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Tablet not cake ! a weel kent scottish delicacy .. 1 pint/500ml water 8oz/225g butter, chopped into pieces 4 lbs/1.8kg super fine/caster sugar 1lb/450g of condensed milk Optional Flavorings as desired* Enough sugar to make you hyper -- :crazy: Lovely stuff but I...

Hi tealeaves, different strokes for different folks whne it comes to food on here , some low carb & some don't , just be sensible . Breakie for me is 2 weetabix witha wee bit of full milk, or scrambled eggs , with a cup of tea ( no sugar ) . I'm trying to loose weight so I watch portions rather...

Ladybird the foot tests are non-invasive and not painful , a gentle prodding with a nylon brush , foot & ankle inspection, perhaps using a tuning fork to see if you can feel the vibrations . Not unpleasant . Even if you have neuropathy ( I do ) , the diabetic nurses dont seem to do much more...

Neuopathy is a sod :evil: Unless you are young, healthy and fit or a lizard or a worm once the damage is there then it will stay there , the good news is that you can reduce the symptoms and some pain by diet and exercise . The US health dept site has got some good info ...

About 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have some form of neuropathy. Please read this about neuropathy http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/neuropathies/ It's from the USA but makes interesting reading . Hamish - Ipswich T2 + neuropathy, chronic venous insufficiency ( both legs )...

Thanks Ausra - I enjoyed reading it :-) I reckon primative man/woman probably enjoyed the odd sweet thing, honey, cane sugar, fruits etc . Im middle carbing .. no pasta, rice max 2 slices of bread , loads of veg, probably about 80g to 100g carbs a day , and no sugar in coffee/tea , no cakes, I...

Thanks viviennem and Unbeliever It was more the vision thing I was trying to emphasise rather than the birthday cake and nibbles, I have been finding that changes in my BS levels 'really' affect my vision dramatically . My current readings tend to be 4.7 to 5.8 before food and 6.0 to 6.4 2...

Hi Im T2 , recently gone from diet only to 2 x 500 Metfartin a day as my BS level had gone up to 19.9 and Hba1c to 12.6 . I’ve noticed my eyesight has got a bit fuzzy and my regular varifocals are pretty useless – my last ‘normal’ eye test was in march 2010, I was diagnosed in Aug 2010 and...

Lost a stone a month for the last 3 months , fantastic that's good going . :D Well Done Hamish Ipswich

A few days further on .. My figures now seem to be fairly consistent at 4.7 before a meal and 6.1 or 6.2 two hours after . This is on a lowish carb diet , max two slices of burgen bread a day , 2 weetabix , meat , loads of veg, and a treat of 2 rich tea biscuits :) Now to lose 6 stone...

A quick update .. These are my blood sugar levels taken 2 hrs after a meal . Wed 05/10/11 18.9 Thur 06/10/11 13.5 Fri 07/10/11 12.3 Sat 08/10/11 12.5 Sun 09/10/11 10.0 Mon 10/10/11 11.2 Tues 11/10/11 6.0 Wed 12/10/11 6.3 So the answer to how long to reduce BS figures...

Ian - it sounds like your getting it all together, I got a wake up call 2 weeks ago and my BS levels are all over the place 8.9 up 18.9 , like you Im a big lad was 23 st 7lbs 2 weeks ago , now 22st 5lbs . as my levels are all over the shop Im concentrating in getiing them lower, stabilising...

Thanks for the advice folks , I'm still trying to work out what is best for me , I'm trying a lowish/middle carb approach to start with as I want to reduce my BS and my weight . I may add a multigrain wholemeal sandwich to my lunch tomorrow as I was ravenous all afternoon to-day :-) thanks again

Thanks for the advice and encouragement everyone. I was diagnosed in Aug 2010, and followed the NHS guidelines as I was on diet only, I had no ( zero ) follow up from my gp's surgery . Having had multiple infections this year, including hospital overnight on one occasion . I decided to...

Hmm must have been adaft question then . Ok Here's another - given what I have eaten to-day ie low carb you would think that there would be a reduction in my BS levels for this evening - assuming that the BG test is only showing your BS at the time that you take it , wheras Hba1c shows the...

I'm still trying to find my path for food , I have had a look at the low carb threads and am looking at the non low carb thread to see if that would be my preferred path . Looks like no one has posted on here for some months .. anyone still using non low carb here ? Cheers Hamish HBA1c...

Hi, Im fairly new at this , please forgive me if these are daft questions . 1) the NICE guidelines say Fasting (waking and before meals).......between 4 - 7 mmol/l...(Type 1 & 2) 2 hours after meals........................no more than 8.5 mmol/l.....( Type 2) I have only just started testing...

I'm new here but I think that Pipstick has a point , a balance of views is a good thing . fur instance .. last week I was put on Metfortin , GP1 said take 1x500 per day for a week then take 2x500 per day then we will do a blood test again mid November . I then had my annual ( 2 months late )...

stiv2us .. does your missus know about the diabetes at all ? Would it help to explain to her ? I'm 58 and have been a single dad for 12 years .. I have sat my 18yr old daughter down and have explained it all to her, shown her how the testing works and explained about the diet etc , just my...

Hi iHs Tried to PM you but failed miserably .. still new here , so not quite used to it yet. I didn't even know about carb counting until I came on here, just advised to use te 'eatwell' plate. Apparantly I should have been offered session(s) at the local hospital.. ho hum . Im trying to get...