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After 7 months or being told that it wasn't cost effective to give T2s test strips the hospital sent another letter to my GP office strongly suggesting that they furnish me with anything I require for testing. I went to my pharmacy yesterday to pick up my Victoza and test strips, they didn't...

I've been enrolled in the local area weight management service by my GP and today I was given my dietary outline which is as follows: (based on BMR with 600 calorie deficit) Calories per day: 3000 Starches: 15 portions (80 calorie portions) Fruit & vegetables: 12 portions (40 calorie...

I'm now five days in to the Newcastle plan and have been quite surprised with how easy it's been to follow so far. I started out with Slimfast shakes, but have just swapped over to the Asda Measure Up variety. Not as tasty as the Slimfast brand, slightly too gooey and limited to just three...

For the last 7 or so years I have been suffering pain when walking which has progressivly become worse and worse until I find myself barely able to go over 100m before the pain forces me to stop. I have seen two GPs and a neurologist about this and each time they said that it sounded like the...

On friday past I had an appointment with a Neurology specialist about the pains in my leg. After quite an in depth examination and a lot of strutting around in just my boxers :oops: he said that he's 99% sure that I have Peripheral Neuropathy. He's scheduled 2 MRIs (one for lower back, one for...

Just had my second appointment with the nurse this morning. Following on from the initial appointment when I was diagnosed a fortnight ago I have been staggering my dosage of Metformin up one each week until a reaching 3 per day (tomorrow). She asked me to allow a week on one a day to let...

I was recently - last week - diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. A tad unexpected at 27. I have been trawling the WWW since looking for information and this appeared as a friendly and informative place to park up. I hope to bump into some of you around the place.