum:)

I don't know how long since you were diagnosed but I hope you will find this information useful. Ask questions and someone will be able to help.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/
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Thanks for the welcome note. I have never used any type of forum/social media sites so like the diabetes it's new to me. Well the diabetes is not so new I was diagnosed October last year. At the time I was suffering with symptoms and did not know what was wrong. Up and down to the toilet all night, extreme thirst, blurred vision, finger tips felt like they were made of plastic with no feeling, dizzy spells, cramps in hands and lower legs. All in all I was unwell. Type 2. Now taking 4 x Metformin a day. Was taking a Glyclacide until the numbers were under control.

Nicholas Hoare said:
Welcome to the forum Bruce.
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Hi Bruce

Thanks for the update on your situation and congratulations on the improvement of your blood sugar levels since diagnosis. I hope the symptoms you were experiencing at diagnosis have improved.

Take care

Doug
 
Hi, my name is Sandy I am a 47 yr old female and have recently been diagnoised I was having readings from 26 to 15 and now I'm on metformin 500mg 3 times a day. My readings are still around 15 sometimes higher but not much lower. I have an app to go back to see nurse in 3 weeks and I'm also waiting for a scan on my liver ( I don't drink alcohol ) I'm trying to get my head round the low GI and would like some advice to some good books (I'm vegetarian) any other advice is appreciated too.
 
crookycrumble said:
Hi, my name is Sandy I am a 47 yr old female and have recently been diagnoised I was having readings from 26 to 15 and now I'm on metformin 500mg 3 times a day. My readings are still around 15 sometimes higher but not much lower. I have an app to go back to see nurse in 3 weeks and I'm also waiting for a scan on my liver ( I don't drink alcohol ) I'm trying to get my head round the low GI and would like some advice to some good books (I'm vegetarian) any other advice is appreciated too.
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Hi Sandy and welcome to the forum.

If you want specific advice or to introduce yourself, it may be better to start a new thread for yourself.

A diet high in carbohydrates and polyunsaturated seed/vegetable oils is known to induce fatty liver in some people - it can also cause fatty pancreas and both can contribute to Type 2 diabetes. A good resource for fatty liver is a Dr Sandra Cabot and the Liver Cleansing Diet - the diet is also very good for diabetes, however, not specifically for vegetarians as far as I'm aware.

You could also search the forum for "Newcastle Diet" as it is designed specifically to reduce visceral fat in the shortest amount of time.

Hopefully one of the vegetarian members can offer you some further advice.
 
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