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My manager suggested Melrose (a push up stick). So far not found that it helps. I think I need to return to my GP and get more advice. Spent ages yesterday looking for shampoos and shower creams that don't contain that M product. Finally settled on baby shampoo and Radox. Anything else was...

Another product to avoid, if you have eczema, is aqueous cream! This has sodium laurel sulphate in, which is an aggravant. There is a layer of fat on the outermost part of the skin, and this detergent thins it over time, making the eczema worse. My sister used to suggest it to Dad (some years...

Hi, thought I'd put in my suggestions. An article in this week's Daily Mail health section gave me food for thought. The writer suffered from this and said it could be an ingredient in liquid soap, namely methylisothlazolinone. EU regulations apparently now permit higher concentrations of this...

Just to add my thoughts... I am newly diagnosed with T2; since Christmas Eve 2009. I take my medication and get on with life as I can. I try to forget I have it, and it's usually my Mum who reminds me (when thinking about food etc.) However, what has drawn my attention to this post is the...

Readers from a previous post of mine will know that my pharmacist (initially!) didn't issue me with my prescribed sharps box, stating it wasn't necessary. I went away on holiday and used an IKEA tin to put the lancets in and a few days ago, when I returned home, I went to his shop and just...

Thanks Synonym, I had a great holiday! Yes, I am pricking on the sides of fingers. I don't use the meter all the time. At the moment, I have used lancets in a small metal container; I bought a set of them in IKEA, some time ago. They were ridiculously cheap, and are about 6 in the set...

I took the meter away with me on holiday and one day had such trouble drawing a sample. I think it depended on whereabouts on the finger I tried it. (Can't think of any specific reason...)

*joins in with the applause* That is excellent: well done you! :D

Oh, and thanks Synonym! But I've not been actively dieting recently. When I had the food poisoning the weight loss was rapid! Now I have the appetite of a donkey's!! :lol: I asked nursie if she could increase the Metformin but she said no, they only prescribe it in the beginning for...

Hi all, thanks for your replies! Right, did my tests today, for the first time, and surprisingly I wasn't bad with the pen. Oh, another question! My very first test was this morning, the fasting one. I did another 2 hours later and instead of getting the up/down arrows it read Control Test...

Saw my nurse this morning: quite a good visit. Result of blood test is 6.5. She has also given me a meter to self test; blimming 'eck, the instructions fold out like a broadsheet newspaper! :? First question: did anybody, when they were first given their meter, obtain control solution...

I wholeheartedly agree with the Lyrica! I take 2 x 500mg per day, and then at night a 10mg Amitriptyline. Word of warning, both the Lyrica and the Amitrip cause drowsiness, especially the next morning! :( This is why I don't go into work until about 11.30am: I give myself time to wake up...

Have to confess, 6 of them pounds were lost last week after my sickness! :P It was dropping off a pound a day. Shall attempt to keep them off.

Now, this is probably going to appear, just to annoy me! :evil: But I've updated my ticker and now the image won't appear in any posting. In my profile the URL is down as OFF, but here as I'm typing in the message box it is ON. Confused.com?? :? If this doesn't succeed, does anybody...

I wouldn't mind having the HbA1c test every couple of months, rather than self testing. :D I haven't been given a meter yet as I'm waiting for my first Hb test. I was asked to wait until that result. My problem is that I suffer from dermatitis occasionally and psoriasis all the time, and if...