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Thank you Noblehead. My total cholesterol is higher than the nurse would like, but the individual levels are all fine, as I found out at the hospital when I did the Xpert course. I am presuming she did get mixed up, as you say.

Thank you 4ratbags, My cholesterol is higher than she would like, but I have tried various statins and I can't tolerate them, so I can't take them. It puzzled me that she said the test measures cholesterol over three months. I didn't think it did, so I was wondering if anyone knew. I think...

Hi I've just had my annual review with the practise nurse and she said that a cholesterol test measures the levels over three months. I have never heard of this, and wondered if she had it mixed up in her mind with the HbA1c. I thought the test measured the cholesterol in your body at the...

I haven't had this problem, but I think you should tell your DSN about it, it sounds very unpleasant.

That is just my attitude to GM products, including insulin. I know a lot of people are fine on the analogues, but there are those of us who have problems which are very unpleasant and it's a shame we have to suffer for the pig-headedness of those who are supposed to care for us. I haven't...

Hi Picklebean, if the occasion ever arises, feel free to use it, lol. CarbsRok, that was a brilliant answer! Did he get off his ample backside or were you just given the insulin you wanted, with a few dose guidelines? That seems to have happened to me, but who cares? If being non...

Thanks for your replies. Fraddycat, I will keep challenging, I am tired of them knowing best, when they don't! Picklebean, they really get on my nerves. Their qualifications, imho, mean they have read a book, while we live it. They have no idea what it is to live with this apart from what...

Hi all Oral drugs haven't suited me, apart from Metformin, which never caused me any problems, so I was started on insulin in August 2011. I asked if I could have an animal insulin but apparently I couldn't, so I got Novomix 30. I put on a stone in a month and still can't lose it. :roll...

Hi. I've been taking Januvia for two weeks now and I'm not feeling very well. I get nausea, drowsiness and some dizziness too. Is this going to wear off or does Januvia not suit me? Will it make life a lot better in the long run? Help. :) Meggy

Jaykay I've had cauliflower and broccoli with bolognese for quite some time because I'm not too fond of pasta, and I prefer it, but then, I'm odd, lol. I ate it like that pre diabetic too. Carty There's a New Zealand site that gefmayhem mentioned, and I've tried their low carb bread and it's...

Maybe your uncle Geoff was a very nice person? lol. I was never that fond of chocolate, so I don't miss it, but I did find a low carb muffin recipe and chopped a bar of 85% chocolate into it. It makes 12 muffins so you don't get a lot in each one, but they are very good. I think I got the...

Hi Gef I'll use that name because you don't like your own, lol. My dad is called Gilbert and he detests it, and when he met my mum, she was with her cousin and he said his name begins with G and they had to guess it. She said Geoff and he said that would to, and to this day my mum's side of...

Hello Bix and thank you for the welcome.

Hi Carol Thanks for that tip, I bought some today and will be having it with strawberries or raspberries for dessert this evening. It's for my partner really, as I prefer cream and fruit is no good to me, but he is low carbing to support me and to lose some weight. He normally likes fruit...

Hi gefmayhem I like your name, lol. My life feels like mayhem sometimes with all this, so I can appreciate why you picked it. Unless there's another reason..? Lol. Thank you for the article, it's very interesting, contains facts I didn't know, and shows that Dr Atkins was basing his diet on...

I don't think the mismanagement was deliberate, but the NHS doesn't seem to learn, which you would think they would when people who low carb do so well. I wonder if the lack of advice on diagnosis is because the doctor/nurse wasn't as clued up as we expect them to be? Our expectations may...

Hi Gefmayhem Thank you :D My attitude comes from finding out about diabetes and passing on my information to the DN, who pooh poohed it immediately and said I should follow her instructions. I could see, even when newly diagnosed, that she was wrong, but there was no moving her. Carbs keep...

Thanks Jaykay, no way will I back down, lol. I'm not as stroppy as I may come across in my post, but these people are annoying beyond reason. The ones who refuse to learn really annoy me, as it seems they are trying to treat type 2 as type 1. That dietician even showed me a booklet that's for...

I forgot to mention that after a couple of weeks of not taking any medication, I went back on the Metformin (2 twice a day) and have been on it since, almost a year now. Despite low carbing the numbers weren't going down enough, so I'm trying Januvia as well. Fingers crossed! Meggy

Hello, I'm Meggy and my story is very similar to many others I've read while lurking around this forum. I was diagnosed 18 months ago and told to keep to a healthy diet everyone should have, and to make sure to have carbs at every meal. I did as I was told and my blood sugar levels crept up of...