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  1. Swiftnick

    Eating in General

    Hi Riffraff2. I'm 64 and was diagnosed with type 2 two and a half years ago. I cook a bulk (normally two trays) of a potato and vegetable bake - eg sweet potato, aubergine, swede, carrot, leeks - and decant it into plastic tubs, some of which I freeze. In the morning I dish out a portion with a...
  2. Swiftnick

    Not coping :(

    Hi Sue. It came as a shock when I was diagnosed 18 months ago, especially when I was told I needed to inject insulin. I think it's a case of being positive and making some lifestyle changes with the diet, eg I now cook up a potato and veg bake, which is pretty healthy, and I've cut down (not...
  3. Swiftnick

    Advised to reuse lances? Is that right?

    I was advised to change lances for every test, but when I'm driving this is inconvenient. But I do change them every day. I'm now wondering if this is more frequent than I need to. And what's with washing hands every time? I find that next to impossible, and regularly have diesel / petrol / mud...
  4. Swiftnick

    How many hypos do you have a week?

    Hi Eldorado. I think 3cis rather low to be warned about hypos, and I think any regular hypos is too many. My lowest reading so far has been 3.7 but I felt OK, but I fainted once and my reading was 6. I often wonder how accurate readings are, and this is worrying when the numbervis low
  5. Swiftnick

    Type 1 condition, diagnosed October '16

    Type 1 condition, diagnosed October '16