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After I started using insulin 75 units twice a day and still having high bs numbers I was put on Dulaglutide (trulicity) a once a week injection. Immediately I was able to reduce my insulin by 30 units a day and my bs were much lower. As a side effect it also dampens your appetite so I then...

i went to see my gp today to discuss some blood tests I had taken a couple of weeks ago.She was very impressed with my results HbA1c level 38 Serum cholesterol 3.4 Serum HD cholesterol level 1.1 serum triglycerides 0.9 serum LDL cholesterol 1.9 serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 3.09 se non...

I get my prescriptions free as I'm on thyroxine. I wouldn't be able to afford to buy the cartridges.

I use the accu check mobile which my gp actually gave me. I use insulin so I get all my lancets and the cartridges that you use to test free on prescription. I really like it as it's so self contained , no fiddling about putting test strips in etc. It would probably be a different story if I had...

My fasting bs at 8am was 5.9 just before having my porridge really late at 12 it was 7.6. 2 hours later 10.2! I made it with half milk half water and a teaspoon of honey. I'll test tomorrow without the honey and hope for better numbers. Should I eat something as soon as I get up in the morning ...

No I just inject 25 units of insulin before breakfast and before dinner. I think I'm struggling with what foods in can eat having gone from eating lots of carbs especially bread, potatoes, fruit and lots of other goodies. I had the apple today as I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself. Which is...

I have been lchf since the beginning of January. I'm sure that I will horrify you by telling you my guilty secret . Yes I eat porridge for breakfast . There I've said it. I have reduced my insulin from 120 units daily to 50 units daily and have lost well over a stone. I don't have much...

I have fibromyalgia diagnosed originally as ME then fibromyalgia in 2002. The first symptoms for me was a very painful shoulder and then being so dizzy that I couldn't walk unaided. I was tested for MS, brain tumours and various other illnesses. I was so fatigued that I couldn't hold a phone or...

I did manage to get salads at subway but they really weren't nice and we didn't eat them. The good news though was that you could make it a meal deal and get a drink and crisps or a cookie! Shame they couldn't offer a piece of fruit instead and it was 30 pence extra to have the sandwich filling...

One Christmas my mil gave me £5 and an oven glove my husband got £5 and a pair of proper gloves! I got the hint that she didn't like me.

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She sounds just what I'm looking for! I'd be quite happy to share my husband with her. She will find him untidy, unable to cook or clean the bathroom. He's a brilliant gardener though.

I took my 84 year old mum into hospital today for her to have stents fitted. She has had angina for many years and had a heart attack 16 months ago. When I originally took her for her previous op assessment the nurse said that she would definitely be out on the same day as her procedure. She is...

Last week's dn Claire recommend this site to me but I told her I was already a member. She isn't diabetic but lost 3 stone doing the lchf so she is really pro lchf

9 I was told the same thing. Being told this made me feel completely defeated so I just ate pretty much what I wanted. Fortunately after a few wasted years getting fatter I read the blood sugar diet book and decided to low carb. I have lost about a stone since 1st January this year and more than...

I'm taking my mum aged 84 to hospital for stents tomorrow. she's had angina for years and had a heart attack 15 months ago. She's a tough old bird who has had a lot of medical problems and surgery but she's getting really anxious about tomorrow's op. She's frightened that she'll have another...

I wouldn't wait to hear from the pn, if your surgery is anything like mine I had to wait for a month for an appointment.

I started low carbing at the beginning of January and my eyes went very blurry but have since gone back to normal. There's 2 dn's at my gp's and both have totally different views on low carb. Luckily I saw the enlightened one last week who was very pro low carb the previous one wanted me to eat...

I think that the doctors just prescribe a limited amount of medications without considering the side effects we the patients have to endure . I was managing my diabetes quite happily with just metformin until I was put on steroids which almost instantly caused my bg to go sky high. I now have...

Many years ago people who had underactive thyroids (before medication was available ) were called cretins. Thank god for thyroxine. When my thyroid went completely underactive due to radioiodine I could barely stand, hold the phone or stir a pan it was horrendous