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I decided at the last minute make some Christmas cakes for my morris associates and family using the old recipe, which involves steeping the fruit in orange and lemon juice and a glass of Martini Bianco. I was crying last night as I stirred up the bowl - the smell brought back memories of all...

I needed to access the result of my recent eye screening on line this year, but got a letter to tell me so - could have simply told me but perhaps that is too simple and straightforward. Now I have yet another password to remember. Another bit of information was that the frequency of eye...

After various problems and delays I eventually got my blood samples taken today. The nurse told me that I was overdue for various checks being done, but she had to give me another appointment as she did not have the time to fit them into her schedule for today. I don't know if I should be...

Ever since the start of 2017 I have managed my type 2 diabetes by eating low carb, at first with a limit of 50gm of carbs a day and now no more than 40. I used to eat twice a day and now it is often only once, but it seems to be good for me, I feel well, and recently I have been checking my BG...

I know I altered the settings to get rid of the red before - but I can't remember how. Help!! I can't live with the red.

I have been using a pressure cooker recently - as it really cuts down on energy use, and it has really helped to reduce cooking times. I can see a drop in the advancing of numbers on the meters, having started to check them regularly. I had stopped cooking things such as swede, as it takes so...

I just found out that my Hba1c was 52 last December. I had a phone call in January about taking statins, but my diabetes was not even mentioned. My levels have dropped again now, but I have read that Covid can raise BG levels. The short story is that I suspect that I was the source of the...

I just found a post I put on here has been copied onto Twitter to be used as an example of how nasty I am to Vegans. I don't know if I ought to be flattered or not, but I am rather saddened by the thought that that there are people visiting this site to find things to use to stir up trouble.

I just tried to make pancakes which are very low carb. I used a goblet mixer/blender. A small amount of water, the batter should be quite thick, a blob of mozzarella cheese, 125gm, torn into about 6 pieces, 3 eggs, and I tried psyllium husk. About a teaspoonful should be right - I tried a...

I went to have an eye scan, delayed from midsummer, and did not expect any problems. I put the deterioration in my sight down to not having my eyes tested for a few years and needing new glasses. For various reasons I can't afford new glasses. So - the letter came a few days ago and indeed I...

I was on the low carb program for free - I went to it and found that I had reached week 17, sleep - which is apt at the moment - so I listened to the presentation, rated it and did the quiz - then I found myself unable to do anything more as I was invited to subscribe at a discount. Has my...

My husband bought a lot of small tomatoes on the vine quite cheaply on a trip to the post office. They were quire ripe, so I have been eating more than usual and did not check my blood glucose until today, having finished off the last of them as they were not going to last another day. I was at...

I was wandering around Twitter, I think - (it was the early hour of the morning), and down one of the many rabbit holes I wandered I came across a report which explains the skewing of the deaths from the Corvid 19 virus more towards men. Not that I believe everything I read on the internet of...

Just a heads up - Lidl have got very high cocoa chocolate on sale - I believe it is £1.39 for a 125gm bar. I suggest stocking up if you like it, as the intel is that it only appears in the run up to Christmas and then vanishes away.....

A week ago on the Saturday of the August bank holiday weekend I was out in the blazing sun from just before noon to a little after 4pm. Due to the venue not supplying the things agreed, I was really short of anything to drink, a couple of pints of fluid were not adequate - I was even thinking of...

I bought a testing kit - the Tee2 - and have been using the greenish lancets which came with it, with the device set to 2. I have now looked at the box of lancets which I bought at the same time, from the same source, and they are blue, and when placed in the stabber, I had to turn it up to 7...

Tomorrow morning I have an appointment at my local GP clinic. I have been asked to arrange an annual review for my hypothyroid and diabetes in a series of letters from some central office far away. When I phoned I was given an appointment with a nurse at a different practice, so off I went -...

I received a letter asking me to make a 20 minute appointment for an annual general health check and review of my chronic conditions - twice in the letter it requested I bring a urine sample. When I called the number I was told that the appointment was at a surgery some distance away. I went...

I clicked on something claiming there was a connection between diabetes and eggs, and got a man who gave his name as Eric Whitfield and he went on, and on and on - and then on a bit more - claiming that diabetes is caused by pollution - particulates called PM 2.5 After going on and on and on a...

I am slightly concerned about the possibility of trade deals with the US bringing in bleached chicken and meat from cattle treated with hormones to promote growth. It might never happen, of course, but the local butcher has closed because the shop had not make a profit for some years. Eating...