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Hi Ken, thanks for the reply. Could I ask something please? Just as a random example, off the top of your head, what foods in what quantities might make up your 80g of carbs in any average day? Cheers, Dave

But unfortunately nobody's ever made it clear to me exactly what the limits are for me. Everyone says "so long as it's in moderation". Is that 1 slice of bread a day? or 2 slices? Is it 1 potato a day? 4 potatoes? It's hard to stay within limits if you don't know what they are. Can anyone...

I've eaten Thorntons diabetic milk chocolate bar, diabetic turkish delight bars, diabetic fudge bars and assorted diabetic individual chocolates and I have never had any stomach upsets after doing so. It obviously affects some people more than others, it seems a bit unfair to say everyone should...

Hi, Sid Bonkers. I've had my eye on the contour USB, it looks really good, but I was worried I wouldn't be able to get the test strips for it on prescription. I've not looked into whether I can or not yet. Thanks for the reply

I'm weighing up whether or not to fork out the £24 for the Smart-Pix (or finding a way to get them to give it to me for free :wink: ). I work in IT/Telecomms support and am a lover of gadgets, so it's just another addition to my collection really if I decide to go for it. Is it worth the £24...

Still classified as type 2. I'm on 2x500mg Metformin every morning and the same in the evening, no Gliclazide any more. I'm doing an hour in the gym twice a week (soon to be 3 times and it's a pretty intensive workout for me), I'm still sticking to a low sugar diet, but my blood sugar levels are...

Hi all, Thanks so much for the advice here. I've been an internet forum user for many years now in one field or another and I'm very aware that you can't take anybody's answer for definite - I've even come across people who will deliberately ill-advise others just for the sake of it. Still no...

Thanks dorcas61. I was thinking I might check out the CAB to see what they say. I'm wary of challenging them right now as if things come to the crunch, I've got no other job to go to. I've got a mortgage to pay and my current employer seems to pay me a fairly good wage, I can't get similar money...

Sadly, as it's a small business, there's no union, no HR department, and they don't really seem to give a stuff about any other laws and regulations so I don't think they'll care about disability discrimination either. They've got CCTV cameras in the office trained on our desks and the manager...

Thanks to everyone who's replied, much appreciated. :)

Hi, I've been diagnosed with type 2 a few weeks back, as as a result I'm having to visit the specialist at my doctors' surgery regularly (once a week at first and most recently every 2 weeks). My employer is reluctant to allow me to take the time off during the day, and the specialist is only...

Hi everyone, I've suspected for a while that I've had diabetes as it's very common within my mother's side of the family. I went to see a doctor on Monday morning and they did a urine test, saying that there were high levels of glucose. They also took blood samples. I've been back today for...