Recent Content by Antje77

Made the phonecall and have an appointment for friday with an unknown to me GP, let's hope they are nice. Physio told me he didn't think it was the herniated disk but simply something due to working to long looking up, which is good, and it should resolve by itself. :) He also told me to try to...

Very long and very enjoyable workday during which I had chicory and hummus (brought from home) and cheese (my skipper's) twice. I had a plan for an evening meal with leek, cheese and shawarma meat, but after coming home at 7:15 pm, no motivation for cooking. No problem, this new LC bread I...

Both injections and pumps are good options, a lot depends on personal preference and on what is available. I'm on injections by choice. According to your profile, you'r on Lantus insulin only, is this correct? Lantus is a long acting insulin, and if you don't need a quick acting insulin with...

Ask away, and never apologise for asking questions, it's what this forum is for!

The most common needles used nowadays are 4 mm. I prefer 5 or 6. I've never had 8 mm prescribed but I've used them for a week when I had borrowed from another diabetic after I'd forgotten my own. They all work fine for me.

And to make things more confusing, in the Netherlands (where @JoKalsbeek and I live), artritis usually refers to rheumathoid arthritis, and the effects of wear and tear are called artrose, which is also inflammatory but somehow different. With all this confusion I understand Jo using the...

I had the day off work due to swimming in the morning (non negotiable), and an appointment with the physio in the afternoon which was already planned before I agreed on this job, which left me with no time slots making it worth driving back and forth to work. I made good use of the extra time by...

I found out my local supermarket sells more varieties of LC bread than the last time I looked, thanks to @JoKalsbeek posting about it on this forum. Funny how information on stuff in Dutch supermarkets can get back to me through a UK forum. :hilarious: I've steered clear of the bread isle for...

I would see a GP, diabetes nurse or podiatrist if I had any worries about my feet.

Just delete the app from your phone and use your phone browser, works pretty well. I tried the app once and deleted it again within the hour, didn't understand it at all.

I'm with you on the neck. There's a herniated disc or two there that have been doing well for a couple of months until I did some jobs looking up last week and the week before, and now my neck is angry with me again. Physio tomorrow, bracing for a telling off...

Still, your food on sunday had me wishing I would have shared your meals, no matter what it looked like! (Except for the Pepsi Max, but I wouldn't have minded to drink the rum neat so even that would have worked out.)

Yup. Here in the north of the Netherlands, temperatures will drop to below freezing point tonight...

Lazy meal today of Aldi's 'fish fillet á la bordelaise' (8.2 grams of carbs for a 200 gr portion). amd tomatoes with mozzarella, balsamic vinegar, olive oil. basil and salt and pepper.

Having been told twice that a bootsmanstoeltje is called a bosun's chair increases my chances of remembering the new word! You never know when you need it. :joyful: I pretty much speak diabetic fluently in English, other subjects not so much. :hilarious: I can sail in Dutch and in German...