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This sounds like the struggle I'm having with mum-in-law :(

Thanks izzzi She won't go out and buy expensive things - she's a bit of a skinflint! :D Taking things slowly is a must - she just doesn't get it. For now she's trying to avoid sugar, bread and pasta (not that she eats pasta anyway) but she seems to think that if we don't know about it, it...

Hello there, My name is Aly and I've joined this forum because my mother-in-law has just been diagnosed as diabetic. She is totally mystified by diabetes and is struggling to take on board that this is a serious condition. She doesn't understand what carbs are never mind trying to explain slow...