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Sorry this doesn't answer your actual question re stopping or treating neuropathy, but would you be able to get anti-fatigue or ergonomic mats in your workplace? We have a warehouse at work and we provide this matting for staff who stand all day.

I started getting migraines in my mid twenties after going on the Pill, and giving that up didn't stop the headaches. After countless food diaries and medications (herbal and chemical)and threatened hysterectomy and living a very strange life of sleeping the exact same amount weekdays and...

I didn't have any symptoms at all. But suddenly I found it hard to get up a staircase at work. The more I did it on a particularly busy day Friday afternoon, the more breathless I felt. On the Monday I had a routine prescription appointment with my GP and I mentioned it, thinking he'd tell me...

Hi there, Thanks for your messages, I'm strangely relieved to discover it's not just me. It's interesting what you say about the variable insulin resistance Saz1 as there's seems to be a pattern to my lows. My cycle has become really short since diagnosis, but I wasn't actually seeing the two...

Hi Jopar, Thanks again! My problem is that I live in Scotland! When I mentioned the NICE guidelines to my DSN in June she told me to ignore those completely and read the relevant Scottish Guidelines SIGN 55. Trouble is, they don't contain target blood glucose levels, but I think they're up...

Hi Jopar, Many thanks for your response. I did test religiously after meals to find what foods would work, I thought I'd kind of got there with the basics and intended testing less as I'm supplementing the prescribed strips on ebay. After the last HbA1c the consultant mentioned that next time...

Hi there, I was hoping you wise and experienced folk might be able to help with a query. Is it possible to get your blood sugar down a bit too low? I've started to find fasting readings in the 3s. Looking back I can see that a couple of months ago they were 5s and 6s, with the occasional 4...

I used to do a mixture of mung and aduki beans, the colours contrast nicely and they both start with a 24 hour soak. Chick pea sprouts are lovely and nutty, and black-eyed beans taste good. Thanks for reminding me about them, my boss thinks I'll die of scurvy now I don't eat any fresh fruit...

Hi Nigel, I was first diagnosed as Type 1 in March this year when I suffered a pulmonary embolism. Now I'm thought to be Type 2 after all and no longer have to administer insulin, but I was in your situation regarding bruising and anticoagulants. I even injected my own enoxaparin at weekends...

Hi Phil, I was in your situation, in March this year as well! I had been at the GP about a routine prescription and had mentioned that for the last week or so I'd been a bit breathless. A wee bit, going up stairs. He sent me down to the hospital and I was there for a week. I was diagnosed...

Hi there, Thanks for posting the reassurances, sorry to hear you're in the same boat Haptagud, hope it gets resolved soon. I'd just rather know what I was dealing with so I can accept it and move on. Cheers Marlee

Hi there, I'd like to ask if my experience is unusual or common. I was diagnosed with Type 1 while I was in hospital for something else entirely. I was really thrown to be told I was "definitely" Type 1 despite the fact I'm 40 and had no symptoms of either 1 or 2. (I'm overweight but...

Hi there, Thanks very much for your responses. Today my fasting level was 6.6, after porridge and an hour's cycling it was 13.9, down to 9.0 an hour after that. I'll give scrambled eggs a go tomorrow morning, at least the pan will be easier to clean.... Cheers Marlee

Hi there, This is my first post, apologies for such a simple question. I was diagnosed at 40 two months ago while in hospital for something completely unrelated - at first I was typed as 1, but there's now some confusing test results and I'm to go back in three months for another blood test...