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Ah, but dont they receive extra payment for treating 'high' cholesterol patients?

Many thanks noblehead, catherinecherub and Sid Bonkers for your explanations and information. It was this part of wallycorker’s message that threw me: “... and, wherever I can, I am campaigning against the quite appalling "do not test" and "eat plenty of starchy carbohydrate" advice...

Re: My expanded story of Type 2 reversal Shouldn't the message below - "My expanded story of Type 2 reversal by wallycorker » September 16th, 2009, 11:38 pm" - be included as a LOW CARB SUCCESS STORY, rather than a non low carb story ?

Could sugar free chewing gum be helpful with this issue? I find it useful as a treat whilst I am cutting down my food intake, and I understand you have to be careful not to have too much of it because of it's laxative properties, but I don't know if it contains anything else that is unhelpful...

Thanks Bob, I like the bit about the cooker!! Its good to know that, if I can't persuade the powers that be to provide me with a prescription for strips and lancets, I will at least be able to get a refund on any VAT payable. Pac

"... - but there again Manchester is known for only employing people with box ticking capabilities" Thanks for this Ailz, it explains a lot. I wasn't when I started, but I sure was when they finished with me!

Ailz mentioned "As a diabetic you are able to recover the VAT paid on goods ..." Can you tell me what goods this includes please, and also how the VAT can be recovered. Thanks.

OMG No! Thanks Viv So our 'wonderful' government is lining the pockets of our GP's, to ensure the pockets of the drug companies are well and truly lined to the extent of millions if not billions of £s; for producing tablets to reduce levels of cholesterol with the aim of reducing heart...

Thanks for the response Ray, Sorry to so thick but who or what is HMG?

Thanks for your really useful and informative post Dillinger which has really helped me to understand so much more, but I am a little puzzled by your comment " Your GP will be rewarded for getting you to take statins"...., although I must admit that the more I have read the more I wonder why...

Which is your health authority, BGW? I'm making a list preparatory to doing a big media lobby. You can also include Manchester Viv.

Good news ebony321 and Phoenix, comments are in Response to Comment on: Polonsky et al. Structured Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Significantly Reduces A1C Levels in Poorly Controlled, Noninsulin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes: Results From the Structured Testing Program Study. Diabetes Care...

Smeaton mentioned that Cameron stated "... We just need to help people manage their diabetes, particularly because we want to see them have control over their healthcare and spend less time in hospitals if at all possible. ..." I couldn't help but smile when I saw this, as I have just...