Hello.

[ConfusedCraig]

Don't use forums much at all, but the welcome post suggested posting on here to let people know I am a new user. Not very good with introductions either so hello.

 

[NotPink]

Hallo Craig I am not used to forums either and am a very recent member. The responses here have been very informative and helpful. Go for it.

 

[Docb]

Hi @ConfusedCraig and welcome. This is a very straightforward forum where people with diabetes share experiences and help each other out with ideas. Some are very new to diabetes but many have been coping with it for years and most have got it tamed.

So, tell us a little about yourself - how long have you been diagnosed and how are you coping? Do you have any particular questions you would like some input on. We are here to help.

 

[adrian1der]

Hi @ConfusedCraig and welcome. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? When diagnosed, how you are managing etc. Any questions just fire away - there are lots of very helpful and very knowledgeable people on here who are more than willing to help

 

[ConfusedCraig]

Diagnosed yesterday actually . Too early to tell how I am coping.

I posted a question here in the general forum (thought I was supposed to) that needs more input;

Question about breathing symptoms.

Apologies if this would be more fitting in the welcome section, but since it is a question regarding symptoms and such I thought it was supposed to be in this thread. I am mainly asking to see if this "fits" with a diabetes diagnosis. Also this will be a long post so my apologies. Anyway; I...

forum.diabetes.org.uk

 

[Ralph-YK]

Welcome to the forum Craig, from a fellow T2.

 

[ConfusedCraig]

Welcome to the forum Craig, from a fellow T2.

I am curious, your signiture says metformin twice a day, do you mean two pills at once (which is what I have been prescribed) or one pill twice a day?

 

[Ralph-YK]

That's one pill twice a day. One after breakfast, and one after tea/dinner. (They've to be taken with or after food.) 500mg tablets.

 

[Docb]

Just put something on your General Message board post @ConfusedCraig.

Metformin comes in 500mg horse pills. You can take up to four a day and most people on more than one pill will split the dose and take them at different times. Metformin is notorious for causing tummy upsets and most who suffer find that taking them with food helps and things settle down quite quickly.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @ConfusedCraig

Glad you have found us 🙂

Ask away with any questions you may have, nothing will be considered too obvious or ‘silly’.

Sounds like you’ve only just been diagnosed, and I expect Covid has thrown a bit of a spanner in the works as regards follow-up appointments etc.

For newcomers, members here frequently recommend Maggie Davey’s Letter and Gretchen Becker’s book, as very helpful starting points.

For a bit more background information, the ‘useful links’ thread is a mine of helpful information - useful-links-for-people-new-to-diabetes

 

[Squirrel768]

Diagnosed yesterday actually . Too early to tell how I am coping.

Wow! Very new 🙂 Welcome, Craig.

I'm new to the forum, but an old-hand with T1. Still learning as I go along LOL, and now geting to grips with Libre glucose monitoring 🙂

Feel free to ask questions - I'm sure someone somewhere will come up with an answer - they are a ery helpful bunch in here 🙂

 

[Ditto]

Hello and welcome. 🙂