Recent Content by Shugga

OK this may be down to misinterpretation, you do have a FULL UK license and I don't think it is 'restricted' when it comes to driving a car with 7 seats or less. The rules can be found on www.dft.gov.uk/ and are; Changes to the standards for driving Group 1 vehicles (cars and motorcycles)...

Tra77, I also have a 3year restricted license, this does not take anything away from it being a 'full UK license' and anyone suggesting that it does is simply incorrect. You passed your driving test under the same conditions as anyone else who holds a Full UK license, the fact that you are...

That's just wrong

I didn't really understand the relevance of the bit about test strips, maybe I'm lucky but I have always had them as a prescription item, as well as all of my diabetes drugs and anything else I need to boot (like antibiotics). I have an NHS prescription certificate and have had once since the...

Annie, I check my bloods 4 times a day, before breakfast, before lunch, before dinner and before bed. I don't test my blood after meals mainly because my nurse told me to test in the way that I do... that and I struggle to find a place on my fingertips that are not like a pin cushion! I forgot...

Hi Ken, My diet generally does not change much, I start the day with either a bowl of porridge or 2 rounds of brown toast with marmite, mid morning I will have an apple and banana (or equivalent). For lunch I will have a sandwich, brown bread, with ham and salad or tuna and cucumber and maybe a...

Hello, stumbled over the forum on twitter and thought I would sign up. I have been diabetic since 2002 and have managed to keep it under control using Metformin and Gliclazide until around mid 2008 at which point I was put on to Exenatide as the tablets seemed to stop working efficiently. 2...