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Very well said Yorksman!! I have to add that I have read a number of your posts on these forums and have always totally agreed with you!! You come across as a very well informed individual with a heap of common sense!!!

Well done diadeb!! Good luck - and keep at them! I have since spoken with somebody from the CCG, whose title was Assistant Director, Medicine Optimisation!! However, despite my asking yet again just WHO is responsible for restriction of the strips, I was still not given a specific answer...

Thank you diadeb - I must admit that although I have found these forums extremely helpful, I have also seen some quite caustic comments put on which have made me somewhat cautious to write anything!! My view has always been that whilst constructive criticism can sometimes be helpful, there have...

These figures are actually from the diabetes.co.uk and can be found at http://www.diabetes.co.uk/cost-of-diabetes.html.

I did e-mail Sir David Nicholson - at the e-mail address I found on the web, but received a reply stating that this e-mail address was no longer monitored, but to e-mail instead to: [email protected] - which I have since done, for the attention of Sir David Nicholson. Maybe if others also...

Diadeb - well done on at least getting 4 boxes a year!! More than I achieved - just a categoric 'NO'!! But this is so important to me - and I never go down without a fight!! Have moved forward a little since original post - have spoken with someone from the CCG - who accepts that for some...

Hi. Its not so much about what to do if I had a high reading - it is more about determining which foods cause the blood glucose to rise. The information out there is very contradictory about what constitutes a 'healthy' diet for diabetics, and so i am currently following a low carbohydrate...

Petition signed! I am also disgusted that I am not being given the opportunity to manage my own condition! Newly diagnosed about a month ago, my G.P. response was to immediately prescribe tablets - and when I questioned the issue of trying diet change first, this was immediately rejected by...

Thank you, thank you again!! I do take the point about bread, although initially I think that is the thing I will probably miss most, so am just trying to find a low carb alternative - for the very occasional time when I may crave!! I have looked for the low carb buns recipe and found one...

Thankyou for the extra advice/information. May I ask what you would typically eat for breakfast? Lunch/dinner seems to be quite straightforward in terms of meats/chicken/fish plus veg/salad etc. May I also ask if you eat any bread at all - not the white but for example the burgen soy and...

Hi toncra1! I know your reply was for nitins, but helpful for me too!! Funnily enough, I just ordered the Atkins Diet Revolution book yesterday so its good to know that I am on the right track!! LCHF goes against what we have all been told over the years - but everything I have read up on...

This is the issue which I am also a little confused about! Newly diagnosed Type 2, I have been looking around and doing what we all do (My Doctor was unfortunately no help at all and will only advocate medication - their policy on diabetes and also pre-diabetes!) and feel that low carb diet is...

Thank you for those recipes!! I am shortly to start low carbing - still getting as much information on it as I can!! Just a little confused still on the difference between low carb high fat and just low carb!!! Any advice would be much appreciated - together with recipe ideas!!! Have been...

Well, today I saw the Diabetic Nurse at the G.P. practice for the first time, and expected the same attitude the G.P. gave me about taking medication. However, was pleasantly surprised that she was somewhat more flexible in her approach! Whilst she has to presumably tow the party line about...

Ricky - thank you for your tips etc. Funny enough I was just looking at the Burgen bread (started off looking for flax/linseed bread recipes and stumbled across the Burgen bread!!) I am quite happy with the basics of the low carb way of eating - but I know that just occasionally the desire for...

I am newly diagnosed Type 2, following a routine health check at the doctors, when my blood sugar showed at 19.4! Had had no indications /symptoms and this came as a complete shock! There was no discussion about diet/exercise and was given a prescription for metmorfin and glimepiride (without...

Restriction of Testing equipment I am newly diagnosed Type 2, following a routine health check at the doctors, when my blood sugar showed at 19.4! Had had no indications /symptoms and this came as a complete shock! There was no discussion about diet/exercise and was given a prescription for...

I am newly diagnosed Type 2, following a routine health check at the doctors, when my blood sugar showed at 19.4! Had had no indications /symptoms and this came as a complete shock! There was no discussion about diet/exercise and was given a prescription for metmorfin and glimepiride and an...

Southport GP - if by any chance you are still around - please accept my apologies for the rude reception which you may feel you had yesterday - and please accept that there are so many more of us 'confused Type 2's' who would very gladly welcome your input in this forum. As a newly diagnosed...

Well I for one have just ordered John Briffa's book!! :D