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she has no need to worry if she keeps to a low fat diet.hope things turn out ok for her.x

I was overweight, then over several years lost a lot of weight, thought it was because I had changed to a smaller plate. At age of 57 had a heart attack it was then they said I was diabetic.

Had gestational diabetes with middle child, also had to have second medical for job age 21 as diabetes showed up. They put me on insulin as they said it would help, have been on for 11 yrs. When I was first diagnosed would check sugars after every meal just to see the affect each had, was actually told off by hospital that I was too in control.

Like others have said, have eyes checked each year plus feet. Don't buy diabetic foods. Eat lots of veg, cut out fat, exercise, don't put salt on food, don't have sugar, it is in enough food, and as my doc said a glass of red wine is fine.

And if you can go on Insulin you can be in complete control.

Mine is hereditary, me, father, grandmother who was on insulin back in 1923. and possible my middle daughter who also has gestational diabetes. Just to add nan and dad were both 80 plus when they died.

Carol

carol.
i also had gestational diabetes while carrying my 3rd child,borderline diabetes diagnosed in 2007,i keep to a low fat diet and have never had any problems,i does nothing to spoil my life, ive almost forgotten i have it,but of course with boarder line,you may or may not develop full blown diabetes.x :-D

FOR TERESAW You mention nil cheese for hubby - I'm not quite that bad just have one small portion a week but there is a substitute called "miniCol"which I also use, quite nice as 'cheese on toast' but tis expensive. Only place I've found it on sale so far is Sainsburys.

Nice to see someone else who regards diabetes as highly dangerous. People, especially men, do tend to bury their heads in the sand or get all macho and ignore it and then suddenly get a major illness or even death.

For AnninGlos. I too suffered a double whammy. Was told one day that having lived for over 5 years after major surgery for cancer in 1997 that I was free of it then the next day being told I was diabetic 2. Life is a battle and I'm still enjoying life. My main complaint that at 71 I can't find anyone willing to have a weekly game of badminton so just have to make do with my weekly gym session which is classed as "Heart Rehab" - had heart attack 2008. Am thinking about starting another weekly gym session tho. Read somewhere that exercise good for cancer sufferers as cancer doesn't like the extra oxygen in the blood

He doesn't really miss the cheese Ronald...he'd miss the bacon more. He doesn't have it often, and when he does it's very lean and grilled...little or no effect, but if I had to ban that *ducks*

People don't realise just how life-threatening diabetes really is. It's one of those invisible conditions that prompt the thought 'if they look ok, there's nothing wrong.'

He's nice and stable now though, pretty level readings all the time, so that's good news.

SALT WARNING Hardly use it but...... I've now got to talk to a pharmacist. Cant remember which tabs but the notes with one of my box of tabs state"Not to be taken if on a low salt diet"!! Tabs were prescribed after my heart attack

Ah TeresaW. If I have bacon I need a cake or such like as not enough sugar in bacon! Honest. Took OH shopping in Hull couple or so years ago. We just had bacon butty and cuppa for lunch as were planning to have main meal in evening. In the afternoon in the shops I was nigh on asleep on my feet. I went off to a caff, was going to have apple pie and custard but none avail' so had piece of lemon merangue! Loverly, within couple of minutes I was wide awake. Funny old world

I make boiled fruit cake and have found that, if I up the mixed spice a bit, there is no need to put any sugar in it.

I can agree with Ronald re the bacon butties. I did some for tea last night as I was feeling abit lazy. Later in the evening I felt so tired. After I had some chocolate peanuts, I perked up.
Julia in Derbyshire

What I find worrying about type 2 Diabetes is an article I read in The Mail on Sunday- Jan 8th 2012 that " Experts fear thousands of the three million sufferers are misdiagnosed"- might it be worth having a read?- jl

why dont you look at the diabetes u/k site , they have loads of recipts on there , it might help you . iris

Thanks Iris I will tell her.

Just mentioned the bacon buttie conversation to OH, and he said, it's the bacon, he always feels he wants more after having one, but fights it off, but I have noticed sometimes he needs a couple of biscuits with a cuppa later.

Ronald - my OH is diabetic (type 2, but on injections and tablets). He is often being told that type 2 cannot have hypos but he knows that this is just not true as he does have hypos but they keep saying he is type 2.

Came on as type 2 would normally, I believe, i.e. first was told diet only, then moved on to tablets and now on tablets and injections (2, a long acting every 24 hrs and a short acting before meals). He was 31 when first diagnosed and is now 58.

I presume the hypos are because he is on injections as part of his treatment, even though they swear he is still type 2

Back to my daughter. Does anyone else with type 2 take Metformin and find they have unsociable side effects?

We think it is maybe some inbalance in her diet but wondered if anyone had suffered this and solved the problem.

Hello Ann, l had some bad side effects with Metformin and diabetic nurse tried me on different tablets but nothing seem to work so l am now on Gliclazide and l have a Byetta pen injection now which l take twice a day and this combination seems to be working for me. I would get your daughter to let them know and l'm sure they will find something that suits her.
Hope your daughter is doing ok and still sending her healing and positive thoughts, x

Good Morning Ann, I'm sorry, but either fortunately or unfortunately, which ever way you look at it, I do not require any medication for my Type 2. so cannot advise you, but I bet there are some posting that can.
I do not have to test my blood on a daily basis either, but when I am in hospital, they do it every 4 hours, to see how my sugars are.

Julia in Derbyshire

Thanks Julia. Daughter only has to have an annual blood test and doesn't have to test every day or even week so i guess she is quite borderline at the moment. Apparently the medication won't let her blood sugar go up.

Mummo, the side effects are not too bad and she has told her GP and said she will live with it for now. She thinks it might be when she doesn't have enough carbs.