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Thanks so much for all your replies, you are so very helpful, Caz xxxx Ronald I was just thinking yesterday I hadnt seen you for a while, nice to see you

According to Diabetes Uk it is totally false that type two diabetes is not as serious as type one. My son was diagonised at the age of 24 as a type 2 diabetic and he is insulin dependent ( four doses a day). When type two is diagonised in middle age it can be treated with diet control or tablets. My husband gets his results tomorrow to see if he is a diabetic. Sorry to waffle on so but I feel strongly about the myth that type 2 diabetes is not as serious as type 1. best wishes Maggie

Hi Caz - ta for your thought. Just to add to what some one else has said. Type 2 is serious and can develop from just diet and exercise regime to pills or even injections. I had major surgery for cancer in 1997 and I view my diabetes as just as serious - if not more so. However, I am still on this planet and enjoying life despite having to diet to a certain extent. Dieting has done me good it's helped with other problems as well. The best advice I can give anyone is TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR BODY TELLS YOU and to take notice and get problems sorted. I listened to mine, I got problem sorted and I lived! Ron

why not go to thissite and read what it says www(.)diabetes(.)org(.)uk if you are worried about diabetes I inject twice a day and test once a day at different times but before meals. Itake 20 ml of insulin at 7.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. My doctor says my blood suger can be between 5 and 12 without problems, but I have breakfasst at 8, tea and 2 biscuits at 10, dinner at 12, snack at 2, tea at 4.30 and the most inportant meal of the day my supper at 9 p.m., This is to get me though the night (that is why it is important to have. I tested this morning reading7.4.