Recent Content by carol08

Funnily enough my husband spoke to our pharmacist yesterday and she happened to say the his HBA1c (or at least I think that is what she said) had gone down from 68 to 60 at his last blood test and she seemed quite happy about that. But we are now watching far more closely what we eat now and...

All ordered and coming from homehealth as opposed to amazon as they came out cheaper on the monitor I dont think there is much difference on the strips and lancets.

Many thanks for these links @Rachox we laready have the SD codefree meter and have just bought some more strips from amazon, he likes this one and has just decided to buy a new monitor yesterday but wants the same one again so your links were most timely :)

I too had an abdominal hysterectomy nearly 30 years ago now, my fibroid was the size of a cricket ball and my periods were insanely heavy, but it was the best thing I ever did, i felt weak afterward and was not allowed to even lift a kettle that was half full for a while. But I felt so much...

Thank you all for the great advice, I realise we are in trouble and our diligence to looking after the carbs in our diet has gone, we have become complacent and I think he is just beginning to realise this. It is even scarier when I realise I made a mistake and he does in fact get through 3...

Thank you for this information @Pipp I like to think I keep portions small but am coming to realise its the extras that have creapt into our diet which do not help, I need to look further into this whole low carbs diet and drop the bananas for now. My next task is trying tactfully to suggest...

Hi all I am new here, I have been type 2 for a few years now and so far only take one metformin twice a day, my husband on the other hand has been type 2 for much longer. He is disabled and struggles to keep his weight down he takes 2 metformin twice a day and a weekly trulicity 3mg injection...

- What is your name? Carol - How old are you? 67 - Are you male or female? Female - Which country are you from? England - Which city/area do you live in? Essex - Are you religious? I believe but do not go to church - Pick three words to describe your personality. Generous - honest -...