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    What Is It With Statin Drugs And Doctors?

    I cut down on carbs, and increased the amount of fat I was eating while my total cholesterol remains within norms, my 'bad' cholesterol is slightly over range, and I'm now on statins. The consultant that prescribed it wasn't interested in any argument I made ( my wife was told statins increase...
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    Still Struggling

    A few answers to points raised, routine has been a hard thing to achieve as up until Friday 4th I work a 4 cycle shift. As I am being let go on that date, it should become easier. I have tried to eat a semi Atkins diet for a while and now have been put on a cholesterol tablet. I think it is a...
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    Still Struggling

    I was diagnosed back in 2013 with type 2, and I struggled to come to terms with what it meant to me. This feeling wasn't helped by the differing advice I got from GP's, consultants, nurses, etc, nobody said the same thing twice, and the confusion got worse when I googled the condition. My...
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    Reusing lancets?

    I have a sharps container too, when I go away from home I use either the test strip container or a tic tac box. I would never put a bare needle in a waste/rubbish bin
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    Diabetes Burnout.

    I don't know about anyone else, but the thing that frustrates me the most are the so called experts that claim that if you follow their plan it will reverse type 2 diabetes. On my diabetic journey so far I was led to believe that I will always have diabetes and it is how I manage it that counts...