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Northerner
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Hi Toby, welcome to the forum 🙂 Diabetes is a very complicated disease, so it does take quite a while to even absorb the basics, so it will come in time and greater understanding will help things get easier.
Please ask anything you are unsure of and we will do our best to help! 🙂
Please ask anything you are unsure of and we will do our best to help! 🙂
but I guess we will get there, don't really have a choice. The good news is this forum is really helpful and supportive so welcome 
thanks for the welcome messages..nice to know i'm not alone in this - that's the worst for me. keep getting frustrated by being unable to do things that i used to take for granted..tried to carry on as if nothing had happened at first until the message finally sank in..now just trying to take it one day at a time...just gets a bit overwhelming sometimes....
Steff
Little Miss Chatterbox
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Thats it Toby just go day to day and take things in you will get there in the end, and with us lot here to help its an added bonus(i think 🙂 ) x
MargB
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Welcome Toby and congratulations on finding this forum. I was diagnosed around the same time as you and just so grateful I found this place immediately. One thing that gets me down is other people assuming they know all about diabetes and telling me what I should do. needless to say, all this 'advice' conflicts!
traceycat
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hi toby and welcome. i was diagnosed in march this year aswel and so glad i found this forum in my first week, everyone has been a great support and ive learned so much and still learning just by reading others posts and asking questions.
scootdevon
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Hello & welcome Toby from a type 2'er 🙂
Carina1962
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hello Toby6162, welcome to the forum. I was the same as you in October 2009 and i have learnt a lot from this forum and stuff on the net but this forum has helped me the most with any concerns or questions i have, you will be fine 🙂
Hi Toby,
I was only diagnosed in June as T2. I have to say the forum is great - ask and ask and ask as many questions as you can - I have even repeated my questions and nobody seems to mind.
Just a thought Toby - I came out of the doctors, sat in my car, went crazy and cried and shook my fists when I was first told - it was like the scene from only fools and horses when they won their millions to any passer by I am sure.
However, after a good sob - I decided there was only one way to deal with it and that was to be very positive. I went straight to my gym that night and have been every day since. I have met loads of new friends. I also have tried food I really wouldn't have bothered trying before and now eat 3 meals that each have an amount of carb in them, lots of salad or veg, and some protein. I always try and make them as interesting as possible otherwise I would get bored. Then only fruit and diet drinks after that. Going to the gym stops me thinking about food. So by being positive and as you say take one day at a time, we can turn this around into making us feel better than we have in a long time.
As for advice, totally true what has already been said. Lots of confusing advice and comments such as i am sure you can have a small slice of cake. Ignore them! Listen to your new friends on here and rant and vent as much as you like Toby and together we will get there.
Sorry if I sound like I am preaching.
All the best to you.
I was only diagnosed in June as T2. I have to say the forum is great - ask and ask and ask as many questions as you can - I have even repeated my questions and nobody seems to mind.
Just a thought Toby - I came out of the doctors, sat in my car, went crazy and cried and shook my fists when I was first told - it was like the scene from only fools and horses when they won their millions to any passer by I am sure.
However, after a good sob - I decided there was only one way to deal with it and that was to be very positive. I went straight to my gym that night and have been every day since. I have met loads of new friends. I also have tried food I really wouldn't have bothered trying before and now eat 3 meals that each have an amount of carb in them, lots of salad or veg, and some protein. I always try and make them as interesting as possible otherwise I would get bored. Then only fruit and diet drinks after that. Going to the gym stops me thinking about food. So by being positive and as you say take one day at a time, we can turn this around into making us feel better than we have in a long time.
As for advice, totally true what has already been said. Lots of confusing advice and comments such as i am sure you can have a small slice of cake. Ignore them! Listen to your new friends on here and rant and vent as much as you like Toby and together we will get there.
Sorry if I sound like I am preaching.
All the best to you.
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