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  1. Pete46

    Low carb and on insulin

    @Annb My wife has had an underactive thyroid for nealry 40 years and finds these two sites invaluable: http://www.thyroiduk.org/ and https://healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk. Hope these are of some use to you too.
  2. Pete46

    Chronic pain and raised blood sugars

    I will ask the DN for slow release Metformin if my HbA1c is as bad as I thing it will be, she is totally clueless about low carb diets but does like to rpiscribe medication, better that than contiually rising numbers though. Thanks everyone for all the input.
  3. Pete46

    Chronic pain and raised blood sugars

    Hi All I have long term chronic pain in many joints due to having hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and sustaining numerous injuries and dislocations over the years, I can only take paracetamol which barely works so I avoid taking it unless really necessary and I hardly sleep as I cannot get...
  4. Pete46

    Accuracy Of Different Blood Glucose Meters

    In early 2016, before we found this site, I was on maximum Metformin plus Gliclizide and my HbA1c had crept up to 89. The DN at our then surgery was getting concerned, we mentioned that we were considering changes to our diet after hearing about the Newcastle Diet in the news. I was offered a...
  5. Pete46

    Accuracy Of Different Blood Glucose Meters

    I have been using a GlucoRx Nexus provided by my GP surgery for over two years, we have just moved house to a different county and our new surgery has issued me with a B Braun Omnitest 3. This morning I used the Omnitest 3 for the first time and I also did a test with the Nexus for comparison...
  6. Pete46

    Easter Eggs

    If you like Hotel Chocolate dark chocolate eggs but find their prices a bit much wait until Easter Monday when they sell all their Easter stock off, usually at 50% off and you can check what stores have left in stock online. We will even drive to a different town to stores that stock the eggs...
  7. Pete46

    Why isn't hyperinsulinemia talked about more

    My wife has used Medichecks as well as Blue Horizon and found them to be very good, they are also have a partnership with Thyroid UK: https://www.medichecks.com/tests/insulin https://www.medichecks.com/tests/insulin-resistance-test
  8. Pete46

    Type 2 C-Peptide & GAD test on NHS

    How many of you have managed to get their GP to do the above blood tests on the NHS? I asked my GP if I could have either of these tests and was informed that they do not do them and that even if I was referred to an endocrinologist at the local hospital I would still not get them done on the...
  9. Pete46

    Samosa Alternatives

    Hi Everyone I am after suggestions for alternatives to vegetable samosas, bhajis and pakoras. We like the occasional chicken or prawn curry with cauliflower rice and are used to having vegetable samosas, bhajis and pakoras as the vegetable component but these cause my blood sugars to spike...