Recent Content by FoxgloveUK

I had exactly the same problems when I first went onto metformin. I was taking 2000mg and had the most awful tummy trouble. My GP changed me to the SR version (Glucophage) and I took one in the morning and one in the evening. I had two years of constant toilet trotting and eventually I went...

I'm not doing too bad on the diabetes side - down to six-monthly visits, but I think they tend to stick people on the insulin I use for ease of use. Where I live they probably aren't used to people expressing an opinion (or asking questions). I'm learning all the time (even though I was...

Thanks Finzi - very helpful. Viv, I've already found him :D He popped up in my extensive trawling. I had great results when I did the Atkins diet and I won't miss carbs - I'm just a bit worried about the insulin. I think I'm going to carry on with a very low fat/calories until I see my...

I suggest you see your diabetes professional - you can't mess around with your doses yourself. They should tell you what doses you should have and more importantly why you should have them. If you are newly diagnosed, question why you are on insulin and not oral meds or not on oral meds and...

Because that's what suits me and if your levels are as high as that in a morning, so should you...

Thanks Viv ;-)

NovoMix 30: 32 in the morning and 54 in the evening

...but that doesn't say much :D Okay, my dilemma: I'm going shopping on Friday. My larder currently consists of low calorie, low fat stuff (and carbs - hundreds of them). My virgin post yesterday was a cry for help to lose weight and the LCHF way of eating came up. So, since then I have...

Thanks for the welcome, Roy. I've been a lurker for a while but decided to come out into the open :-) I'm currently having problems with my evening meal - because I'm having low calories (and not many carbs) my BG is much lower than it was, but I'm on the same amount of insulin. The last time...

Eggs are pretty high in calories though for such a small item - I do eat them but not as often as I would like. At the moment I eat turkey (I really don't like chicken for some reason), fish and Quorn (I know - I'm not going to be eating it for long, that's for certain). I use half fat cheese...

Thank you for the reply :-) I have been reading the boards with great interest about the LCHF diet. Unfortunately, I can't have anything with fat because of a liver problem (caused by diabetes). I'm told that if I get my weight down I may be able to reverse the problem. I'd seriously love to...

Hi everyone I've been trawling the board for weight loss tips and I think I can safely say I'm more confused now than when I started :-) I have a load of health problems, some of which are caused by diabetes. I need to lose a lot of weight and even though I have been following a healthy...