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<blockquote data-quote="Nick8718" data-source="post: 2123858" data-attributes="member: 508763"><p>Hi. I was diagnosed three months ago - on National Diabetes Day! - and know the sense of panic all too well: head in hands, “what the heck am I going to do?”, “my whole life has changed...”. I think we’ve all been there - and, at different speeds, I think we all get over it - or at least come to terms with it and live with it. The earlier responders have given great advice and it really works and can really work quickly. Yes, it is life changing - but not in a bad way (ok.. doing without chips and freshly baked bread isn’t <em>brilliant </em>but it’s possible and all your expectations and demands of FOOD will change). Frequent testing taught me what to eat and what to avoid really quickly. Listening to the people on here I was able to change things around - I’ve lost over 20 pounds, my bg readings have levelled off and I can run 3.5km (as opposed to about 3.5m beforehand!). You’ve seen others say it’s changed their lives but in a good way and they’re right. It will get better. You’ll learn how to build it into your day. It’ll stop being the be all and end all. It’ll become a part of you and one day really soon, you’ll be writing one of these notes to someone else who’s just been diagnosed and is in those first few days of chaos. Good luck x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nick8718, post: 2123858, member: 508763"] Hi. I was diagnosed three months ago - on National Diabetes Day! - and know the sense of panic all too well: head in hands, “what the heck am I going to do?”, “my whole life has changed...”. I think we’ve all been there - and, at different speeds, I think we all get over it - or at least come to terms with it and live with it. The earlier responders have given great advice and it really works and can really work quickly. Yes, it is life changing - but not in a bad way (ok.. doing without chips and freshly baked bread isn’t [I]brilliant [/I]but it’s possible and all your expectations and demands of FOOD will change). Frequent testing taught me what to eat and what to avoid really quickly. Listening to the people on here I was able to change things around - I’ve lost over 20 pounds, my bg readings have levelled off and I can run 3.5km (as opposed to about 3.5m beforehand!). You’ve seen others say it’s changed their lives but in a good way and they’re right. It will get better. You’ll learn how to build it into your day. It’ll stop being the be all and end all. It’ll become a part of you and one day really soon, you’ll be writing one of these notes to someone else who’s just been diagnosed and is in those first few days of chaos. Good luck x [/QUOTE]
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