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    Cut my foot, can I use any type of antiseptic cream?

    Last night I stood on something sharp and cut my heel. I cleaned the wound and removed whatever it was that I stood on (couldn't see what it was!) and put a plaster on it. Today its really sore, as expected but I wondered if I was OK to use tea tree oil or propolis gel as antiseptic and...
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    Hi

    I joined this forum back in 2010 when my late mum was ill and wanted some advice about diabetes as I was diagnosed with glucose intolerance. I am now, as I feared I would become, diabetic. I was diagnosed on 6 December and immediately put on 1 metaformin and 1 simsvastatin a day. My 1st...
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    Heading towards diabetes!

    Hi My mum is 89 and insulin dependent, my sister is on tablets and my best friend is also insulin dependent, so you'd think I'd know how to avoid becoming diabetes. Yes, I do, but have I done much about it? Answer is no. My GP has been wonderful and keeps cajoling me to do something and I did...