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Hee Hee. Good idea but getting the great big wimp to prick his own fin ger! He just seems a candidate - over 20 stone, (well 17 now), in his 70s, unfit, likes sugary food - and there am I at 7stone 12lbs, very fit ................. life just ain't fair is it.

My husband has developed what he says are chilblains on 3 toes and is treating them with germolene. He is type 2. He gets angry and nasty when I try to get him to see his GP or diabetic nurse and wouldn't attend an appt I made on his behalf. I cook him low carb meals but suspect he...

I try to think - high protein, moderate fats and carbs. I did say TRY!

I saw on a TV programme about sleep deprivation that sleeping more than 8hrs a night was positivly harmful (except for children, teenagers and the elderly) so I wouldn't worry too much. Shift work makes establishing a good pattern is obviously not helpful either. You can buy blackout curtain...

Yes I think that is the answer Geordie, when I feel the urge to snack I say to myself - if you are really hungry make yourself a mini meal - then when I decide I can't be bothered I've saved myself a few calories, but if I really need it I've made sure it was a low carb one. (well thats the...

A neighbour's son - he was about 16 at the time - was stung by a wasp (just a bog standard English wasp, not a European one) swelled up all over and started to have breathing difficulties. We took him to A&E where he was given an antihistamine injection. His mum said he's definitely been stung...

Poor woman, first her clothes, then her hair, now her food! Lord help her if she's ever caught having a glass of alcohol!

Your itch could have been a touch of dermatitis herpetifloris (I haven't spelled that right) which is a kind of offshoot/side effect of Coeliac Disease, it can be very very distressing and some people who are not controlling their CD effectively can suffer from it for years. When its really bad...

Not quite sure what's going on here. Are you telling me that metformin causes liver damage?

Boo Hoo We can't get Ocado deliveries up here in the frozen neglected north.

Try this site http://members2.boardhost.com/glutenfree/ or if that link doesn't work (mine seldom do) try typing - the coeliac, dh and gluten free forum - into google. They helped me a lot but I'm not type 1. LCHF dieting can be adapted very easily.

I was shortsighted before the cataracts were removed, and I was less shortsighted afterwards - but my reading sight deteriorated so that I had to get specs for reading when I'd managed fine without them before. Anyway, I was 75 at the time so it wasn't much of a bother. I did have some problems...

Too much insulin folks? Now why didn't someone explain that in the beginning? The info I was given at GPs and at clinic was that diabetic's pancreas was damaged and so I assumed NOT producing the stuff. I've spoken to someone at 'headquarters' who was very helpful - well almost too helpful...

Has anyone been given a free 12 week course at Slimming World by their GP? Can you recommend it? I have looked through the hype on their webpage and their recipes seem very high carb and include potatoes, pasta and rice. This is totally against everything I've learned on here and is going to...

Did your GP really give you a meter and strips? Wow!

Someone on another forum suggested halving it like you do, then standing it peeled side down on the board and cutting it into segments (a bit like you might do with an onion) and then removing the thin strip from the edge. I haven't tried it yet but it sounds a good idea - was this what you...

Cauliflower mash is made by boiling cauli florets until soft - draining well (really well) and mashing with butter and cream as you do with potatoes. I like to add some feta cheese too - the resulting mash looks, and almost tastes like mashed potato. You can do the same with celariac (but its a...

I agree. There are many many more foods more undesirable than skimmed milk. Use it if you want to - just not too much of it! and while we're at it, whu not eat low fat marg instead of butter, it won't kill you especially if you read the label and count the carbs in your daily allowance. And...

I agree about not knowing how unwell you feel and not realising it until you're better - I was the same before I had my hysterectomy, when it was over I couldn't believe how ill I'd been feeling. My husband won't exercise either and refuses to come with me on walks or to the swimming pool, and...

It's a real pity people endorsing the low carb diet don't refine it to 'control' type 2 diabetes rather than 'curing' it. Although I have no medical knowledge, I imagine if we went back to eating everything in sight we'd all soon be back on the medication.