Recent Content by shirleymarye

I am English and moved here to live in Scotland ten years ago and I always get my strips from my GP,something I always did in England, I asked my DN if it was OK to keep asking for them and she said I was the only one in the practice that asked for them,most people just prefer to wait for their...

I have just started going to Synexus for the Diabetes drug trials which is for 2 years and 2 months,I had a medical today and I will return next week for results of tests taken today. They paid for return fare by taxi to where I live and I received a hot drink and something to eat before I went...

I used to take Amlodipine but I wasn't well when taking them,it affected my bladder and after looking them up I decided not to take them any more,I did see the doctor who changed it for something else.

I have cinnamon on my cereal every morning,been doing it for years,don't know if it helps or not, I keep taking it and living in hope that it is helping!

We can all say things like that,I went into anaphalactic shock after taking penicillin,I took it for years with no problem but I took it one day and it almost killed me!

I was put on Simvastatin,I gradually started feeling ill and I ached all over particularly my legs and thighs, it got so bad I could barely walk anywhere. I started to study what might be causing it and after reading something about the effect of Simvastatin I decided to stop taking it and I...

Re: Sharps Disposal - Help Needed This is something that has always bothered me,I am Type 2 and test every day but have never been sure what to do with the used lancets or test strips,I moved here to Scotland about 9 years ago and I asked at the surgery about getting a proper container for them...

I have always followed a low fat diet because I just don't like fat in my food! It would explain why I had problems with my gall bladder in 1985,I didn't feel well for about a year previously with pain near my shoulder blades,I was told this is one of the symptoms. My gall bladder was removed...

I have never eaten high fat in my life but I had gallstones in 1985 which caused the removal of my gall bladder,but then again I was overweight. Since I stopped eating bread my weight has come down and is still dropping. I still don't eat high fat and the obvious culprit that caused all my...

I was sent a letter asking me to take a urine sample into the surgery for a new test relating to Chronic Kidney Disease, I rang them about it as I always have my urine checked at my diabetic review, I was told that my previous reading was 56 where it should have been 60 but this is a "new test"...

I had my gall bladder removed in 1985 and it's never caused me any problems with food as far as I know!

I have been taking it for years and nobody told me I shouldn't! I am T2 on Metformin,Gliclazide and Acarbose it doesn't appear to bother me,I take it for osteoarthritis. I take it for my knee and I haven't had any pain in it for 2 or 3 years now. The knee was x-rayed and I was told it was...

My very expensive varifocals (cost £500) are made of Titanium so they are very light and you hardly notice wearing them,they also darken when outside (can't remember the name) I do get funny looks from people sometimes,especially if it's raining or snowing and no sun around ! I couldn't go...

Better late than never I suppose ! Had mine done last November :)

Thanks for the reply Steve, I just think it is nice to have something to identify people with!