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I have 3 long-term illnesses and I never rely on my GP to remember I have these problems. For one, I never see the same GP when I go to the surgery so to them I am a new patient. Yes, they should read your notes before you go in to see them, but they look so overworked and each day they have...

It is for a full hysterectomy. I have rheumatoid arthritis and an underactive thyroid as well as diabetes. I have to come off my most effective medication for RA when I have an operation which usually results in me having a flare (unbearable pain in my whole body) soon after any operation. I...

Basically what this consists of is taking 4 carbohydrate drinks (25g of carbs in each drink) in the evening before your operation and then 2 the day of your operation. The drinks consist of water, many types of sugar and lemon flavouring. After your operation you then have to have 3 high...

I know how you feel. I have recently been in hospital for spinal surgery and took my own breakfast mix as I guessed there would not be anything suitable on the menu. I was right but it raised a lot of smiles even from the nurses - it seems as though no-one can appreciate the problems of...

Thanks for your question. I am newly diagnosed type 2 and am having exactly the same reponses as you and my BG levels are very similar to yours. I can even get totally different BG levels after 2 hours on different days after eating the same meal. It seems to me that the saying `it works for...

This diet is too extreme for me and is not something you can stay on for very long. I prefer to start something that can become `a way of life'. I found Patrick Holford's new book `Say no to diabetes'. It explains his low GL diet, it cuts all the `bad' carbs but allows the `good' carbs in...