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Type 2 Medical School Training

Hi everybody! It's a long time since I've been around, but I have a serious question to ask: Can anyone tell me how much training in Type 2 is...

Thread by: viviennem, Aug 25, 2015, 19 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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Channel 4

There's a programme on Channel 4 tonight (31 July) at 8.00pm about 6 women trying different diets to "attempt to put their illnesses into...

Thread by: viviennem, Jul 31, 2013, 45 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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A Carbohydrate Experiment

What with one thing and another (weather, cold and greed being 3 of them!) I ended up after Christmas with more carbohydrates in my diet than...

Thread by: viviennem, May 7, 2013, 8 replies, in forum: Low-carb Diet Forum
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Richard III

As a nationalistic Yorkshirewoman and a fan of Richard III, I am concerned that he should not be re-buried in Leicester, but should be brought...

Thread by: viviennem, Feb 7, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: General Chat
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The 5:2 fast

Some of you may remember Dr Michael Mosely raising the subject of the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet in one of his diet/exercise programmes on the...

Thread by: viviennem, Jan 26, 2013, 8 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Latest Annual Review

Had my blood tests etc on the 13th Dec - nicely timed to allow a little indulgence (or over-indulgence!) over Christmas. In the month preceding...

Thread by: viviennem, Dec 18, 2012, 8 replies, in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Simvastatin caution

My local GP practice have announced, in our monthly local Newsletter, that they are changing all patients currently on 40mg or more ( :shock: ) of...

Thread by: viviennem, Oct 10, 2012, 31 replies, in forum: Non-Diabetic Medication
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Viv's latest test results

Just got my print-out from the surgery and I'm really quite impressed, if I do say it myself! Latest HbA1c is 5.5, as opposed to 5.6 last time....

Thread by: viviennem, Sep 28, 2012, 6 replies, in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Leg cramps & Metformin?

At about 03:30 this morning I was idly thinking about leg/foot cramps while hopping about the bedroom on one leg :shock: . I was diagnosed Type...

Thread by: viviennem, Aug 31, 2012, 122 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Latest Blood Tests

I promised you my latest blood test results, so here they are: Plasma fasting: 5.6. was 5.0 last time. 4.8 2 hours earlier! Good old DP!...

Thread by: viviennem, Jun 19, 2012, 6 replies, in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Those Who Can't Exercise

The thread about the BBC2 new series The Men Who Made Us Fat triggered these thoughts, but I decided to post them here 'cos I didn't want to send...

Thread by: viviennem, Jun 15, 2012, 22 replies, in forum: Diabetes Soapbox - Have Your Say
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Re-using Test Strip Pots

I know many of you don't get test strips so may not know what I'm talking about - but these are solid little plastic pots, about 100mm high and...

Thread by: viviennem, Jun 9, 2012, 34 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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File on 4 Feb 21/26

BBC Radio 4's programme File on 4 are investigating NHS diabetes care on Tuesday 21 February at 8.00pm, repeated on Sunday 26 February at 5.00pm...

Thread by: viviennem, Feb 20, 2012, 25 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Trying a Slimfast diet

I've been reading all the posts about the Newcastle Study Diet, and I've found it fascinating. Because I had reached a weak point in my usual...

Thread by: viviennem, Jan 22, 2012, 41 replies, in forum: Weight Loss and Dieting
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Strategies for Christmas

I hate to raise this topic now - far too early! - but a few of the newbies amongst us have mentioned the festivities and wondered how they will...

Thread by: viviennem, Oct 27, 2011, 74 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Food Programme, Radio 4

Did anyone else catch this at 12:30 today, Sunday? A very interesting discussion about calories and weight loss on The Food Programme. It's on...

Thread by: viviennem, Oct 23, 2011, 0 replies, in forum: Weight Loss and Dieting
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Researching a cure for Type 2?

i was half-listening to the midnight news on Radio 4 last night, and distinctly heard the newsreader say something about 'latest results getting...

Thread by: viviennem, Oct 5, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Test strips - lobby your MP

Please find below the text of an email I have just sent to Paul Burstow (LibDem), the Minister for Health with responsibility for diabetes: Dear...

Thread by: viviennem, Sep 1, 2011, 9 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Private messages

When I went to my User Control Panel to look at a new PM, there was a note saying that a PM had been removed because of content - or something...

Thread by: viviennem, Jul 2, 2011, 22 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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Avatars

Not sure that this is the right place to ask this, but why have those of us who prefer not to have avatars, or who don't know how to do them, had...

Thread by: viviennem, Jun 20, 2011, 32 replies, in forum: Ask A Question

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