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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Debandez" data-source="post: 1890334" data-attributes="member: 460354">Welcome to the forum. It's a massive shock getting the diagnosis. It was to most on here, myself included. But the great news is that with some simple life style changes you can get your blood sugars under control and avoid future complications.  If you can ask your GP what your hba1c is that will give you the starting point. You could ask for a print out. Some surgeries enable you to get results online. Many diabetics find that the solution to controlling BS is cutting down on carbs. Carbs turn to sugar basically and as diabetics we are basically sugar intolerant. If you invest in a monitor (I use a code free as the strips are cheaper than most and discount codes are available when doing multi buys) and you start testing before you start eating and 2 hours after you will instantly see the foods that you need to stop eating or at least cut down on. For most it's pasta, rice, potatoes, bread, cereals. You really don't want there to be more than a 2 point difference after 2 hours.There are some excellent threads on here. If you have a look around for a few days and get used to navigating. If you find anything particularly interesting you can click on an option to watch that particular thread and get email alerts as to when someone adds a comment. There are plenty of informative videos on YouTube also. If you pop in reversing diabetes, that will take you to many such videos. I find one site in particular very helpful:Dietdoctor.comIm sure that once your BS levels come down your skin problems should ease off, and hopefully disappear. Feel free to ask as many questions as you like.</blockquote>

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