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Hi Trink, Sorry to sound so naiive but could you give me an idea of what you would eat for breakfast and that would give me some idea as well. Thanks, Pete

Hi Prinny, I now what you mean clearly by '5 years'. I was confirmed as being in a complete remission following a PET Scan about 14 months ago now. I was then put on 3 monthly appointments with the registrars/consultants and all seems to be clear so far. During the process of my...

They are still around in London but eel pie no longer on the menu. Shame as that would probably have been relatively OK for us lot! Jellied eels are still on the menu though but I don't really like them much although I have eaten quite a few in years gone by. Have a look at this...

Thanks eversomuch for your encouragement. I was feeling a tad bad about it all BUT I shall just go and enjoy the day and the meal and hopefully a big win for Arsenal! I bought some red wine vinegar today. I shall use that more often now. What is interesting about vinegar- my wife comes from...

Tomorrow I will be in London, travelling from South Wales-- meeting my son's father in law from Sunderland and we are then going to the game at the Emirates. Hoping Arsenal win, of course. Anyway, he wants to eat a traditional cockney dish. My son(who is in Afghan at the moment) suggested he...

Hi Prinny, To be honest I do not follow any strict low carb diet at all. It is just that everything I have read seems to indicate that having less carbs seem to be a good thing. I am still in the learning stage as well. When I did see a nurse at my health centre she told me the same as your...

I know what you mean about getting pins and needles if sleeping on your hands-- BUT this is very different. The fingers go very heavy and numb. My shoes are never tied up tightly and my socks are generally loose. The sensations I get in my feet at night is very severe. It must be due to...

This is also a big problem for me. When I was having chemo over a year ago now a side effect was pins and needles in feet and hands. A few weeks back I was diagnosed with T2. My pins and needles now are much worse and always at night. Last wednesday I had a cancer follow up appt with a...

Hi, Browsing around as one does-- I came across this article. What do you guys think about it? http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/result ... ticle=2475

Hi Prinny, Yes, Chemo does have far reaching effects on the body and probably in a way that experts still have no idea about. When I did mention this to the consultant I saw the other day as part of my follow up for cancer, she didn't really seemed at all interested or bothered. That did...

I too found this fascinating. I have to admit that I in no way associated eating 'fat' to aid weight loss! I ate some bacon that I cooked on a tray in the oven yesterday and painstakingly cut off ALL the fat! I have also been buying high quality sausages with a high meat(protein) content. I...

I agree totally with you. I can remember when a nurse took my blood sugar count with a monitor during my early days of chemo. She said it read 18, which meant nothing too me then. I was told that the steroids I was on during a cycle of chemo (100mgs daily for five days!) had that effect. I...

Jane, As I mentioned before I would agree with you on that. However, I have just got back from the hospital after my three monthly cancer follow. All still fine on that score. I did mention to the consultant/registrar that my 'pins and needles' in my feet have got a lot worse during the past...

Broads, Many thanks for that site. Such a lot of extremely usful information indeed. It would obviously do a lot of GP's and diabetic nurses good to read this site as well. I really suspect that my GP should have reacted a lot lot earlier to my blood sugar levels in the past few years. I...

I could not get on to the link you gave us. Was I the only one? I have never heard of this 101 so I am keen to have a read of it. Pete

Hi Ian, I find that very confusing. From all what I have read etc,-- exercise is a vital component in the reduction and contro of Blood Sugar. Pete

Thanks Fergus. That does make logical sense to me. Thank-you for explaining it to me. Probably that will also help me burn of some of my unwanted fat as I am also trying hard to lose weight as well. Since I have cut down on carbs I have noticed a significant weight loss anyway. From what I...

I have been having low carb breakfasts of scrambled eggs and a frankfurter sausage. Two mornings a week I do join some oldies like myself for some comparatively strenuous workouts in a small gym. I am a tad concerned that my BG level would lower quite significantly during the exercise. It was...

I agree. I have been taking the BG's after meals anyway. I honestly don't think they actually know exactly what they are doing and why they are doing it. I shall keep a seperate 'log' for myself anyway and I will put the info she has asked me to record on the log she gave me. I will then ask...

Hi, The nurse at my Health Centre has asked me to keep a record of my BG over a two week period on any two days in a week. Testing three times daily BEFORE breakfast, lunch and dinner and maybe before I go to bed if i can remember. This morning it was 5.1 -My breakfast was scrambled eggs, a...