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Sandwich is beautiful. I used to go there quite a bit when my brothers were at boarding school there. Lovely quaint little place.

That landscape is incredibly familiar. I think you may be living quite near me! Have to say being able to hop on a train to France or 10 minute drive to the tunnel is awesome. I love France!

Got to ask...what are Tim tam biscuits?

I don't think the OP was talking about the forum I think they meant the healthcare system doesn't care too much. I'm not sure I would totally agree with that sentiment having worked in the 'industry' for many years, but I absolutely agree with the sentiment that people need to take personal...

Like everyone else has said cetirizine or loratidine. I think lidls sell own brand. My lad has the worst hay fever I've ever seen and uses a really good spray from boots which you have to get from the pharmacy counter. It's a flixonase spray. Otherwise there is a spray called prevalin which...

There's a few things it could be if you've only had ultrasounds maybe it's time to pester your Dr for more investigations. Things like inflammatory bowel disease, ulcers, gallstones could all cause night time pain or could be medication related. Whatever it is pain of that severity needs...

They don't test routinely. My GP sent me to the hospital for further tests because my onset was quite quick, because of my strong family history, because my blood glucose was regularly in the 20s despite 3 months on a low carb but not keto diet, because I was already thin and had lost more...

I'm LADA too not type 2 as my profile says (not yet worked out how to change it on my phone) I'm on gliclazide which has worked exceptionally well and I only need to take the lowest dose. My consultant talked about insulin but I think I will take it when and if I have to and hopefully delay it...

I agree re processed carbs. During the war years their food was heavily carb based but unprocessed bread, potatoes to fill them up. But most protein was strictly rationed. I can remember my dad telling me about a pie his mum used to make filled witb potatoes and root veg. Had a funny name...

Well I for one am liking this thread. With all these exclusive threads being set up, and as a recent rediagnosis of LADA from Type 2, I would have felt like I didn't have a home! It's good to have somewhere just for diabetics whatever shade of D you happen to be!

Metformin won't cause him to hypo. His drs will be keeping an eye on his kidneys and other things through his regular checks. Really and truly at 88 he should eat what he wants. My darling dad was the same age but on gliclazide only which gave him a massive hypo around a month ago which...

Probably a huge variation between GPs though. Unfortunately all GPs are not equal even those with a speciality which could mean a little bit of training. Or a lot. My own GP is great, I'm not convinced of the depth of his knowledge but because he and I go back a long way, some of which time...

Fair point but even with education around testing most patients still wouldn't do it. Sadly those who take personal responsibility for their health and diabetes are in such a tiny minority. I do agree with you that good education is the key but not everyone thinks like we do. I think the GPs...

I agree with you. The GP will also see a large number of diabetics, in my practice alone I think he has around 1300 patients. Well over 1000 of them will be type 2 and he told me himself during one of our discussions that the vast majority of them are really not bothered by having diabetes...

I would second this but not from taking it personally. A friend of mine was recommended rosuvastatin by a mutual cardiologist friend. She is slim healthy active but has familial hypercholesterolaemia with a total cholesterol of 9. She took simvaststin with bad side effects, stopped that...

You're right. In my area anyway GPs aren't allowed to order certain blood tests, these can only be ordered by, usually, consultants and covers most of the expensive and specialist blood tests. Even for inpatients the same applies. I remember having to do insulin tests on certain patients, the...

Hi dingdong. I work in rheumatology and it's quite common to start people on methotrexate in PMR if someone is having trouble coming off steroid. Do you have steroid induced diabetes? Have you officially been diagnosed with RA now? If you have then there are options for treatment as quite a...

Thank you, he's much better now!

If it's one side more than the other and always in the same place, it could be coming from your neck. If the nerve gets pinched or irritated where it exits the spine it can cause pain in that area and also tingling and a feeling of ants crawling? I would see your doctor if it persists.

Not agreeing with any one bullying you and no.ome should speak to you like that but be careful. My dad is almost the same age as you and has been taking gliclazide for nearly 50 years. Last night (luckily he lives with me now) he had a really bad hypo of 1.1. We ended up calling an ambulance...