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Hi I have read the government two ticks web site, and it refers to illnesses that need non dependent drugs e.g. prescribed as you typically get with Type 2 Diabetes (non Insulin), if I apply for a job and it has the two ticks scheme can I use this to help me get an interview? Or are diabetics...

Hi I am looking to reduce my Cholesterol levels as per my doctors recommendations (and he has given me Cholesterol tablets to help me) and wondered if I was eating more oily fish would this help so I could get off some of these pills, as I do not eat much fish (once a month from the fish and...

Over the Christmas period I has some Oranges and did not know that the fructose sugars contained within in them make your blood sugars go sky high for me it was above 12 for me that is high. (I was wondering why my sugars had spiked upwards when my control was good) This got me thinking of...

Hi Just a quick question if you were hit on the ankle with a "cage" as in the supermarket (but not a super market version) on your ankle and initially there is no bruising or swelling, but it is aggravating an old 2008 injury of a sprained ankle (class 2 that took 22 months to heal). What are...

Hi As the days have started to get gold my feet are now getting colder - so this year I am looking for a shoe that I can wear indoors only, something between a slipper and a outdoor shoe - BUT not a slipper as I do not like them, as they make my feet too hot! I was thinking of something like...

Hi I just want to tell you the phone call I have had from an agency that I am registered with about my T2 diabities and the work they do not want to put me forward for. There has been some production jobs in a food factory that have been available since I registered with them, initially due to...

http://thechive.com/2013/10/09/well-tha ... o-it-04-6/ I found it on The Chive website - lot of funny photos etc and had to share Enjoy Michael

Hi I received a email from Accu Check this morning, it's a sales email with a scare tactic twist in mind as it scares you into thinking that you meter is not accurate and is no good! Just because it is not one of their meters. the email reads as follows: Dear MICHAEL, If you use ACCU-CHEK...

This came up as part of my facebook application and led me to a write up on this subject on this subject and I need some more info on this before I go to my doctor tomorrow about my distrbed sleep pattens and feeling tired which are 2 of the 4 main symptons of this. I am T2 and on metformin...

Hi It was getting near to lunch and I felt a but shaky So I thought my blood sugars were getting low I was thinking less than 5 but when I tested it was 7.1 ! So I am now confused, when I felt shaky is it because my levels have drop a significant amount e.g 11 to say 7 or is something else...

Hi I recently stubbed my toe and said ouch and thourght nothing more of it, but 2 days later I have a slight infection in the big toe, so my question is while the body is trying to repair this infection does this bring your blood sugars down a bit, as over the past few days I have felt a bit...

Hi I am getting itchy feet and need to travel - again!!, so I am planning a 12 month trip around the world, and I need insurance as a matter of course. Is there a diabetic friendly insurance company that I can use, as most of the places are for short trip or multi trip annual policies which...

I have type 2 and am staring work in a hotel cleaning rooms, this is hard physical work with a lot of running up and down stairs etc. I do around 2.5 to 3 hrs work per day. So my question is what should I eat before I go there, and during for snacks etc, as around half way through the morning...

This is a general question that I am trying to answer I became alergic to wine, well when I had a 1/2 glass with food (before I was diagonised) in France, I had a massive miagraine for 1-2 days, I used to get miagraines but thankfully they have now seem to have dissapeared. Also when I drank a...

Hi I am needing to make a victoria sponge cake and looking at the list of items needed it say 200 g caster sugar, now as I am type 2 , I will need to use a swetener sub for the caster sugar, the main thing I have a problem is that 200gm of sugar and 200g of swetner are the same weights, BUT the...