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I was clearly talking about banks repossessing houses where the householder has fallen behind on rent payments. If you're renting and lose your job, Housing Benefit (the Local Authority Housing Allowance) covers your rent anyway. And no, the most important thing in this crisis is not to make...

I've taken some metformin - not prescribed to me, but purchased by a relative from India - and I now think this has made my feet feel bad. Google metformin and neuropathy. I have stopped having it and my feet are improving.

Banks can't turf people out of their home easily. It would take a year to evict. And even if council housing is short, councils can place people in rented accommodation. If there is a nationwide problem and millions of people can't pay rent or mortgage, they are likely to simply stay put. Some...

If anyone gets into financial difficulties, the Consumer Action Group helped me out a lot once - https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/ . Tax debts are hard to get out of, but normal debts can't be collected if you can't afford to pay (and that doesn't mean you can't have any holidays or go out...

The government is reducing the minimum income floor for self-employed people on universal credit. But I don't think they're doing anything for self-employed people not on universal credit. Is that right? My answer is that if your work does dry up completely, you have to apply for benefits...

Another point. Although GPs are behaving every more officiously towards their patients and even openly telling them their wasting their time (we pay taxes to have access to GPs!), they tend to overreact if you respond shirtily to them. It can be annoying to have to bow down to people not...

I'm living in a small town in linconshire, so maybe we would get corona last. I have 16 rolls of toilet paper, 5 kg of peanut butter and 2 litres of 5% fat yoghurt in, so I will survive for a while even if the shops are cleaned out.

Well, no, Tophat, our healthcare system is not as responsive as it used to be. Healthcare is meant to be free, but is difficult to access in the UK. And with coronavirus the default is that that comes first. I ate nothing but peanut butter yesterday and by the end of the day the pain was less. I...

Well, it could easily be neuropathy and you don't need a foot amputation because the nurse wasn't interested. If I were you, I'd cut back on all carbs, and go for a high fat diet. My foot has played up for more than a month, and I am often unable to walk, but I find that overeating protein can...

Missy37, I'm disgusted with how the doctor treated you. I'm afraid this attitude is spreading in NHS personnel. I find the non-English doctors to be whole lot less interested in their patients too. I hope you don't let it deter you from seeking medical help when you need it - as the GP will be...

I feel very unlucky to have tested at 48 in late January, falling to 47 in early March, and thinking I had just dodged a bullet - only to find I just can't walk. I know it is some kind of neuropathy, as it is in the ankle, and then the side of the foot, and then the other side of the foot, then...

Razzamuffin, I like a bit of honesty. And, I don't know where you are, but in England we like a moan. It's hard for foreigners to appreciate , but when English people moan, they're enjoying themselves in a way and letting off steam. So I think you should stay on this forum and add some...

You can get it easily on Ebay.

I used to take Ranitidine very single day - or I would wake up with reflux in the night. Since I've started low carb, I haven't needed the tablets once.

Thank you. I'll try those if they have them in my local Tesco's.

My first blood test at the end of January was 48. I just had the 2nd test to confirm the diagnosis and it was 47. I had had, not just low carbs, but zero carbs for three weeks before the blood test. So the doctor isn't prescribing medication for me. But it looks like zero carbs was the right...

Thank you for that useful list of exact products available in UK shops.

Yes, I would be careful in Tesco's, but I ordered some of these online: https://www.bulkpowders.co.uk/zero-calorie-syrup.html

I went to Tesco today, and got some full-fat Onken natural yoghurt: 4g of carbs in every 100g. I couldn't find anything really low. There appear to be no yoghurts with just 1% carbs. I'm planning on putting strawberries in to sweeten it, zero calorie syrup and maybe even peanut butter (I don't...

There is such a thing as retrograde ejaculation and dry orgasms (and there is a page on this site about it), and that is a possible symptom of diabetes. But the confusing thing is that you say when masturbating you don't have a problem. If you find out what is wrong with you, please post here.