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One thing I have realised in subsequent years is that there was nothing added to my notes when I reported my reasons for stopping taking the tablets, no thought of making a report about it. That could give the impression of a 'rare' reaction which is actually not all that rare.

@fendertele If you have 'stocked up' your storage sites with iffy choices, then it will take a little while for the iffies to depart and a more normal situation settle into place - I felt that there was some repair work to my metabolism required in the months after diagnosis, which was more a...

I was prescribed Metformin and Atorvastatin at diagnosis. I was lucky to survive, as I became suicidal - and a lot of other unpleasant things too, but I stopped taking the tablets after 5 weeks, and 5 years later I decided that I was probably past the worst of the side effects. I went back to a...

Back in the last century I used to get tags - lots of them - At one time my GP was cutting them off as I was snagging them and bleeding several times a week. Now that they have deigned to tell me I am type 2, I have been able to deal with them by reducing my intake of carbs right down, but I...

If the 'wraps' you are eating are bread then check the amount of carbs they represent. I happily control blood glucose levels by staying low carb - I think that kidneys are far happier when they don't have to deal with high levels of blood sugars by concentrating it in the urine, which can have...

I don't think I have ever eaten cauliflower just on its own - it mostly serves as a base for curry or is mixed with cheese, and I use herbs and spices quite a lot. Cauliflower cheese is one of my favourite small meals - I cook the cauliflower until almost ready, drain it and place it in a dish...

It is really common for people to get no good advice about how to eat after diagnosis with type 2. I was lucky in that I had done Atkins before and found that it suited me well, got the types of food sorted out, but there was such animosity about it. I find that meat, fish, cheese, eggs, full...

@Fortissimo I was deeply depressed after diagnosis, but I can only put it down to the medication 5 weeks of Metformin and Atorvastatin and I was in dire trouble . I was considering suicide on more than one occasion. Fortunately it was just before Christmas 2016, and I remembered how the death of...

I tried a bread maker, then gave it away and bought a normal mixer as the bread maker smashed all the rise out of the dough - it is too fragile to take the second kneading. I tried all sorts of variations and up until the second kneading most were just great - then they really were not at all...

swede, mashed, mixed with egg and any leftover veges from the fridge, then cooked as bubble and squeak, is called bubble and squeal here, most often when served with bacon

I have not checked my fasting level for years - as I can't do anything about it.

Swede is low carb - about 6 percent, so even I can cope with it and my tolerance is low. I can't see why it would be thought unsuitable or likely to cause spikes. One swede usually lasts me two or three days, and will be part of my way of eating just as for the last eight years.

I regularly add yoghurt or cream or both to jelly - I have cacao powder which I sometimes mix in. My mum used to add cream to jelly when almost cool and then whip it up so it set frothy. The descriptions of the consequences if eating sugar free Haribo bears helped me get over the trauma of five...

Botanically swede is a swollen stem rather than a root - so it is not in the same league as true roots when it comes to carbs. I eat it after boiling in a pressure cooker. A lot of the flavour will be lost in the water, but that is a good thing. I mash it and keep it in the fridge, covered over...

You can probably have a huge bowl of sugar free jelly with berries and cream or yoghurt - if you are a type 2 watching the carbs - on festive occasions a trifle with almond flour sponge softened with a little squashed fruit and maybe a splash (or more) of sherry), berries in the jelly, a lot of...

Just a mug full of white vinegar - the same stuff I use when washing pure wool. I pour it over the dry clothes in a plastic tub and then toss them into the machine so it doesn't get pumped out as the machine starts up. Do check to see if you get relief from baking soda, an alkaline - fungi in...

I used to get really painful rashes under my arms in the summer - I experimented washing one side with warm water and a splash of vinegar, and the other with baking soda. The vinegar did the trick, and I've not been bothered for the last couple of years now - I did put vinegar in the washing...

My father's mother nicked herself when removing hard skin from her feet and although she lasted a few more years that was the first infection and it ended very badly. These days I rub an antiseptic cream into my toes before cutting my nails, and then again afterwards, as I got cellulitis soon...

@Mark Rawlinson eating the grapefruit plus another two fruits is likely to elevate blood glucose - it would be wise to check 2 hours after eating just to see how you cope - it would most likely exceed my allotment of fruit for an entire a week as I need to stay rather low even for low carb.

@Rosie9876 I think that I have got improvement in my ability to deal with glucose over the years - it is creeping towards 9 years from diagnosis, but almost 20 since a test showed problems - dealt with by not testing again for a decade. I had a tiny waist in my teens and 20s, as my mum put me in...