Recent Content by caroluk

I fell off the wagon too - Can you imagine workin in primary school how many boxes of different chocolates i was bought by parents/children! ohhhh but the truffles ones were lush! yum yum! hehe i wasn't too naughty really gave away most and kept the truffles :lol: Am back on the wagon as of...

When first diagnosed whilst waiting or an appointment with my GP i bought my first set of strips. Ascensia Contour £22.50 for 50 strips at my local Asda pharmacy. Now i get 1 box a month on repeat prescription and they last as i have now cut down on testing. Carol xx

Hiya I had a battererd fish from th chippy on Friday not had one since testin so thought i'd give it a try also had small portion of chips probably 12 1 hour after eating 7.2 exercise bike for 20 mins then tested 6.2 3 hours after 10.1 woweee won't be having battered fish again lol that's my...

Thank you all for your replies. My Mum had her appointment and had blood tests to check if it is the tablets causing this pain - She seems quite relieved that hopefully it is something so simple to correct as she was very worried it was her age! (64 ) Fingers crossed she will be pain free...

Thank you all for your replies. No Dennis she doesn't drink grapefruit juice but has started in the past few weeks to have a glass of red wine - hopefully that's nothing to do with it. I have told her to mention the recent change in diet to the Dr tomorrow and ask for a new cholesteral test to...

Hi all. This is a question about my Mum. She is type 2 diagnosed a year or so ago given the usual bumph leaflet etc Since i was diagnosed and researched more into type 2 low carbs and so on my Mum has followed me and reduced weight and lowered BS by testing. She had had Lipitol for a few...

Hiya everyone I wanted to send a huge thank you to people on this forum for all their wonderful help, care and advice to me since being diagnosed in September. I have just had my 5th DN appointment and i have left with her in amazement at my progress. Blood pressure down from 133/90 to...

Hiya Kate, I had GD with my 3rd pregnancy and i also suspect with my 2nd pregnancy and he is 15yrs old now so i went 15yrs before being diagnosed type 2. 6 weeks after having Alex in Dec 06 i was tested and all was okay and a test in Sept of this year saw me just slip into type 2. I would...

Phoenix, Thank you for that it was very interesting to read. And yes i agree on it being a wake up call and i would be interested in a 24 hour BP monitor check - Can i request this and does it show what times of the day it goes up etc ? Carol xx

Thank you for your replies :) I will take a good look at the link. Carol xx

Shamelessly bumping up my on post as it had slipped way down :oops: Carol xxx

I m very active at work - walk to work and on my feet for 90% of the day. One hour after my evening meal i go on my exercise bike and have just upped my time to 30 minutes and i am managing 8.68 miles in that time. I am aiming for 10 miles in 30 minutes. 2 hours after meals i am always under...

Hia Brian, I'm also a newly diagnosed type 2 and was worried there was a chance my dr would refuse testing strips especially after my DN refused me saying we would talk about it at my 4th app. I already had a Ascencia Contour machine so i bought my first lot of strips ( £22.40 ) tested in the...

Hello Ladies and Gents :) I have a couple of questions if that's okay. Week before last i had a urine test done when i had my DN 3rd appointment and my urine showed a trace of protein so she sent the sample off for testing. 2 days later my Dr phoned me at home to say the sample showed a...

Hiya I'm recently diagnosed type 2 though i did have gestational diabetes during pregnancy. The numbers they expect when you are pregnant are very strict. under 7.5 within one hour of eating a meal if you can't reach this by diet only then they put you on insulin injections to reach this -...