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What has the DUK forum done for you?

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Do you perchance, test your own blood glucose at home? If not - would you consider it a reasonable suggestion, so you can assess whether your food choices are doing you any good (diabetes-wise) or not?

We can point you at affordable, reasonably priced ones if you would, cos it is something we highly recommend.
 
Jeff Stevens said:
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I must admit to not being any kind of expert on these things, despite having been T2 for a long time, so can you tell me what the abbreviation 'DN' means? o_O (sorry to be thick...)
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Sorry Jeff, it’s diabetic nurse. I’m no expert either, still learning every day, we all have diabetes but it affects us all in different ways so exploring is a big part of it x
 
Jeff Stevens said:
so can you tell me what the abbreviation 'DN' means? o_O
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No apology needed @Jeff Stevens - and no such thing as a silly question here 😛


In fact regular members fall into using abbreviations so often that we put together a list of the ones commonly used

forum.diabetes.org.uk

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Here is an alphabetical list of acronyms and abbreviations you may come across on the forum: Health-related A1c - Shortened version of HbA1c the blood test that checks average BG over previous 6-12 weeks ADA - American Diabetic Association Basal - 'Background', long acting insulin (eg Lantus...
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Which I just had to edit as DN wasn’t on it!
 
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Leonora said:
I found this forum by chance when I was first diagnosed. What it has done for me more than anything is...made me unafraid.
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~Great post - just what the forum should be for x
 
Helped me, educated me, supported me.

Plus through diabetic meets from Glasgow to Brighton and all points in between, I have met up with so many beautiful souls, a number of whom have become life long friends.

So thank you
 
Pina said:
When I was diagnosed in the end of March, I was stunned. Then this pandemic happened, I felt abandoned. But.... I found this wonderful group of people, who answered my questions, and made me feel better. Thank you all for answering my little questions. xx
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That’s lovely @Pina - so pleased the forum was able to help you when you needed it!
 
I believe the forum was plugged on DUK’s social media channels yesterday. Hurrah!
 
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