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I am sitting in the window watching the squirrel collecting peanuts from the feeders and industriously burying them all over the lawn. :roll: :roll: Coming along behind him is a magpie, equally industriously digging them up and scoffing them :lol: :lol: Fortunately for Tufty, there will be...

The builders are converting my downstairs bathroom into a wet room, the house was built in 1675, the plumbing was last overhauled in this room about forty years ago. Do I need to tell you how many anguished oaths I have heard today, as they uncover yet another nightmare :roll: . The discovery...

Have just returned from my 3 monthly meeting with the DN. HbA1c down from 7.9 to 6.9, but cholesterol up from 4.7 to 5.5,lost half a stone, not good I know, but I'm not choosing a coffin JUST yet :x . However I have just been told that the DN would prefer me to have a higher HbA1c and a lower...

I've been on 2000mgs of metformin daily for the last year, and my GP insists that is the maximum dose allowable. I am pretty sure I've read that the maximum dosage is 3000mgs per day and wonder if anyone else is on this dosage? I would also like to ask how and when people take their...

Finally, after eight months of trying I have a BS under 6, in fact it was 5.4 :lol: :lol: . Husband heard the scream of triumph, assumed there was a problem, rushed in, fell over the cat, swore profusely [some words I'd NEVER heard :oops: ] an hysterical moment :lol: Don't understand how as...

My favourite at the moment is Farinata, a sort of pizza basey crepe made with gram [chickpea] flour.Just mix the flour [2-3 cups] with water[3/4 cup], and leave to rest for at least 4 hours[overnight is better],scrape off the foam which will have formed on the top, and add 4 tablespoons of good...

I recently attended a pain management clinic which was run by a spotty young woman who obviously wasn't enjoying a healthy diet :? Five minutes into the clinic, she leaned over my chair, patted my cheek and said to the rest of the motley crew "Isn't she sweet" :evil: Two things she has...

My mate owns a bakery, and is having great difficulty accepting the restrictions diabetes places on my diet! In the past few months she has offered croissants with almonds and apple in the belief the apple and nut wipe out the rest of it :) doughnuts with custard instead of jam as a filling, and...

I have lost a stone, :lol: thats 14 lbs, :lol: that nearly seven bags of sugar :lol: that's a large slab of fat, that, in case you hadn't realised, is me OVER THE MOON! It may have taken me two months, but I have done it on diet only, as I have a problem with exercising :( I am now heading...

My good old GP suggested this week that I should take these capsules that stopped the absorption of fat into your body. I believe you can buy them under the trade name Alli, but they are basically Orlistat. As I am unable to take much exercise he thought they would help. Should any of you be...

Hi there folks, has anyone ever had a problem with buying strips from e-bay? I have been bidding on some for a day or so, and have just had an e-mail from e-bay to say they had " brought the auction to a close" as the item transgressed their rules. I have previously bought strips this way, but...

Hi there, I was diagnosed withType2 just before Christmas {thanks for that Santa, lol } with a fasting B.S of 18.7,which made my G.P. flinch! With a new diet and 2000mgs daily of metformin I have had two HbA1c tests, the first measuring 7.8, and the second this week being 7.3. My main concern is...