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Sorry if I wasn't clear, @Lamont D I wasn't suggesting you take an antidepressant, just suggesting that your situation, of taking a diabetes med to get you over a difficult time in your life, was analogous to the practice of taking antidepressants for a short time in order to get over an...

Another thought (sorry) CGMs are to be provided to Type 2s on insulin (presumably also BGMs and supplies for backup). They're far more expensive than fingerprick supplies, and I'd rather not let my diabetes "progress" to the point of needing insulin before being "allowed" to test. If the NHS...

Possibly 1.6.5-8 under "diet and lifestyle" and "support achieving HbA1c targets". But you're right, it's not explicit, and in my view it should be. Also, it says near the beginning of the document that these are only guidelines and HCPs can deviate from them. And the first section emphasises...

Like antidepressants, you can use them as a temporary tool to help you through a difficult patch. Hurrah! And midge spray lol. We've booked 3 nights each in Dumfries and Aberdeen at the end of the month, with various excursions planned. Don't need special documents as long as we keep our...

Ikr. It's not so much that I resent paying for supplies, although I do, because I already got free prescriptions on the grounds of low income before diabetes and I'd rather spend my limited money on things like good food. It's the short-sightedness and hypocrisy. My diabetes team would...

Shan't. Boosting one's ego, unless at the expense of someone else, counts as self-care in my book. Absolutely agree. Anything that provides that many postitives in one go is a massive winner.

It makes me angry (surprise!) that it's down to luck. Hoping at some point to encounter an enlightened, forward-thinking health professional locally. Certainly going to avoid the nurse responsible for the latest fiasco, but who knows if the next one will be an improvement?

It just goes on and on. My "initial assessment upon diagnosis" is still ongoing nearly 4 months on, with the next instalment booked for 3rd September. Most of my questions, including some quite urgent ones, get brushed off with "Save that for your next appointment, I don't have time". Latest...

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I'm quite a thorough reader of this forum and it hasn't leapt out at me. I'm currently livid (please excuse the rage-verbosity that I experience while angry) as a recent unsatisfactory telephone appointment with a nurse at my surgery has led to...

Oh and I've just checked my nhs app and the arrogant cow* has already removed test strips and lancets from my repeat prescriptions. I don't have the energy right now to fight but I'm fuming. *It took a doctor to approve the prescription but seemingly only a nurse to cancel it. Feels like pure...

I have now been told by a nurse at my GP surgery that "I don't need to test because I'm no longer taking Gliclazide and won't go hypo". Sad that the so-called professionals don't understand the importance of finding out which foods one can tolerate. After all, we have to eat every day for the...

I'm eating low-enough carb that my body would happily not eat until evening, but I'm worried about these double-figure BGs I get in the meantime. I'm not happy just ignoring my liver and not testing. Looks like I will have to find a way of eating early until my liver gets the message - then I...

We're having "kebomelette" with the doner meat left from yesterday. A new addition to the family favourites "homelette" (ham), "chomelette" (cheese) and "ch-homelette" (cheese & ham) :D 10.9 today, a fair result considering the last two days' stress, overexertion and slightly...

10.9

10.9 Higher than I want to see but perfectly reasonable under current conditions of stress and exhaustion.

Even voles eat nuts too VOLES

Not stupid at all. I just need to decide what to try first. I just don't want to spend much time trying things that aren't working for me. I'm fed up having such high BGs and not being free to eat, or not, as my body otherwise wants to. My problem is more the opposite, nobody else is eating...

Attic? It's a bit tenuous since Zakynthos is nowhere near Athens, but they're both Greek and it might be the best we can come up with.

I haven't taken it myself, it was suggested by my surgery's diabetes team but I refused after reading of some nasty side-effects. Some people do seem to tolerate it well for months or even years so you may be one of the fortunate ones. What finally decided me against was my dad's recent...

11.5 Experiment re: not snacking before bed on hold as weekend a bit manic.