Recent Content by 1973Magpie

Hi diadeb, Just to let you know that tomorrow I take my last Champix (after a 12 week course) and I am still not smoking, so 11 weeks no cigarettes :D and although I miss smoking still, I haven't had any major cravings since about week four or five!

Hi, I am currently taking champix and gave up smoking 18 days ago :grin: I don't think it has had an affect on my BG levels, and I'm testing a lot (diagnosed on 24th June this year) but it has made me more irritable than usual, and seems to have lowered my BP slightly! I second the poster...

Thanks Pam I will give that link a look later once the smalls are in bed :) Fantastic news on you managing to lose the excess weight caused by the 'healthy' diet, and on reducing your HBA1c and cholesterol too :) It's so helpful to read about others successes, especially when the official NHS...

Fergus thanks for your reply, yes that was pretty much my thinking! I am quite 'anti-establishment' anyway, but it makes me so cross that they tell us 'facts' that, at best, are inaccurate, and at worst completely misleading. I don't think the Health Service like me much, I caused rather a...

Hi Daisy, Thanks for your reply. I am happy with the results so far with the lower carbs and higher fats, so will keep going with it I think. (In the back of my head I am having a little competition with myself to get my BG results as near 'normal' ie non-diabetic as possible) :D I have been...

Hello I have recently been diagnosed as Type 2, at the end of June, which wasn't too much of a surprise as I have had Gestational Diabetes in my last two pregnancies (6 and 4 years ago) and my Mother and Aunt and Uncles are all Type 2. Still feels a bit of a shock, even though I was half...