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Sorry about that, for some reason my brain told me it was your husband when I was typing the reply. :)

Hi, Sorry to hear about that, but as has been said it has always been the case. However, you do not have to wait for the card to arrive. You can check on the following website if your hubby is now exempt : https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/check-if-you-have-nhs-exemption The pharmacist shouldn't...

I've been to every supermarket near me today looking for low carb bread. This was Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Morrisons, Farmfoods. The lowest I could find was some Warbuton's which was 9g per slice. @Melgar - I think I'm going to look into making my own bread. Have you got any recommendations for...

That's brilliant, well done.

Sounds like you are doing great Lupf. Things like this are very inspiring to me, I'm really hoping that I can keep my reading down. I love eggs and cheese and that type of thing.

Hi @KennyA . I've been looking at different breads for my sandwiches. Lidl do High Protein Rolls with a low carb of ~10g, high protein of ~24 and high fibre of ~13g. Do they sound good?

Thanks for the recommendation, but it looks like it costs over £4 a loaf which is a bit too expensive for me.

Hi Ian, I've already got the results from the NHS app and I know that I've got down to 38 from 48 in December - I'm hoping to bask in the glory when I see her, haha. Like you I have stopped horrible pasta, rice, potatoes etc. When I used to have chips with meat for dinner I know have a...

Plenty of positives there Jo, thanks for sharing. I know what you mean about humans, the older I get the less patient I am with people (apart from family). It's an effort to get out of the house and meet people and I haven't met 1 friend since I moved here in November last year. There is a...

You've done incredibly well there, 33 is a great figure in less than two years. I buried my head in the sand a lot when I was first diagnosed, I just didn't want to read about it and I think I was a bit in denial. Fortunately, I did stop eating chocolate and crisps (and bloody pasta - I hate...

Some great posts here, thanks for sharing. Thinking about it, I too don't have to go to the loo during the night, also, I had liver problems with no symptoms. It was picked up during my diabetes blood test - I think I could have hard serious liver problems if it wasn't for that. I used to...

Hi all, I've always been a glass half full person and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in January 2023 with a 110 reading. There are so many downsides to having type 2 but to cheer myself up the other day I was trying to think of any positives it has brought to my life. 1. Weight. I...

Hi Mrs SLD. I was diagnosed as type 2 with a reading of 110 in Jan 2023. Just like you, I had no symptoms and it was discovered from a blood test. I was prescribed Glicazide but my nurse gave me 3 months to get it down first. Iwas down to about 60 in three months which was good. I just...

Thanks for saying that about it dropping. I guess we'll never know what she meant about the tuna as I won't see her again. I'm now down to 38 so it took 2 years and 6 months to get to that.

Thanks for this, it is interesting reading. I don't think that she meant the mercury but I don't really know. I probably make her sound really bad but she really did help me. She was great with the medication, she'd said she should put me on all sorts as I was 110 - however, she said she...

Reading this made me laugh a bit. My know it all brother had a bit of a go at me during a family dinner last week. He was going on an on about how bad asparteme was and that the 17 cans a day thing was rubbish and the documentary said it was bad having more than 1 can a day. I asked what he...

Thanks Jo. She was a great wife for well over 20 years so I realise how blessed I was. I do feel sad that we're not together anymore but I also won't ever be with anyone who doesn't want to be with me. I've not seen her for a few months but I do get updates from my daughter so I know she...

Thanks, I thought it was odd about the tunafish but it was my first meeting with her so it was all a bit much taking all of it in. I'll see what the new nurse says next week regarding the metformin. I'm just a bit concerned about coming off it but I'll see what her advice is and then have a...

Thanks to all of you for your responses. It's a lot to think about, but I will start looking into to it all. To be honest, I sort of buried my head in the sand a bit but did make big changes. I was originally 20 stones and had already got that down to 14 stones thanks to my wife who went...

Hi Jo, Just wanted to say that I really appreciate your post on another persons thread that I've just read which was very helpful to me. My lovely diabetic nurse when I was initially diagnosed seems to be quite outdated with her advice (still have chocolate but not as much to treat...