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    Christmas Songs carols

    A seasonal post. what are your most memorable Christmas songs or Carols from your childhood. For me it was Harry Belafonte and Mary's Boy child ( ) and Little Donkey by Nina and Frederik ( )
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    Questions About Neuropathy

    In November of last year I was diagnosed with neuropathy in my feet I already suffer with urge incontinence which has been getting progressively worse over the last 12 months, I've also experienced some loss of bowel control. The problem is I have severe spinal Osteoporosis with enbd plate...
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    Type 2 Very Low BG no warnings

    Hi All, I recently had a 930pm very low (for me) BG of 2,2. Because i had, had an unusual meal for me, a steak dinner, i checked my bloods 2 hours post just to see what the effect was. Normally by the time my BG is registering 4.3 I get symptoms that i recognise and can take the...
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    New guidlines on retinopathy testing

    I have a friend who was the main driving force behind setting up the retinopathy service and he has given me permission to quote him, when i asked him about it his response was, "actually i think thats sensible - we debated it at length when we set it up but thought at the time that we'd...
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    insulin and testosterone replacement

    I am a 60 year old type 2 insulin dependant male. Following a recent cancer scare my testosterone was found to be 1.3 instead of the usual 8. I currently use Lantus and Apidra and my last Hb1ac was 7.2. I have now been placed on Testim 50mg Gel (testosterone replacement). The patient leaflet...
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    Intermittent claudication

    I live in Wales and recently started having calf pain on walking, after seeing my Gp i'm know worried as she is unable to find any of my pedal pulses manually. I'm now wwaiting for a doppler and ultra sound aas well as my blood results. does any one know what the treatement regime in general...
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    Tattoos

    I am t2, insulin dependant,59 years old and want to get a small tattoo to commemorate my late wife's life and our love, but have been told that it is not a good idea to be tattooed if you have diabetes. my bloods are fairly well controlled averaging around 6.9 does anyone have any experince of...