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I like to have a slice of Hi-Lo or LivLife toast with my egg and bacon breakfast. I am going on holiday in France soon and staying in rented apartments. Does anyone know if either of these loaves or something similar are available in supermarkets in France?

Maybe just poor reporting showing a bottle of red wine but what wines are they talking about? BBC News - Two glasses of wine enough to hit daily sugar limit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60390314

Has anyone else had problems with the Spirit Healthcare website? I have ordered before without difficulty but this time the website navigation doesn't seem to work properly and although I have the box ticked as diabetic, it is still trying to charge me VAT. When I emailed them they said it all...

Blurred vision is a common symptom of changes in blood glucose level. As I understand it the lens is changed in focal length by a minute change in the curvature of the eyeball. It takes some time, maybe a few weeks, for the brain to adjust to focussing with a new power of lens. The part I don't...

Just got a text from my local surgery and booked my flu jab for Saturday, it seems a shortage of vaccine doesn't apply here. Although it is being given at the same centre as the Covid jabs they are not waiting to give a booster and flu jab at the same time.

Last week when I was out walking I had double vision for about a minute, no other symptoms, just a bit dizzy, I have never had anything like that before. Today I took the same route and at the place it happened I measured my BG it was 4.7. I realise that a lot of people would find that...

It would be impossible for Abbott to test compatibility with all models of phones combined with all the versions of operating system. If you have a phone working well with Libre 2 please add it to the thread. I will make a list when there are enough entries. The OS version is probably in...

This was discussed on another thread but was apparently derailing it, so I have posted here instead. Antibody levels induced by mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are much higher than those induced by natural infection and confer cross-reactivity that could be effective against new variants, a new study...

I have just finished my 14 days free trial of the Libre 2, my first experience of a “CGM” so I thought I would write some notes for future reference. I have included them here in the unlikely event that someone else might find them of interest. I should point out that I am a diet only...

My free trial Libre is on its way, thanks to @DunePlodder alerting me to the offer. I would like to make as much use out of this opportunity as possible, so I would appreciate any advice from experienced users. 1) What mistakes should I avoid as a first time user? 2) How should I glean the most...

It used to be said that Type 2 diabetes occurs when not enough insulin is produced or insulin resistance prevents glucose being absorbed. I have noticed recently on the forum that the "not enough insulin" explanation seems to have been dropped. As an example in a thread today someone said of...

I have to renew my driving licence every 3 years as I am over 70, I think the same thing applies if you are an Insulin user. There has been an automatic extension of photocard licences by 7 months if they expire during the period 1 Feb to 31 Aug 2020 due to Covid 19. However some of the wording...

If you want to know about the Oxford vaccine, how it work and the state of the trials, there is probably no better source than this video. Professor Sarah Gilbert who gives the talk is the project lead for the Oxford vaccine development. If you don't want to watch it all, don't miss the...

In case anyone hasn't noticed there is Coronavirus information on the main Diabetes.co.uk website. Hopefully it will be kept up to date. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/your-guide-to-the-coronavirus-should-i-be-worried/

I like to read the various coronavirus threads but it is difficult to keep track of which ones are about what aspect of the problem. The titles are similar and the threads are divergent. Shortage of toilet paper is in the same thread as questions about compromised immunity. Please make the...

I went to the local surgery today to have my 6 month blood test. The normally crowded waiting room was completely empty and I saw the nurse immediately, which is unheard of. I asked her why she didn't have any customers and she said that she assumed nobody wanted to run the risk of mixing with...

I see some posts where the member is classified as BANNED yet they appear to be still active - what does this mean?

When I started a low carb diet over 4 years ago I heard about cauliflower rice as a low carb substitute so I tried it. The version I tried was vacuum packed and was very unpleasant, so I made my own, even using a food processor it was very uneven and generated lots of mess. Since then I have...

My daughter wants to lose weight and having seen my success with a low carb diet wants to try it. Unlike me she is not diabetic so she doesn't need to track BG. Can anyone suggest a simple iPhone app she could use to track carbs and calories as I think she is more likely to use that rather than...

On a recent post the OP asked about introducing more carbs into a low carb diet if they were in remission. It made me wonder what diet members would say they could have safely eaten before they were diabetic, for the diabetes never to have developed. Assuming that we are talking about Type 2...