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    £25 for doctors letter to allow Insulin on Plane.

    Is this because surgeries are businesses? Profit and all that. It may need a word with your Patient Group at your practice - see if all the...
    Post by: saloplass, Jul 13, 2014 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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    Rude Pharmacist

    If this is a professional [pharmacist] who has spoken to you in this way, they are quite out of order. If it was myself I would go back to my...
    Post by: saloplass, Jul 2, 2014 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  3. saloplass
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    'Fat' comment, feeling low, no one understands it

    HI, Ignore your FIL - I ignored mine for nearly 40 years! People will never understand diabetes and what it does, they are not educated. Just like...
    Post by: saloplass, Jun 24, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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    Chocolate

    Insist on getting a monitor and test strips on prescription - it is the only way you can see what food is doing to you glucose levels. Perhaps...
    Post by: saloplass, Apr 17, 2014 in forum: Food, Nutrition and Recipes
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    Failed to be diagnosed?

    Has anyone been failed by their GP and not been diagnosed as having T2 Diabetes? I have for the past ten years given my GP my symptoms and been...
    Thread by: saloplass, Feb 4, 2014, 1 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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    Floater in the eye

    Hi, I regularly go to opticians as well as retinopathy exam at my local hospital - I do the hospital every six months as my mother lost most of...
    Post by: saloplass, Feb 4, 2014 in forum: Ask A Question
  7. saloplass
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    Somewhat unsettled

    I am relatively newly diagnosed - March. Also very confused as I was told a few months later that I have already got diabetic retinopathy damage....
    Post by: saloplass, Nov 24, 2013 in forum: Newly Diagnosed
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    List your food[s] you cant eat 'again'

    Belly Pork [lean] marinated in honey, red wine vinegar and chilli dipping sauce - then baked next day. Sauce poured over rice with veg bits in it....
    Post by: saloplass, Aug 19, 2013 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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    Newby asking 1st question

    Hi, I saw some of this programme, not all. I thought this glucose reader was absolutely brilliant and would just love to have one. The medical...
    Post by: saloplass, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Greetings and Introductions
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    Any thoughts on Coffee

    What suits one does not suit another, that is the trouble. And finding experts or tutors who even read off the same hymn sheet is near impossible....
    Post by: saloplass, Aug 9, 2013 in forum: Ask A Question
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    A Burden on the NHS - Type 2's

    Having been recently diagnosed as type 2 - and for years being told I was 'borderline' until last year when I was told I was 'pre-diabetes', if...
    Post by: saloplass, Aug 5, 2013 in forum: Diabetes Soapbox - Have Your Say
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    Seeking Advice

    Hi, Different areas seem to treat diabetes totally different. I was recently put on Metformin 500mg x 2 daily and am not getting the effects...
    Post by: saloplass, Jul 29, 2013 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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    Feeling depressed

    Re: Feeling depressed Hi Shannon, Try not to be concerned that you feel different. You can control this condition much of the time with help. If...
    Post by: saloplass, Jul 29, 2013 in forum: Ask A Question
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    First Blood Test Since Diagnosis ...

    Hi, unless your surgery is carrying out 'fasting' blood tests then there is absolutely no reason why you should fast. An HbA1c is not a fasting...
    Post by: saloplass, Jul 29, 2013 in forum: Ask A Question
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    Results advice please

    Regarding statins - please only take medical advice do not stop these drugs on your own. I did for one month, and the result was hospital and a...
    Post by: saloplass, Jul 29, 2013 in forum: Ask A Question
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    Newly Diagnosed Type 2

    Hi, I was also newly diagnosed Type 2 - about 4.5 months ago. I was also told I did not need any medication - diet alone. The DESMOND education...
    Post by: saloplass, Jul 18, 2013 in forum: Newly Diagnosed
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    Retinopathy can get anyone !!

    Hi - for the last ten years or so I have been borderline diabetic. I feel I just was not given any education as to what to do - other than to lose...
    Post by: saloplass, Jul 11, 2013 in forum: Diabetic Retinopathy
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    Can anybody help

    Hi, Yes I have had years of 'odd' results - mostly after fasting and glucose tolerance tests too. But, hang in there you need a correct diagnosis,...
    Post by: saloplass, Jun 27, 2013 in forum: Ask A Question
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    Eye screening

    Re: Eye screening - I too have just had my Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Test - after being told I am 'borderline' for the last ten years or so...
    Post by: saloplass, Jun 27, 2013 in forum: Newly Diagnosed
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    Need to lose 80kg, starting tomorrow!

    Cass, beware too many walnuts - they are very high in cals. Check them out first.
    Post by: saloplass, Jun 13, 2013 in forum: Weight Loss and Dieting
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