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Morning all. Logged into Hotmail this morning and was greeted with a brand new interface. Problem I have is on the old Hotmail there was a box on the top right hand side which made my mails full size. It has gone. There are 2 arrows at the bottom which I can scroll my mails from left to...

Morning all. I asked some advice on here a while back about folk letting their dogs poo on my front garden which has been recently re turfed and looks lovely. Nightly (or Morningly) someone does not clear up after their dog. It isn't a cat poo or a fox poo ( Get both of those in my back garden)...

This should probably go under Jokes and Humour but.... I moved at the end of January to a lovely bungalow on the other side of the town where I have lived for the last 10 years. I love the place. Got a South facing garden and apart from my next door neighbour I haven't spoken to anyone else...

Had my bloods done and was amazed that my reading was 43 mmol. It was much higher and I was put on 2 Metformin per day. I also low carb. This type of eating suits me down to the ground and I am happy to be on this 'diet'. Questions. If my bloods carry on falling will I still be Diabetic? Will...

My lappy died a few weeks ago and I had to buy a new one. My old lappy had all the wonderful cookbooks I had downloaded and I have lost them all. Is there anywhere on the site where I can find them please ?? Many thanks.

Morning all. My bloods started at 48 in 2013,year later they were 50. Last blood test was a month ago and they have risen to 64. Now on slow release Metformin. Questions. I am now on an ultra low carb diet. I read somewhere that Metformin does not make any difference to blood sugar...

Morning Quizzlings. I participate in the quiz thread called 'Who Are They' created by Wee Willie in 2013. Myself and a few other stalwarts do the guessing of pics of celebrities,singers,actors and actresses and interesting people. They can be alive or dead. They can be incredibly easy or when...

Hi all. I shaved my head 2 days ago. My long blonde hair had become so knotty and impossible to manage so I got the scissors and clippers out. I need some advice and don't want to post on Facebook as all my family are on there and they will think I have finally lost the plot. ( There is a bit...

Morning all. I am a regular on a fine game called Who Are They created by Wee Willie in April 2013. Willie is a bit unwell at the moment and has let it to us regular players to carry on 'til he is well enough to return. Willie used to put a piccy up. Of a famous person of any sort, Either...

Tonight at 8.00 on ITV 3 is a brilliant film starring Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage. If you like a slight fantasy movie this is for you. A lonely angel observing life on Earth watches over a man undergoing heart surgery and is moved by the surgeon's anguish at failing to save her patient. He...

I have just watched The Fast Show which aired this week on the BBC. I missed it so had to watch it on the I Player. It was as usual very funny but my utter favourite bit was Denzyl in his laboratory looking like something out of the Open University. I literally wet my pants. Here is the link...

Just have to share my ups and downs with Talk Talk... I have been with them for 7 odd years and although the price is good the customer service has been BAD and they failed to sort my intermittent signal. It always seemed to go when I really needed it. I sell a few bits on E Bay and it is no...

2 programmes on TV tonight which although aren't really diabetes related are about losing weight. Tonight at 7.30 in ITV. To Diet or Not to Diet?: Tonight More than half the adult population have tried to slim down in the past 12 months and many have made New Year's resolutions to lose weight...

The forum has suddenly gone black round the edges.... Just me ??

I am in the middle of an online Tesco shop and I need some advice on prunes for keeping me regular. The choice I have is tinned, bagged which I assume is fresh (which appeals to me as I can eat when I want) or prune juice. I have Googled prune juice and apparently it is diabetic friendly...

I have just been on the phone to the lady I bought my Parrot Archie from a fortnight ago and she rings me every night to see how he is getting on. Anyway,we started talking about our weight and she said she does the 'Alternate day fasting' diet which I have never heard of . She said she lost...

Just tuned into this and it is very interesting. Not exactly Diabetes related but very close..... On BBC 2 now. 2nd of 4.Will put up extra links later.

I woke up this morning and thought to myself "Today I am going to buy myself a Parrot." I have always wanted a parrot. When I was little my Grandma had 8 of them in her public house. My Grandma had 4 sons who were all in the armed forces and each brought 2 parrots home from their travels. I...

I haven't taken my blood pressure for about 3 weeks. When I first got my monitor I was checking everyday and as my results are always about the same I haven't been checking so much recently. I just checked it putting the cuff on my left arm as usual and it came up at 140 over 81. My heart...

Morning all. I don't sleep well and am either counting zeds at 9.00 or up at 7.00 after a decent nights sleep. I have just been looking at my readings and have figured out that when I am up early my readings are around 5 and when I sleep in and take my reading at 9-10 am they are 7 odd. This...