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Hi Helen, if blood supply is poor then antibiotics have trouble getting there. If mum has open wounds then topical antibiotics/antiseptics can be used. There are also granules that can be sprinkled on, they soak everything up and can then be washed off I think they are called iodosorb or...

I retired a couple of years ago after 47 years working at various jobs in my local NHS hospital. "Every single piece of equipment was used once and thrown away, everything was wrapped in plastic." Anything that has come into contact with a patient has to be cleaned, inspected, packed and...

Yes NFR means No Fluoride Oxalate Received. The fluoride poisons the enzymes that would otherwise use the glucose during the time between collection and analysis. On a lighter note when I worked in Pathology there were lots of abbreviations that were amusing, NFR also means "Normal for...

I think diet coke is a better bet than "slimline" tonic. More and more outlets now stock fevertree "light" tonic which has sugar in it - check the label but I think its 4g per 100ml. A 200ml bottle therefore is 8g, 3 G&T's over an evening is 24g carb! Totally unnecessary as Schweppes has 0g carb...

I think you are in an abusive relationship. He needs to know he is a controlling bully/bullying controller. Whilst marriage counselling may be useful, it sounds to me that he has deep seated issues from his upbringing. I think it highly unlikely he will agree but he needs counselling/CBT. He...

Gluten free cheese cake - handful of macadamia nuts, almonds and cashews, whizzed down to breadcrumbs sized, mix with melted butter for the base, to fridge to set. Tub of philly or equivalent and an equal quantity of greek yoghurt mixed together, spoon onto nut base decorate with strawberries or...

When I worked in an NHS pathology lab and we took blood for a fasting glucose level we always interrogated the patient about fasting. We used to get answers like, "well I've only had a glass of orange juice" "I did have a couple of slices of toast" and "I've had a cup of coffee". The biochemists...

Set yourself a target for carb, say 100g or 150g/day for example. Then calculate your carbs through the day, raw potatoes are about 16g carb/100g. You can easily have a hefty evening meal with 2-3 roast potatoes, green beans, cauliflower, cabbage, gravy, upto 50g carb if you keep your other...

150g ground almonds 40g milled linseed (golden flaxseed) 1/2 tsp sea salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 4 eggs beaten 2 tsp honey (optional) 1/2 tsp cider/white wine vinegar mix first 4 together and the next three separately, stir the wet into the dry, pour into a greased small loaf tin bake at 150 for...

I would just like to add a warning, a popular drink in the hot weather (especially for my wife) is Gin and Slimline tonic, refreshing and no carbs. However we were at pub quiz the other night and she had 3 over the course of the evening. I went to the bar and ordered them, they came long, over...

What you are doing is adding extra novorapid to the next meal to try to bring high levels down it is better to have the right amount for each meal, not play catch up.. If you keep records, go back and divide total daily carbs by novorapid. My wife started off on 1:10, eventually after less than...

My bugbear is recipes published in magazines or newspapers with huge quantities of carbs and no nutrition information. For example there is a cake recipe in the current Aldi leaflet. it doesn't state how many portions it is but it contains 380g caster sugar, 200g flour, 4 tbsp lemon curd , 600g...

If you keep a record of your carbs and insulin (novorapid) try dividing your daily carb by units of insulin you need, you may find your ratio is nearer 1 in 7 or 8 rather than 1 in 10. 273g carb 39 units novorapid is nearly 1 in 7, perhaps you should try this ratio for a few days.

Make a fritatta; fry half a diced onion, 2 rashers cut into 1cm pieces, 2 sliced peperamis .half a tin of new potatoes sliced. Beat 6 eggs with 200ml milk and as much grated cheese as you like, add some mixed herbs. pour the egg/milk mixture over the other ingrdients, cook over a low heat until...

TELL your GP you want a thyroid function test, Type 1 DM is an auto immune disease as are some types of hypo thyroidism, the two often go hand in hand, don't ask, TELL!

Try using ground almonds instead of the flour. If that doesn't work, put the ground almonds in a food processor and pulse it until it looks like flour, don't overdo it or you end up with almond butter. Doing that is much cheaper than buying almond flour.

I have a slightly different one; 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour 1/4 cup ground flax seeds 1 tbsp whole flax seeds 1/2 tsp unrefined sea salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 4 eggs beaten 2 tsp honey, optional 1/2 tsp raw cider vinegar grease a loaf tin, cook at 150 for about 30-40 mins

I used to work in a hospital pathology lab for more than 30 years. There is a lot of misunderstanding about normal values, the figures that most sources give are the ranges for 95% of the population (2 tailed statistical analysis). That means that the individual normal value for 1 in 20 of the...

Almost certainly, but I needed the job and realistically he could have sacked me if I made a fuss. The woman's husband played golf with the consultant hence no admitting paperwork. A nurse told me this later. HR told me I would need a lot more to make anything stick.

I worked in a hospital pathology laboratory for more than 30 years and had some appalling experiences with doctors managing (or not) diabetics. Two stories, request from a doctor for a blood alcohol. "The patient is lapsing in and out of consciousness and smells strongly of alcohol" In those...