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Life can only get better!!!

Hello to all in 2017, I am bringing folks up-to-date with my weight loss, too prove if i can do it, so can you? 1st name Peter, Member of a Slimming World group in Sunderland (the best Wendys). Starting weight 32stone 9pounds. 1st Target 19stone 1.5pounds? Current weight 17stone 4pounds...

Hi folks, I suffer with this eccessive thirst also, mainly during the night, but i also have a CPAP machine for Sleep Aponea and they are known to cause a dry mouth, but i drink the best part of 8-9 Litres of fluid a day, including (2-3 ltire at night).. I have been diagnosed with Polydipsia...

Can i ask why you are fasting?

When folks like us have diabetes, regardlles of T1 or T2, then when the mention of Diet comes along we all cringe, but in reality its not dieting we need but to change our eating lifestyle.. I'm not promoting Slimming World ( i am a member & have lost 11st) but the method of eating is what i...

When folks like us have diabetes, regardlles of T1 or T2, then when the mention of Diet comes along we all cringe, but in reality its not dieting we need but to change our eating lifestyle.. I'm not promoting Slimming World ( i am a member & have lost 11st) but the method of eating is what i...

Good Afternoon, To reply to those who replied to my post, the following should be noted... The DVLA info came from the DVLA Medical Team, so i wouldn't think that they got it wrong, do you??? From when my book started on 15th March to date my BS is between (at its lowest to highest):- 11.1 to...

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Good Afternoon, My bs reading this morning at 08.45hrs GMT was 17.9, last night before bed it was 17.3.. My readings are high most of the time, for a T2 with the extra problems i have, i can live with this... Normal readings for me is around 8 to 12, but even occassionally i have had bs's of...

For us All!!! We all have similar things in common, apart from Diabetics, we all have a long list of medication... I must apologise if my handwriting or spelling goes a bit wonky, as I'm using "Dragon Speak 12" as being a 95 word per minute trained typist i can now only manage 3 - 5 words if i...

Re:- Donna1 ---- I am T2 with Insulin and Gliclazide and i have been a member of Slimming World since 2002.. I haev lost 5.5 Stones in this time and I am a Target member... But I found it hard at first but with support from my Consultant and from making friends at class, it does become...

Well lets give everyone something to think about... 2 cups of Earl Grey tea has the same effect as a statin, so do you drink tea? I drink Earl Grey and I take simvistatin, however my cholesterol levels are as follows:- LDL 1.9 HDL 1.8 total Negligable normally but 3.2 at present.. I'm...

I use the statin "Simvastatin" but have recently readan article about Earl Grey Tea and Bergamot... If you have a couple of cups of Earl Grey Tea a day then you can drop the dosage of your statin as the Bergamot does the same job but in a more natural method.. Ps my cholesterol level is :- Bad...

I am like most here a T2 diabetic on Insulin, Gliclazide & Sitagliptin, but i have Osteo & Rhematoid arthritis, Osetoporosis, Asthma, COPD (and i have never smoked in my entire life), Klinefelter's Syndrome (which i was born with), a Cyst in my thigh that runs clean through the bone, i cannot...

I wish you all well with your Carpal Tunnel and having your hands working.... I had my right hand done in 2008 and the left done in 2009.. The right hand nerve was partially severed, and took ages to heal and become to where i could use it, but its back to normal and as much use as a chocolate...