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Howdy all - has anyone here ever tried to use the dough as a pie topping? I fancy making a chicken and mushroom pie and I've used fathead dough for pizza and for savoury rolls... so was wondering whether the same would work for the topping for a pie? And is there anybody better kitchen minded...

... since I have been here So after joining and working hard to get my numbers down, things went awry with a lot of travelling and media centres being full of carb-loaded grub, in the end my doctor and I decided that while my work involved travelling and eating on the fly etc... to commit to...

So after a bit of burnout and the nature of an itinerant job, my bloods went back and my GP wants me to go up to three Metformin but the issues I had with the normal ones meant I was put on 2 modified release a day, and now going up to three modified release is resulting in a few tummy troubles...

I suppose not surprisingly after a hectic clay and grass court season, my numbers went back up since getting my A1C down quite considerably from diagnosis. Metformin has been increased to three a day (one with meals) but I found during the summer I would often forget the evening one completely...

It has been a looooong and gruelling clay and grass court season and during that and at the behest of Media centres around Europe - my BG has been on the up and is annoying back in double figures at the moment. Not helped by body caving in to a cold literally the day after Wimbledon! I dropped...

Have been scanning with iphone app - but having difficulty getting to see these in LibreView. The only option I see when I log in is to upload from meter- it then tries to initialise drivers, complains I either have none or my internet connection is slow (it is NOT). I registered with the same...

... does a pre-diabetic make? This was the Easter debate with my cousin's husband. He (and she for that matter) had gotten their levels down to pre-D levels but have crept back up into T2 ranges. Mine came down from 111 to 59 to most recently 45 and we were debating wheher that meant I could...

Went to pick up my blood test results when I got back home from the US this morning... On dx in June 17 HbA1c was 111, in Sept (eating Low GI foods) 59... Sept to Feb incorporating LCHF where possible and trying to stay under 100g ... down to 45! GP very pleased. Cholesterol was borderline...

So it is sensor changeover day, and having got these silicon barrier wipes, and spent a fair while discussing the issue with a product specialist, despite having come to view compeed as a bit of a security blanket... We have decided silicon barrier and then sensor on the skin. It has caused me...

In a couple of FB groups I belong to, the good folk from Trio have been allowed to suggest using a silicon barrier under sensors for those of us struggling with allergy to the adhesive. They are super keen for before and after photos... Since November I have been a devotee with varying levels...

Having successfully gotten my local Pharmacist to set up a Libre account, was chatting to the pharmacist who advised me to maybe not stick with the default target range but perhaps change it to what is expected for a T2 (suggested 4.0-7.8 or maybe consider 8.5 to see if my post-prandial scans...

.... and curious At the moment I lump food and drink into the relevant meal (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) and two for am and pm snacks... Do people pay attention to any carbs in drinks or just focus on their grub?

So I have been keeping a watchful eye on a FB group I belong to as to the various trials and tribulations some have had getting a consistent price from the likes of Boots, Asda and Lloyds. Hats off to some who have really been very diligent in pushing the point home to the big chains that: 1)...

New Year... new season. My details are in the sig below, and the last 6 months have been ... getting used to Low(er) GI foods which helped bring my A1C down from 111-59. The Australian Open - Three weeks in Australia. Accommodation/Breakfast: Service Apartment with fridge and basic facilities...

So I have not been on the best of behaviour pretty much since the last two tournaments of the year. Christmas dinner was fun, but I felt justified in turning down a portion of salmon en croute to go with my usual Christmas trimmings because I had scoffed quite enough! I enjoyed a little of the...

Sigh... while most people seem to possess the speed of Usain Bolt in terms of running to the facilities if on metformin, I seem to have gone the other way... he's the hare and I am the tortoise, sluggish on the start line for about a day and a half at a time before quite possibly keeping...

Joined the LCHF FB group...only to be told IF can be done in any circumstances after I said it doesn’t not work for me. I thought I was joining a group to talk about LCHF. If I wanted to be with a bunch of IF devotees I would have joined a group for that. It does not work for me. I have no...

So I trotted to the GP today because the skin irritation on BOTH arms has not rescinded with over-the-counter cortisone cream or sudacrem, so she prescribed something a little more meaty. I also showed her the Libre sensor/scanner in action, but there was absolutely no dice in her even...

Somewhat frustratingly, some folks in the FB group don't want to hear of issues with Abbotts delivery or dodgy sensors. I was called last week by Head Office in response to a letter of complaint - and I hope I have left things open with them to contact them with collated feedback from time to...

It's been a rum old time. as far as my Libre sensors go, the end of October and up to now in November has been a complete disaster. Three sensors with a Nov 2017 expiry date failed, and I have developed a particularly nast case of skin irritation despite all manner of combinations of adhesion...