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  1. jopar

    Why do really goog threads get deleted in this forum?

    I wish this forum was a place to debate... Sadly it's not As to the thread, I think that it doesn't need a lot of editing unless personal attacks were posted after the last time I read it... It only needed spitting at the point it went off track.. A lot of the off track points were very...
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    Diabetes UK's dietary advice

    I was diagnosed in 1989, and yep I prescribed my carbs, which was 13 (130g) exchanges a day, which can't be consider a promotion of high carbs, when at the time I was in my 20's had a 4 years, and just found out my 2nd was on his way... It was a dietician that sorted out my carb/exchange...
  3. jopar

    Insulin preferred over Glucophage GDM

    Glucophange which is Metformin isn't actually licensed for use during pregnancy it actually carried a contridiction in pregnancy... My local hospital don't like there T2's on Metfromin if they are trying to have a baby, preferring them to swap over to insulin... In 1991 I was given Metformin...
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    delicious sauce

    I assumed the egg yolks were put in cold, so shouldn't curdle if beaten in probably at the start, but lemon is a curdler I would keep to the double cream, single cream would be too thin so wouldn't cover the fish very well must likely slide straight off, and would end up ruining the...
  5. jopar

    I am not a medical specimen!

    As I've never had laser treatment personally myself and my husband who has can't answer me... How to they laser your eyes if you'll not looking at the laser?
  6. jopar

    delicious sauce

    Boiling won't curdle the cream but putting in lemon Juice if cream is too hot will curdle the cream..
  7. jopar

    Returning to the forum after running away....twice!

    SPF I got 3 children, but my oldest was born before I was diagnosed with diabetes, when I had my 2 with diabetes it was a case of 2 injections a day combined with a very strict carbohydrate intake also timed intake of carbs... I had 130g of carbs spread over 3 meals and 3 snacks, they did try...
  8. jopar

    Truth About Exercise

    A dog isn't a wild animal as it can't fend for itself in the wild... The problem with dogs is that they speak a different language to us and humans expect them to learn our language and don't bother to learn there's...
  9. jopar

    Hypo & work

    Not sure what they Call the Disability Discrimination Act now (changed it's name about a year or so ago) your employer has to make reasonable adjustments... As to the company's requesting access to your medical records... It won't actually your manager or HR who will be looking at your...
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    Truth About Exercise

  11. jopar

    Disappointed ..

    Try not to worry too much I know it's quite a shock, but it's common to have a slightly higher BG on your first HbA1c test after going onto the pump. For a lot this will be because they are avoiding a lot of the hypo's that they used to have, so they aren't artificially lowering their HbA1c...
  12. jopar

    advice from u pumpers please!

    Sorry weezer A bit of a typo error should have been DP for Dawn phenom, where your BG rises sharply in the morning can start early arount 6-7am lasting until mid morning without my pump in the morning my BG can got up 5mmol/l or more in just an hour.. How did you get on with your nurse?
  13. jopar

    advice from u pumpers please!

    You just ask for a referral to the hospital clinic, it's better if you first though if you contact www.input.me.uk if you phone them they should be able to tell you your nearest pump friendly clinic/consultant is, and this is where/who you ask your nurse to refer you to.. On the input site, you...
  14. jopar

    They seem to have gone back at our hospital

    Nope the OGTT or has I know it the GTT hasn't been stopped at all, I've know that they have changed it slightly and it doesn't involve as many blood tests/urine samples I my original one in 1989, as my nieces and my sisters have automatically get one when they fall pregnant due to my diabetes...
  15. jopar

    Drinking Alcohol with a Pump

    Drinking with using a pump.. There's a couple of things that you've got to keep in mind... The carbs value of the drinking and the underlying action of the Alcohol... Your basal is set to work with how your liver is dribbling glucose into your blood stream at any one time, as your liver is...
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