Recent Content by Jock

It's mostly done and dusted - he's admitted 100% liability according to the insurance. To be honest, I think he got a bigger fright then I did - I was conscious of what was happening all the time - I think the first he knew of it was when my hand whacked his bonnet! Nobody stopped as far as...

Thank you everyone for the reassurance and yes Gappy, my break was also the result of a motorcycle accident - a car just touched the bike from behind as I was turning left, I fell off, and despite my hi-viz jacket, the driver then proceeded to go for the same gap in the traffic I was going for...

A few weeks ago, I sustained a broken ankle. Not something that I'd advise anyone to try, but it's not the first time this has happened (although it is the first time I've been run over by a car!) Anyway, I've had a few breaks throughout my life but this is the first since being diagnosed...

I just did a "diabetes awareness course" with a dietician. She told us that Type IIs can't hypo ... the discussion didn't exactly develop into an argument, but several of us "agreed to differ". When I spoke to her one-to-one afterwards, she seemed to be more concerned that my blood pressure...

Well, I begin the day with half a grapefruit, cereal and fruit juice. Once I get to work, I have some fruit during the morning and numerous cups of black coffee. As we don't have any food facilities within several miles of my work, I have to make do with sandwitches (two slices of bread - we...

I haven't as yet. Actually, I'm very lucky as I have a great wife who is also a great cook and likes to cook too, so she looks after my diet. Unfortunately, despite what I eat, my Metformin dosage is gradually increasing.

Hi everyone! I have been diagnosed diabetic for over four years now. I worked off-shore and I went for a medical and that was it - no more off-shore work. Fortunately I managed to get a job on the beach instead. It was a bit of a trauma at first - finding out I was diabetic and losing my...