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I did carry out an experiment with Stella last night........ Did she mind :lol:

Thats not a worry, its the strawberries......................................................... I had strawberries for dessert last night :wink:

OMG!!, you mean you are a lady type woman person, ??? <<<Breathes a sigh of relief that I didnt pm you with a load of tips to do with live yoghurt :lol:

does your local Sports Centre have a Pathway scheme? that is special classes Not sure if its pathway, but my membership is subsidised because I was referred by my gp, I do also have an annual swimming pass for the local baths, but not been going for a while I have to say, intend getting back on...

Any suggestions to a rather silly 50's ish woman who feels like a women 30 years older than I am. Thanks Susan I cant comment on the statins, but I can comment on the age thing, I am 51 and had a hip replacement 4 years ago this month, it went wrong and I suffered a 3 fractures in my femur...

Hey Dollydreamer 'nothing tastes as good as having bs that is within normal range' I agree with the above comment wholeheartedly, I spent the last couple of years bemoaning the appalling headaches I was getting, until I finally got round to lowering my bg consistently, and hey guess what, the...

In defence of my 2 bolshy teenagers, I have to say they are brilliant!!! (when they arent arguing between themselves) I was in a wheelchair on and off from when they were very young, and sadly was also stuck with an alcoholic, violent and abusive husband) after 18 years enough was enough and...

Well!!!!!!!! To all those non believers in the sensible diet/exercise regime, 2 weeks I have been back at the gym, small sessions, 30 mins or so, altho getting slightly longer gradually, and also been keeping my bg in single figures for same length of time, and they weighed me again on thursday...

Oh yum, there is a god!!! I lurrrrrrrrv avocados and had been denying them to myself!!

I just rechecked, someone stole my vulva !!! :oops: actually i dont ever remember having one!LOLOLOLOLOL :lol: Omg, you mean men get diabetes too!!!! :wink:

Holds hands up....me too :) My diabetic nurse has put it down to the fact that with high sugar levels we quite often also have thrush, (in fact vulval itching is a symptom of diabetes) a fungal infection can lead to a bacterial infection and hence the urinary tract infections. She always...

Such lovely replies from so many people, and I am glad to see others who at times feel the same. I am doing something for myself, lol, I took out a small mortgage last year and am having the house done throughout, mad I know to take out a mortgage at my age when I had finally got rid of it...

Well do you know something, I AM feeling a little better. A consequence I feel is directly related to meeting all the lovely people on here, and secondly taking advice from many of the interesting threads. This week for the first time in 2 years my bg has been under 10 consistently, going as...

"Well, i'm off now to read a few posts on getting aroung using mash on shepherd's pie for lunch. I have heard that grated cauliflower is an option??????" ^^ I have been using carrot and swede mash on top of shepherds pie for a while now, and tbh I dont notice a difference, or miss the mash...

My spare test strips have now found a home, ty to everyone who asked about them :)

For anyone in a similar situation, I have 2 unopened boxes of Optium plus test strips, they are in date till march 2011, my nurse changed my meter today to a different brand and the pharmacy wouldnt accept these back despite the fact they are unopened. So if anyone out there has an Optium...

I have to test a minimum of twice a day, and have to say my diabetic nurse provides me with prescriptions for everything, which includes test strips and lancets and even the little books for writing it in. It might be worth enquiring through a local diabetes group to see what other people in...

I use the original cinnamon and mix it into my food – it is lovely in yoghurt for example. Costs much less. Ty for the welcome... and yes I would too ^^ just one problem, I hate cinnamon!! :D

Hello, not sure what is allowed and not allowed as links but assuming something from the American Diabetes Association is ok, I was put onto this by a friend of mine from the USA, where cinnamon is used a lot to aid people with Diabetes type2. The tablets were quite hard to source, you cant...

Ty Dragongirl, and apologies to you and those others to whom I must appear angry and bitter, there are so many upbeat posts on these boards, and I have spent a couple of weeks just scrolling round a lot of them, as you point out I know what to do really, I sometimes wonder if I am waiting for...