Welcome to Diabetical !

Great to see you visiting! I am a recently diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic (about a month ago). About that time my fasting sugar was 11.2 and 10.5 which were taken a week apart. Since then, through mainly diet and exercise (I am on Metformin as well, but the impact is not felt immediately - I was on Avandia; more on that later), my fasting readings have dropped to between 6 and 7. I also have neuropathy which I am relatively certain it is diabetes related, but I don't know for sure. This is numbness and/or tingling and/or burning sensations and in my case I have it in my feet, legs, hands and arms. Not good for stress let me tell you. But I am a person that really loves life and I want to pass on as much good news as possible to diabetics. One thing is certain; there are millions of us. We are not alone!

This blog is all about feeling emotionally better with Type 2 Diabetes. I am not trying to exclude Type 1 diabetics believe me, but I know nothing about that side of things and I would not want to do any disservice. So this blog is mainly about Diabetes Type 2. Depression is also a consideration with diabetes and I hope to help.

Please leave comments whenever you want to. I place a very high value on them as I want to hear your thoughts and because everyone is different. I want to expose this blog to as many different ideas as possible and to hear the uplifting stories of experiences and overcoming diabetes.

So please enjoy the website and I hope you find everything relevant, informative, entertaining and well worth your time to read.