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Blimey Bluetit, how did you get your BP down that low? I think ive done well if i get mine down to 170/95, & thats WITH max dose Ramipril!

Sounds like an almost Gluten / cereal free diet would work, i was on a GF diet for ages and didnt have a major problem with it. My big problem would be being hungry. One of my meds has the side effect of making you feel hungry, home made veggie soup here i come I guess!

Thank you, don't feel so bad knowing that its not just me who's felt like this. I dont cope well with change, and am so tired of being told by so called professionals that i must do this or that, and then find out thats wrong...... Did any of you get found to be anaemic at the same time?

Lenny, Did you feel like i do in the beginning?

Hi Im becoming very anxious and quite low as a result of the confusion im feeling over this Diabetes merlarky. Recently diagnosed as Type 2 (only just as readings range 8.2 - 10. Something), i cant remember what the long term readings were but they werent hugely alarming, i was sent to the...

I dont understand this, the book tbat the diabetic nurse gave me said that at least half of your plate should be slow release carbs (wholemeal pasta, rice, seedy bread, potatoes etc)!

Kale is yummy as 'greens', steamed with roast dinners! Kale apart, ive been quietly in tears trying to get my head around what i should and shouldnt be eating. Ive cut my coca cola (full fat consumption) down to one can a week, and cut out sweets, but that apart i havent made much in the way of...

Me too, can i be a bridesmaid and wear a huge meringue please, ive always wanted to wear one.....

Eddie, I think you sound lovely, and im sure you will find your princess out there!

Your DLA award will normally end on your 18th birthday, but if for example you were awarded a lifetime award, it would just start again as an adult award. The most likely is that you will need to make a new application for PIP as an adult (PIP has replaced DLA for adults). Remember though that...

It depends on Health Authority whether Type 2 get the strips or not on prescription. Oxfordshire limits it to Type 1 and Type 2 who are injecting!

I have been reading about Metformin (due to start it this week), and its particular side effect of causing the trots. Initially i thought Yippee, weight loss, but having put my 'thinking head on' as would say Judge Judy, suddenly realised it could have dire consequences for my other meds. I...

Well if i get the trots with it, perhaps I will lose some weight, or is that wishful thinking?

Really sorry Bell, I think i hijacked your thread, blooming computers!

Thank you all for your messages. I dont seem to have made much progress in respect of changing my lifestyle. I had planned to go for a walk with my husband, but he has hurt his back and can't walk far, and as amongst other things i have a form of agoraphobia I cant go out! I have been busy at...

I cant remember how long Ive been on Co-codamol 500/30 for. They are on repeats along with Ibruprofen, and Tramadol. Im sure Im hooked, but as pain is my bedpartner it really isnt an issue! I am also definitely hooked on Venlafaxine, Quetiapine & Tegretol, but as they enable me to function its...

Hi Bell Welcome to the forum. Im new too, but people seem very friendly and helpful. Dont worry too much about not having a diabetic nurse, mine left me feeling more confused than ever! Big hugs xxx

Hi, Im really confused, in fact so confused tbat ive just had a yummy binge-! I got given a couple of booklets by Diabetes nurse, but these just conttadict each other. According to one i should eat approx 30° Carbs, in the other, it restricts them. So what did you do? And then theres...

No idea if Im doing this right, but here goes..... Im 54yrs old, and live in North Oxfordshire, UK with my long sufferring husband. I no longer work due to poor health, but enjoy sewing (I made all tbe gifts we gave this year), and going for long, slow walks. Oh and ive just been diagnosed as...