Now you are making me feel like an old fart, something that I can never be.
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Itās like being back at at school, there was always a girl like you. x
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Get a room you two!!! I hope Mr Loshy and Mrs Frederickson arent looking over your respective shoulders. Made me laugh in any case, thanks you two liovely people x
3rd week back working for me, now back to needing a sleep in the afternoons.
@mrfrederickson Mark - hope your glucose blood test went wellā¦
Just to give you a positive view on it ā¦ 2 years ago i was 47 and very much pre diabetic, im now 38!!!
Diet changed which has been fine to adapt to. Takes time and perseverance and an open minded view on vegetables but its possible young man.
With diet changes, my cholesterol is down to 3.6 so no increase in statins too!!!
My left upper limb is still asleep tooā¦one fingered typing is a fun new past time, too.
Love to all stroke survivors near and far
Andy x
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Git my blood tests results back and scored 44 before it was 48 so moving to a less diabetic diet helped
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Yes itās taking strong will and small regular exercise
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Yes a better reading but I need it lower, all down to carbs and processed sugar, plus more exercise to burn calories
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Itāll come. Youāre moving in right direction. Rome wasnāt built in a day as they say.
Very true having a reflective day, itās my wedding anniversary and wifeās birthday, so looking back I had at least 3 warnings of what ultimately gave me the severe stroke.
If only Iād have lowered my blood pressure and cholesterol, god I am a victim of my own stupidity.
I hate how I am now this impairment and associated sensory issues mark me feel very sad and weary. Not a good day.feeling very angry with myself and the grief my inaction caused my wife and family.
Happy anniversary. 20th May was obviously a good day as itās my anniversary too 
it was also my birthday 2 days ago. May is a good month 
Hindsight hey. I think we could all look back and find things we could have changed/done differently but would we have done it & would it have made any difference? Weāll never know.
You shouldnāt blame yourself or beat yourself up over what has happened. You didnāt ask for it. We canāt change what is done but we can influence how we move forward from it. I feel rubbish every day & there are some days it really bothers me but in the main I try not to dwell as it changes nothing & only makes me miserable.
Itās a day for celebrating. Enjoy your anniversary & celebrate your wifeās birthday.
Chin up youāre doing great xx
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True Mrs5k, but my sadness is only reaffirmed as it could have been averted, Iāll never be convinced my stroke hasnāt caused pain and suffering to my loved oneās, lost our home , my job so much work for my poor wifeās burden, it goes on, self detesting myself is par for the course, may get peaceful when Iām right
Happy birthday and anniversary, must be a good time for this sort of thing.
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Thereās really no use at all in beating yourself up over that one.
Type2 wasnāt even common knowledge, let alone a buzz word, before the age of technology, in other words the internet. Thatās when scientific research could correlate quicker and more efficiently around the world and really started to take off. They didnāt and still donāt know the enough about diabetes, other than how and what foods and drink affect it. Itās also genetic and chances are thatās where came from in you.
And Iām not just talking about lack of knowledge in people in general but also gpās, certainly not as knowledgeable as they are today. And how many or how often would people go to the doctors say back in the 70ās compared to today, let alone have a random or annual blood test and get the results 5 days later telling you youāre now type 2 diabetic or have high cholesterol. The fact is there is no blame!
So donāt go letting the NHS and government con you into believing these are all your own fault some how. If that were the case then you might as well take the blame for covid too 
Thanks wish the pain levels would reduce without taking paracetamol regularly.