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A very simple spreadsheet will suffice. If you don't have Microsoft Office with Excel download the open source OpenOffice (free and almost as good as the MS product) and use the spreadsheet facility within the Calc element. You need to create a table with col a showing the date then grouped...

Don't know if the brewing end gravity for beers/lager are available on the web. If not get a measuring glass, a hydrometer and a selection of lagers. Open the bottle/tinny pour into measuring glass and drop in the hydrometer. Seek the lager that has a gravity closest to zero. Until you fine...

I was started on Metformin after an appointment with the diabetic consultant used by my local practice (they don't prescribe directly leaving that to the specialist). Despite getting a very high HBa1c down to 7 in the weeks between diagnosis and the appointment achieved by eliminating ...

Is the last post in the correct part of the forum? That apart. "Now - all anyone finding your home made medic alert needs to do to find out what medication you are on, etc, is send a blank e-mail to you rnew address, and the auto reply will take care of everything else!" Assuming that is that...

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Alib wrote " a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing" Nuff said.

Try having a sauna and steam once or twice a week. Skin improves no end.

The consultant I saw after I was diagnosed 5 years ago said that there was evidence that starting with Metformin from day one had longer term advantages. I kept a food diary for the month before my referral and he was more than happy with what I was eating. Perhaps your doc is one of the...

I spent some time in West Africa many years ago. Dried salted fish was very useful. Soak the fish overnight to remove some of the salt. Make a vegetable stew - onions, tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes, sweet peppers, chillies or whatever you can get your hands on. Once cooked, sit the dried...

I had very irritating patches on both shins for a few years after a long walk through very long grass whilst wearing shorts. Nothing prescribed would stop the itch and it was an itch that could not be refused serious scratching. As a last resort I applied neat Tea Tree oil to both patches of...

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And from a study published 1 March 2009 "We have found no convincing evidence to recommend routine use of SMBG by reasonably well-controlled, non-insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes. The specific advantages of monitoring identified by patients need to be placed in the context of a...

From a relatively recent study in the UK. "Some participants saw readings as a proxy measure of good and bad behaviour-with women especially, chastising themselves when readings were high. Some participants continued to find readings difficult to interpret, with uncertainty about how to respond...

Never have boil in the bag kippers. Try buying "White" kippers - that is natural hot or cold smoked Herring rather than the usual variety which is dyed and sees very little smoke like the garish yellow boil in the bag types. Remove the head and tail, place skin side down on a plate and...

"main source of carbs may well be the regular 2-3 pints of beer I consume daily" I had to cut out similar amounts of beer three weeks ago because of the need to have high doses of antibiotics. Result is weight down 7lbs.

"If the NHS's stated intention is that all diabetics aged 40 and over should be taking statins, then I think we should be asking why." Perhaps the answer is: "The take-home message is that sustained reduction of LDL-cholesterol with simvastatin is safe and produces a substantial reduction in...

Where in Scotland do you get strips for under £5.00? I get mine on prescription and being diabetic the scrip is free. However, I recently ran out on a weekend and the local chemist charged just under £24.00 for 50 Accu Chek strips.

Ally My initial problem was not with what I was eating it was with the quantities. My initial approach was therefore to have fairly strict portion control which had the added benefit of reducing the household budget. We also moved to buying the main meal food on a daily basis, as we would do...

On the other hand there were some brown nosed fanatics: " I truly believe, if there is any justice in this world Richard Bernstein should be awarded the Nobel prize." A quote that says something about how to count the brain cells in negative numbers.