Recent Content by LittleTyke

I have had Type II diabetes for 11 years, diet controlled. My most recent HbA1c was 42, which the nurse said, it means I am now "in remission". But I read earlier today in the Type I forum that patients can be affected with low blood glucose during very hot weather and I wonder what the...

Since I moved to Lincolnshire (from Bucks) and turned 60 in 2006 the NHS could not have done more for me. Flu jab, diabetes review, retinopathy screening, advice to have umbilical hernia seen to (done that, OUCH!), constant monitoring of blood pressure, blood status etc. And from what I...

I have stopped statins at the suggestion of my GP. I had seen him because of tingling sensations added to the muscle aches that had been a part of my life (I'm 65) for three years, first on simvustatin, then on Crestor (rosuvastatin). He said, why not stop Crestor for a month and see whether...