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Hi, I've been type 1 for 40+ years and had my first tattoo in 2010 on my foot whilst on holiday in Turkey. Healed fine. I had another one last Monday (2nd May) on my right wrist. It's still healing and yes, we do take longer to heal than "normal" folk but if you are well controlled and look...

Hi everyone, I've been low carbing now for 8 weeks but have done it before (fallen off the wagon) with great success in weight loss. I started off very well and my BGs came down really quickly as expected. Just recently, for about a week, I've been getting much higher readings than expected and...

Hi Tylers73, I suffer with restless legs (and arms) and my feet keep me dancing all night. It's got so bad I have to get up and walk round downstairs. I am trying to lose weight and am low/no carbing which I have done before. I've noticed that it's got a lot worse since I started and remember...

Thanks for that. I've done the no/low carb before and I've also done DAFNE and so I feel well equipped to deal with it and will take a look at the recipe section. Thanks for all your advice. :)

Hi :) I had a frozen shoulder a few years ago which was diagnosed by my GP. Don't know if it was a frozen shoulder in the true sense or not but that's what he said it was. I was referred to an osteopath who I saw for about 8 weeks once a week. This helped enormously and I went from not being...

Many thanks for your reply WhitbyJet. I have had raised potassium levels for about 5 years now and have had various urine tests done at the hospital but nothing more has been said. I don't have any other symptoms at the moment apart from the leg muscles. I also did the low/no carb diet a few...

Hi, I have just been prescribed Quinine Sulphate for leg cramps but my GP said my potassium levels were high and I should try cutting out bananas for two weeks before I start the tablets. I have been prescribed statins but have stopped these as they made the leg cramps worse. He wants to sort...

:) Hi, I am also new to this so please forgive any mistakes! Really just wanted to say hi and looking forward to making some new friends with similar aspirations and day to day problems. I have visited the site a couple of times before and found some helpful stuff so thought I would take the...