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Long and technical article on the effect of oxytocin on BG and weight. I used the forum search bar on oxytocin, and it's hardly ever mentioned on the forum, but it looks like there are some interesting links: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7888317/ My non diabetic friend came up...

It's a bit of an uncomfortable question but I'm still going to ask because I can't think of a likely cause. Usually I'm pretty good at working out what makes my diabetes behave in unusual ways, but this one has me baffled, so now I'm curious if others have experienced a similar thing, or if any...

Just a bit of a vent really, but thoughts and tips welcome of course, no matter your type of diabetes or medication. One thing I've learnt in 7+ years of having diabetes is that the best outside the box ideas sometimes come from those who aren't too familiar with it. During the first 4 years I...

All this talking of kefir on the What have you eaten today thread made me want to give it a try myself. I did some googling on it, which likely made it sound more complicated than it is, so now I'm asking here for real life experiences. :) If anyone would share what they do, preferably without...

I know there are threads and posts on hot chocolate but unfortunately the search bar doesn't pick up words of fewer than four letters. So a search gives me lots of posts containg the word chocolate but it's hard to find the ones about the drink, not the bar, so I started a new thread on it. I...

I've been on Fiasp for 4 (?) years or so, and initially I was very happy with the much quicker action than my previous NovoRapid had. No more prebolusing for 30 to 60 minutes, no more waiting for hours to see if my dose was correct before taking a correction. However, Fiasp has become almost...

Completely unrelated to diabetes but thought to ask for thoughts here first because, well, you're my gang, my friends, and this is my home. And without a clear diagnosis so far, I don't even know where to start finding a more suitable forum for my questions. In spring this year I got a surprise...

Help, I think I need a Christmas recipe! :wideyed: I decided to not drive to my uncle and aunt this year because my car is acting up, and I don't feel like getting stranded on Christmas. I also don't feel like driving through the storm anyway, so my car was a perfect excuse, and I declined two...

There's been mouth-watering talk of Wensleydale, Shropshire Blue, yarg, Lancashire cheese, stinky French cheese, cheese hampers, Montgomery's mature cheddar truckle, Stoney Cross and more on different threads. Most of those cheeses are unavailable in my country, and often unavailable of good...

My friend needs a translation of a particular type of unpaved road. Who better to ask than my favourite friendly group of native speakers! In Dutch it's called grintpad/paadje (if paved with gravel) or schelpenpad/paadje (if paved with broken seashells). It's meant for pedestrians or the...

I've recently taken up cold water swimming. (Very recently, I only went 3 times so far.) It started more or less accidentally. On our way back from the gym we took a different route because of a closed road. We saw a spot that looked good for swimming, so we went to check it out for future...

I'm sideways involved with a fairly newly diagnosed T2, a friend of my best friend. Together we've been feeding him information, and recently it clicked! He started testing, which led to him embracing cutting the carbs and becoming determined to get off medication. (If you've decided to join the...

This will be my monday morning game, I'm planning a new for me activity for six mondays, and I have reasons to expect a rise and reasons to expect a drop so it'll be a surprise! Gambling on your own is no fun, so I thought everyone could join in! I'd offer amazing prizes for the winners of...

Not likely diabetes related, but this being a common thing I wouldn't mind hearing what helped you. I've had a few over the years, and this one started two days ago and is now at the 'I WON'T LET YOU FORGET YOUR ARM IS SORE NO MATTER IF YOU MOVE OR SIT STILL' phase, including swollen fingers...

I know there are threads about this but I can't find the right search terms I think. I'm a fat couch potato, although I know how to handle a mildly intensive swimming session, which I do twice a week. Those are easy, anything over half an hour needs a close eye on a drop, and I can prevent the...

I went to the GP yesterday to ask for a referral for a physiotherapist, expecting to be told to get off my lazy behind and exercise more. Instead, I left with a referral to a reumathologist and a suspicion of having axSpA/Bechterews. The waiting list for the rheumathologist will likely be some...

Got some lab results back today with raised albumin (protein? not sure about the usual English terms) in my morning urine. I'll have my endo appointment on the 16th so I'd like to come prepared with some more knowledge. :) I know next to nothing about kidneys (except a good recipe), thinking...

I'll be visiting the UK for ten days early october so I thought to ask you what foods I definitely want to try! Having so many locals on hand on the forum I would be stupid to not make use of your collective wisdom. :joyful: I'm looking for tips on supermarket foods as well as eating out in...

Learning how to navigate the forum can be quite daunting so it's time for a manual. We already have the video beginner guides (https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/forum-beginners-video-guides.51729/) but they have become rather outdated, although still useful. Hopefully new videos will at...

Hi all, You may have noticed some posts have disappeared between yesterday afternoon and this morning. We're very sorry about this. Be sure it wasn't because you did anything wrong (if that happens you'll get an alert message with the reason) but simply a nasty technical problem with a server...