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I had to log back in for this ......haha Several caught my eye there including meccano and lego but for me it has to be airfix. Mum never liked the glue that i used to get stuck everywhere! Nik

Hi, the DESMOND I did was broken up over two consecutive Saturdays. There is a lot of information to absorb and breaking it up certainly helped. We were also given a good set of notes in a folder which you can read at your leisure, which is what I have done. Nik

Thanks for your support. I think being diagnosed with diabetes was a wake up call for me. Getting my HBAC <7 and keeping it there will be my next target, starting in 2013. Nik

Re: Off to GP tomorrow, all the signs and BG fasting tested Hi, never good being ill at anytime let alone Christmas. i had my appendix removed on Christmas day several years ago. Hope all goes okay for you tomorrow. IF you are diabetic then make sure you ask your doctor for all your blood...

Hi all, i had my first 3 month review today. diagnosed in september 2012 with HBAC of 107. Today's result was 56. Total Cholesterol has dropped from 6 in September down to 3.4 today. HDL is slightly down from 1.1 to 0.9 - DN said eat more oily fish. i've lost a stone in weight but DN didnt...

Hi, yes, my scalp and feet were very itchy. Once I got my BG levels down this seems to have helped. I was also dehydrated so assume this was something to do with it. Nik

I've always had dry skin on my heels even before diabetes and I use Dermatonics Heel Balm which says on the box it contains Urea and also says "Suitable for Diabetics, Paraben Free." I've no idea what Paraben is. Nik

Hi, good idea to speak with your GP who will decide on what action to take. Let us know how it goes and good luck. There's loads of help and support on this forum. Nik

Hi, I didnt necessarily have to lose weight as although I wasnt underweight my BMI was fine and I've ended up losing nearly a stone in 2 months by low carbing. Eating more fat is a difficult mindset to get in to after years of being told not to. I remember seeing a thread on here about eating...

Hi, I managed to get BS in the low 20s. A combination of low carbing, 2 x metformin/day and a little bit of exercise saw my BS numbers fall within a month and are now consistently 5 or 6. We were told on Desmond course that waist size is important i.e. aim for <37 inches and that's around the...

The 50% statistic both intrigued and alarmed me. I wouldnt expect answers as to why it's so high from the Desmond course but I will challenge my GP with this next time I see him. Nik

We were also told about a half of people with type 2 diabetes will end up needing insulin injections. I've just been reading the literature we were given and this is repeated in there. Nothing wrong with that but does this sound high? Nik

Hi, I have now completed the first part of Desmond course for type 2s. We were told the course was the idea of the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2003 who felt patients were left with little information after being diagnosed. It was a group of 9 diabetics and many brought their partners along...

I've nothing to offer on the insulin but I took the low carb route only to find I lost a stone in no time at all after having a perfect BMI. I've decided the only way out of this is to increase my carb intake. So far my BS levels havent increased and are running at 5/6 two hours after a meal...

that's a lot of votes that would go somewhere else if this ever came to fruition. Nik

On my commute home I bypass an urban area so I will take a 3 mile detour to collect my medicines from a pharmacy that I've earmarked and is open until 6.30pm. I'm pleased to say my GP's surgery dispensary did dispense me medicine in an out of hours emergency (as they must) but alas not a repeat...

I switched to Alpro soya milk light. It tastes a bit chalky but hey ho. Nik

No, the GP isn't dispensing them personally. From reading online the reason the 1 mile rule was introduced, 100 years ago, was so doctors and patients couldnt collude on medicines. In the surgery I attend there is a dispensary and also a high street pharmacy which is bolted on to the surgery...

I took this up with the dispensary team leader who told me unfortunately the government set out this rule. If patients live within a mile of a Pharmacy ie high street chain, a Dispensing Practice are not allowed to dispense to these patients. This rule is 100 years old! My problem is I have...

Hi Paul and welcome to the forum. I was diagnosed type 2 back in September 2012 so I'm a little further down the road with all of this. Good that you've had your feet and eyes checked already. I'm sure that you'll find this forum very useful. Good luck! Nik