Recent Content by VikingMermaid

Thank you so much for this post, Hecate105! You mentioned a Wholelife course, which sounded interesting and googled it immediately. Found out the course was available in my area, covered by the Coastal Communities network - and then (flipping heck!) discovered it was actually set up right here...

This is so helpful - thank you. I suspect I am pre-diabetic (or fully diabetic!) and am just about to book an appt with GP to test. Four months ago I became vegan and while I had been tired to the point of exhaustion regularly over the past several years (bloods came back normal when tested 5...

My experience with PIP is not diabetes related (I applied on behalf of my daughter, who has a different condition). However, I would definitely recommend going on to the 'Benefits & Work' website (and Facebook page): the people who run the website have supreme knowledge, experience and insight...

Thanks so much for this; you are a life saver! I am vegetarian and pre-diabetic (have a horrible sweet tooth and zero will power) and need to start eating sensibly again. My daughter coeliac disease, so I need to make meals gluten-free. (She's also autistic, which is neither here nor there...

Assume pre-diabetic: significant weight-gain past 2-3 years, espec around middle (shocker!), always fatigued, always hungry, always thirsty!