Recent Content by tandydog

Just about to head off to work, so walking the long way all of 20 mins, but up hill for part of it. Instead of the quick 10 min walk. Mixed fruit for my tea (working til 10pm) and plenty of water throughout the afternoon and evening. I work as a carer, so don't sit down much, so does that count...

This sounds like confession! Forgive me Father, but I have sinned (I'm not a Catholic!) :) Last night after a heavy day at work I had not 1, not 2 but 4 homemade cheese biscuits (not by me, but purchased at a farmers market). They were lovely and I knew when I was eating them that I was being...

Wow! You certainly have been given the run around by the NHS, fairly give you confidence - not! Lets hope they have their act together and you can get the help you need. I'm exhausted just reading your trials. beryl

I may be wrong in this, but there is a seller on ebay selling Accu-chek Aviva test strips that do NOT have the green symbol on the box. I have an information slip from my box of test strips (boots not ebay ) IMPORTANT USER INFORMATION: These test strips are labeled with a green symbol to...

when I was getting life cover a year or more ago the insurance company wanted me to have a blood test, which I did and I wasn't diabetic then and the company gave me cover. I've not informed them that I am now as my contract with them was pre-diabetic. But I have told my car insurance company...

thanks for all your replies. I'll 'digest' them better tomorrow, just arrived home from work and have to be back in another 8 1/2 hrs so its fruit ready for tomorrow's lunch, porridge in the fridge and now off to bed. No rest for the wicked. I take aboard the testing 2 hrs. So will try to test...

We (husband and myself) went out with friends for a meal at a hotel last night. I'm recently diagnosed T2 and pal has high cholesterol. So we both had problems deciding what to eat. We both plumped for sweet potato and lentil soup, followed by baked salmon with a herb crust - maybe we...

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we get 'telephone consultations' if the appointments are all full. Sorry but a telephone consultation isn't any good, plus it can take as long as face-to-face

I can't understand how I can be told to eat what I presume is a good diet and then get tested every 3 months. How am I supposed to know which food I can tolorate, which food I can't. I am NOT going onto tablets to please them and save their budget. The test I had in February ( the one that...

'It's not recommended by the doctors to test blood for type 2 diabetes' I was told this morning. I said that it was recommended by this site and she said that it was nonsense. 'Diet will be ample and we will test you every 3 months and put you on metaformin if need be'. I DON'T WANT TO GO ON...

You were right to complain. My son nearly died from bad practice. I was too scared to complain about the dr (he told me I was a fussy mother!). Had I listened to him my 1 yr old son would have died. I have regretted to this day (27 yrs later) not taking the Dr to task. I would never take that...

The more its in the open the more aware people will be regarding the illness. As to breast feeding, I was told off for breast feeding in a maternity hospital at visiting time. It was 29 years ago, but it made a big dent in my confidence! Now my daughter has fed her 2, 3rd due in 7 weeks time...

I won a box of chocolates in a raffle last week. So I had one dark chocolate (orang filling, wonderful!) then passed the box around out table where they were demolished. Everyone kept on saying 'do you want one? Oh no you can't, what a shame' :( I was given a chocolate by a friend the other...

Likt it! How many times have you ever wanted to chuck something at someone!!!