Recent Content by TardisDee

Hi Like others I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for your help. After being diagnosed with an Hba1c of 85 in December, yesterday I heard that my Hba1c is now 45. This is after 3 months of following a fairly low carb diet. For me that meant about 80 carbs a day on average which was...

Thank you for replies. I had meant that at the moment I wouldn’t take them to pharmacy as they have other more pressing issues to deal with. I will hold on to them for now.

I recently got a 2 month supply of metformin but after another bout of stomach problems I was changed onto slow release. Consequently I have an unopened 2 month supply. Can’t throw away, can’t take to pharmacy to be disposed of, so any suggestions?

Decided to do a jigsaw here. Possibly not the best for a diabetic though!

Well done that is a fantastic result.

I am booked to go on a Derik course in April (I guess this is Kent version of Desmond). Will be interesting to see how up to date advice is after the 2003 diet sheet I received from my nurse. Have followed low carb for 3 months now lost nearly 2 stone and daily readings are steady and although...

Porridge is probably my biggest carb load at a meal. I have recently started making oat pancakes for breakfast. The recipe I use is 30g oats, 125ml milk (I use lactose free milk as it os lower in carbs than normal milk) and egg. I soak oats overnight in milk and beat in egg next morning. Just...

Sorry to jump on another’s post @Norfolkmell but I haven’t been brave enough to try chia seeds in a jam either (don’t like marmalade) however I did go back to an old Slimming World recipe and I make jam with a packet of frozen raspberries boiled down and then stir in about 3/4 packet of sugar...

Nandos, I hadn’t though of that. Vegetarian husband likes that too.

Wong Kei sounds lovely. And yes holiday so not going to be too strict. It’s not like I had any symptoms pre diagnosis so no worries about Hypos etc.

Westfield sounds good. Only staying in Kensington as it was a good deal and close to things we want to visit.

Background: Am a newly diagnosed diabetic, I am getting a handle on eating fairly low carb. I haven’t gone keto but manage to stick to about 80g per day. Have lost just over a stone in 5 weeks and testing shows my average bg to be dropping. We have a few days away booked bed and breakfast in a...

I was diagnosed 4 weeks ago and saw diabetic nurse for first time today. After reading a lot on the forum I pretty much expected very little. Glucose testing not required. Lose weight (have lost 4kg). No real advice given. Asked for a diet sheet. It was published in 2003! Going to largely...

So I got the Tesco monitor for now as it is easy for me to get the replacement strips whenever I am in there. After a few goes I have got the hang of testing I think. So this morning fasting was 8.6. After porridge, shopping and swim, bloods 2hrs 20 mins later was 7.5. Although I know these...

Thank you. I will look to get one now Christmas is over. I work 5 mins walk from Tesco so that may be the easiest one for me to get. We will see what happens over the next few months. Thank you for all the advice.