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    NHS saves money on T2's

    You can only tell people what is happening to you by your own experience ,i was on 3 monthly hcb1 and because i look after myself regarding the T2 i was awarded with my hcba1c being stretched out to 4 months then it will be six and then 12 months ,this is what happens when doctors are put in...
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    GP'S banned from prescribing costly diabetes drugs

    this is part of the warm up to doctors controling their own bugets as the the nhs is being parted out to make way for privatization ,noticed the amount of adverts for private medical insurance latley ? doctors now are doing more proceedurs in house as they get paid money for keeping it in...
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    NHS saves money on T2's

    Got diagnosed last sept the short one is i got my sugar level down been very careful with my diet and got what the doctor called realy excellent results with my 3 monthly test ,so good that they have now decided to strectch my blood tests out to 4 months ! is this common practice ? it would seem...
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    Somerset Health Care [The lack of it] UK

    Totally disastisfied does not come close after being diag nosed [ 4 sept 2010 ] and having to wait 6 weeks for desmonds ,i then phone the booking office to see when i could get in well guess what they now say past the end of january ! so i gave up on that one ,the doctor told me i would have to...
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    Vinegar

    I have been taking cider vinegar for rhmourtoid athritis long befor being diagnosed as T2 ,an old boy told me he took it for years for the same thing so i tried it and it worked for me ,i also noticed that i got a lower bg when i took it ,sometimes i did not take it for days then my shoulders...
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    Useless GP surgery

    here you go this will make you feel better ,diagnosed 2months ago T2 gluco level 25 put on metformin 3x a day [500mg] plus a statin [aparently borderline colesterol] told i would go to DESMONDS ] after i checked it was a 6 week wait! asked for a diatician ended up with a the nurse and a common...
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    Doctors and that £75000 bonus

    The artical i saw stated that a asian doctor [a GP] got £4000 000 in a year because of the bonus scheem ,he said when questioned on this this [it was closer to £300,000 ] inc of salary. google [doctors £75000 bonus ] gp,s do consult at hospitals gp,s do get bonus,s there are variouse grades of...
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    Doctors and that £75000 bonus

    Just so you know the government is giving a £75000 BONUS to doctors, they say its to encourage good practice ,sadly its the other way ,they are putting the NHS budget into the hands of the doctors,and in the run up to the hand over people will have to get used to not getting treatments and not...
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    Test Strips stopped

    My doctor will not even give me a persciption for them ,and after some home work i found out why ,when the government shut down the pct,s [save money ] the are giving the budget over to the doctors ,and to make sure they are going to save the money the government are giving the doctors £75000...
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    HOW DO I DO THAT ?

    Dont press the preview button I just spent 45 minuets writing on T2 ,then i pressed preview and bingo got back to SIGNE IN PAGE any body else suffered the same ?
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    Donation spent asking me for MORE money.

    ok there is a lot of friction on charities and some of it with good reason ,i was offered a 4x4 brand new for £3000 so i said whats the catch he said they are painted orange and have an obscure name but the running gear is vw as it goes they were made for a very big charity and something went...
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    what a shock,diabetes diy! yes its a long *****

    Carry on Diabetic (Yeovil) It is just like a carry on film trying to get anything done in yeovil diagnosed T2 the doctor has a good line when i said about a gluco level of 25 ,dont worry your on the pills you wont die ! It would seem that the doctor is god because the nhs appointments booking...
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    Athletes Foot

    hello ,i had that and can only speak for my own experience but i have tried a few things and the only thing that worked is scholl tolnaftate atheletes foot spray ,dont buy the powder one its no good i had eczema on my feet and it cleared that up:
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    Diabetic Food - Why is it sold?

    yes i have been told its a waste of money ,apart from that it has sugar in it ! its a numbers game because its a big market people who dont know will buy it ,the simple one is dont buy processed foods ,buy fresh :
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    Aspartame & Candarel

    check out splender ,it wont scrable your brain cells like aspartame
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    We're too expensive. Type 2's.

    The nhs is cleaning out the deadwood, if you are diabetic your woods dead. IN YEOVIL new to T2 but going through the mill trying to get anything from the so called medical profesonals in yeovil tried even going to the [pals] at the pct =1st took all the details said she would get back to me...
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    Type 2- I not, never have been Obese!

    i was going on 15 stone [5,11] then lost 2 stone in 2 months ,yes T2 now i weigh 165 lbs,i get pi***d of with people saying diabetics are fat , and its there fault i would like to put on some weight, as for the bbc and a program about canadian diabetics yanks are the most obesse on the planet...
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    Diabetes UK and Bayer USB Contour Meter

    meters are like 8track machines of the seventys machine costs £15 butthe cartriges cost a £5 a go when the nhs stops paying for the strips and lancets the compition will kick in and the price will come down:
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    what a shock,diabetes diy! yes its a long *****

    2 spine opperations /knee opp/rymurtoid /then diabetes ,all the rest i can live with ,but i was shocked at the attitude of the doctor =lost 2 stone in 2 months and went to the doctor had a blood test, gluco level 25 ,he perscribed metformin ,said see the nurse she gave me an infomation pack most...
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    Cold Sores

    hi there,s a small hand held lazer on the market for this kind of thing ,came accros it trawling though the diabetic collums google it ,anyway with diabetes your imune will be down you might try a book on vitimins its called [vitamins and minerals a step by step guide,by karen sullivan]this...