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    Help needed

    We normally visit our son together, on a few occasions if I have another commitment she may go on her own. My wife has historicaly been the main shopper, certainly for small shopping lists, for the weekly or bulk ones I always go to give a hand lifting and carrying. We are both guilty over the...
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    Help needed

    It's been a while since I have been on the forum, thanks for those that have added further suggestions and for the hugs. @jayney27 Thanks for the meal suggestions. Unfortunately my wife doesn't eat eggs much, she gets some reaction to them but can't recall what though. She does eat them, but it...
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    Help needed

    CherryAA After a lot of hassle and debate, I managed to convince my wife to adopt a higher protein and lower carb content meals approach. Albeit we do love pasta, risotto and curry's and unfortunately chocolate. It has certainly helped with BG control and to a lesser degree some weight loss...
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    Sharps Box Disposal Nightmares!

    My wife recently had this issue of disposing of sharps from her test machine and victosa injections. So I checked the local council website (castle point - CPBC); this pointed me to a government page, which then sent me back to the local council website. So after a further read of the castle...
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    Why is the Low Carb programme No Longer Free?

    I think you will find the answer in video 1 https://www.lowcarbprogram.com/app/#/lesson/welcome-to-the-program/ in that the type 2 texting program is subscription based to provide a meter, test strips etc. As it is possible to obtain free meters from many manufacturers and buy test strips...
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    Help needed

    #cherryaa @cherryyaa (not sure if either will work) Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. Thankfully she loves cheese and milk, so my initial thoughts are more of this, shame about the pasta though as she makes a terrific lasagne. Although, I recently bought 1kg of almond flour, which I...
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    Help needed

    Cherryaa Yes your first sentence is a fair summary. Thanks for the rest too. However, with one crucial exception - It's not just since she became diabetic that she eats less, She has always eaten like a mouse, yet gained weight. As a child (many years before I met her) she was even put on a...
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    Help needed

    It's not a matter of good stuff v bad stuff, it's a desire not to eat that is the bigger issue. She is an extremely good cook, managed our sons dietary needs including counting calories, GI balance etc. Yes i could take over meal preparation, especially as i am shortly going to retire, which...
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    Help needed

    No she hasn't. I have noticed a couple of people ask this question. It would help me understand why this is important, one post said under active thyroid causes weight gain, is this the sole reason? I just found this useful guide to uk thyroid tests...
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    Newly diagnosed but confused by the diabetic nurse

    Exactly, and surely that is why one needs to see the snapshot in time of the average 3 monthly figure on a monthly (or more frequent) basis, this then gives a truer indication or what is happening in the patients life. So for example: A test on say 31-March would cover the 90 days prior...
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    Help needed

    Yes at least one of her asthma meds' is steroid based. Unfortunately I am unable to say what a typical days diet is as: 1) she doesn't note it, even though I have suggested it would be beneficial so that the BG values I extract from her machine periodically can be overlayed to the dietary...
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    Newly diagnosed but confused by the diabetic nurse

    Do you have the link to the NICE guidelines? I would like to print them off and take them to appointments with GP.
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    Newly diagnosed but confused by the diabetic nurse

    Hi Jackie, I don't understand this three month testing scenario either. Personally I would expect a monthly test, reviewing the results that are three months apart. I had this with my wife's diabetes and got her a free meter from one of the manufacturers. This idea of try changing your diet...
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    Help needed

    Hi all. My name is David age 61 (Oct). we live in SE Essex between Southend & Basildon. I am not diabetic but my wife is Type 2 diabetic and I am overweight enough (BMI 46) to be in the diabetes risk category, whenever I see my GP this is mentioned. My wife's medication has just been...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Hi all. My name is David age 61 (Oct). And we live in SE Essex between Southend & Basildon. I am not diabetic but my wife is Type 2 diabetic and I am overweight enough to be in the diabetes risk category. My wife's medication has just been changed from a second tablet, can't recall name of...