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I am 66 have been type 2 for 7 years in July hba1c 46 , cholesterol 5, blood pressure normal. Back in August I had a heart attack. I now take a statin (and a host of other meds). Cholesterol now 2.8. I had always refused statins before when offered but maybe I should have taken them. The jury is...

I am 65 with type 2 and had my jab last Thursday. Astra Zeneca at the McLaren hospitality suite in Woking town centre. Sadly no fancy sports cars to try out but a very efficient service for the jab. I had palpitations that night (but I'm prone to that anyway) and a headache and fever much of the...

Wishful thinking methinks?

I also buy Lancashire Farm full fat greek yogurt by the bucket (very useful pots for small amounts of paint or gardening) but why do Morrisons stock it in their Asian cold food section along with Paneer and other such products and not in the general yogurt section? I eat it with berries and...

I too have retinopathy one year then not the next year. I was told by the screening person who took the photos that this was quite common in his experience.As nothing is done when I do have it I asked what the point of screening was and he said it was to get a year on year comparison and that if...

I am so lucky. I had my annual review today. Hba1c 41, cholesterol 5 , officially listed now as in remission. Told I could use an App and have consult with dietician if I wanted more help. I declined citing the Eatwell plate problem with official NHS advice and nurse agrred that this would be...

I've found you can often swap potatoes for another veg on a meal with cooked veg. Swap chips for coleslaw with a burger and don't have a bun. Sometimes 2 starters as a main meal works well.

Make a vast vat of bolognaise sauce. Eat first meal with salad or veg, add spaghetti for kids. Second meal , layer it up with grilled aubergine, put creme fraiche and grated cheese on top-instant mousaka, serve with salad and or green veg and jacket potato for kids. Third meal, add cumin, chilli...

Halloumi cheese (which can be fried) wrapped in bacon and then fried or put in the oven is the answer to cheese and bacon. An alternative is to make your own quiche mixture using cooked bacon, cheese, full fat creme fraiche and eggs, bake in a silicone tray or silicone muffin mould without...

I do eat normal occasionally usually when I go to someone' for a meal and they serve up lots of carbs so i eat a little so as not to cause a fuss potatoes, bread but not cake or obvious sugary stuff. Most people just don't get what carbs are they think it's just sugar and say but fruit is...

Hba1c was 66 at diagnosis. 3.5 stone weight loss and low carb got me down to 35. Eating the occasional cake and bread etc and the weight went up one stone and Hba1c up to 46. Now as low carb as possible and back down to 41 but havent lost any weight yet. Now that I am back from holiday I plan...

Yes it may be depressing but shameful it is certainly not. Read all over this forum, find out about diet and don't make too many drastic changes until you know if you are really Type 1 or 2 as treatment is different. With more information comes more understanding and then you will know what...

Looks like I will eat a main meal at the airport (its an 8.30pm flight) as I know I can find chicken salad type meal and will then ignore the food on offer and try to sleep and have some nuts to eat for breakfast later that night/ breakfast or whatever the meal counts as at the end of the flight.

I am travelling to Sri Lanka on holiday at the beginning of February, looking forward to lots of curries (no rice!) while I'm there but wondering if anyone has ever tried ordering zero or low carb food for a long haul flight? My experiences of airline food are that snack meals revolve around...

Well I got down to 10stone 4lbs (was 14stone). Hba1c 35 (was66) Low carbing worked but have fallen off wagon, now 11stone 6lbs and hba1c 46. So was in remission but only if I keep the weight off and stay low carb. I now am aiming to lose 2 stone and try to stay low carb again but I do find it...