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I seem to have started a chesty cough (from my husband!) and its getting very annoying. Has anyone used a cough medicine that didnt send their BG into orbit?

I have had 12 Lucentis injections over the past two years and yesterday had a scan and review with the Consultant. It seems this treatment hasnt improved my RVO but it also hasnt got worse. We are trying a course of Eyelea injections in the hope it might work better for me. The only other...

I had a mild dose of confirmed Covid early October with symptoms of raised temperature, crushing tiredness, loss of taste and smell over two weeks and not surprisingly my BG levels were higher than usual. However I am no longer ill though my taste hasnt fully returned yet and my oxy meter...

Dont know if anyone watched this morning but there was an interview with the husband of lady brought back from the brink and not expected to survive. He and their daughters were invited to come in and offered PPE to say goodbye. The photo of them showed a couple probably in their 40s and she...

I was diagnosed with the above and I am starting a course of antiVEGF injections in a couple of weeks. While reading up on this online, too many places to mention, there seems to a risk similar to that of a TIA of a cerebral stroke in the next few months (1 : 100). My question is to anyone who...

i have just spent come back from a long consultation at an independent opticians where they found a significant bleed behind my right eye and have an urgent referral to my local hospital. My background story is dx T2 Dec 17 after Specsavers found bleed behind same eye during a routine eye test...

I have always had thick hair but I cant ignore this any longer. For the past 3 months or so everytime I wash or brush my hair it comes out in handfuls. Drying with a hairdryer and brushing is particularly bad. I can now feel a very slim ponytail compared to what is normal. I researched on...

I was looking through my history on patient access today and on the last page of tests under the banner Plasma Glucose Level it showed in 2008 6.4 marked abnormal and 2011 6.3 abnormal. Nothing more recent. My first Hba1C was Nov 2017 after a bleed behind my eye picked up by Specsavers. What I...

I have just recorded my highest EVER level of 10.0. This morning after FB of 5.2 I had a very low breakfast 3g carbs, lunchtime wasnt hungry so while out shopping tried my first (and last) bag of pork scratchings. One hour later luckily back home I felt unwell and had violent vomiting over a...

When I was diagnosed last Dec with HBA1c of 53 I wondered if my having a distal pancretectomy in 2012 (due to a Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm) had any bearing on my insulin supply especially since I take Creon replacement digestive enzymes since. I posted a question on here but only got a sparse...

There is a Dutch company selling pizzas with 30% veg crusts launching in Waitrose and other supermarkets. They claim to replace 30%of the flour with cauliflower or courgettes. I had a look on their website go to Magioni.com and though I think their crusts will be too high carb for me they...

I have just got back from 5 days in Cornwall where I ate fish and/or seafood each day and have never seen such low BG numbers. I had scrambled egg, mushrooms and tomato for breakfast and mostly skipped lunch though the hotel did Mushroom chips and had them a couple of times. In the evenings I...

I was a bit worried about this one as I havent had much time to think about me or what I eat lately. Anyway came out at 37 mmol which is down from 41 in March. Chol down slightly dont understand how these figures stack up. Serum HDL chol was 2.02. Serum chol 6.16. Chol HDL ratio 3. Anyway...

I saw my consultant this morning for what will be my last check up following a Distal Pancretectomy 6 years ago. My last MRI showed no change. We got talking about my D2 diagnosis and I asked him how could I be sure that my problem was insulin resistance rather than reduced insulin. He said...

I need the advice of the kind and experienced people on the forum. I have been following LCHF for almost 5 months now keeping to circa 50g carbs per day. My HBA1c last time was very satisfactory but I want to maintain it. My weight has litterally fallen off. I dont have a scales at home but I...

I am very fed up today. I spent last night on the sofa because both ankles and one heel swollen and intensely painful. Overnight I struggled with crutches to get to downstairs loo took ages edging along the wall. No springboard to get up and balance gone due to both feet so painful. I am no...

I am getting frustrated because I am still getting 6s and 7s with the odd 8 FB after four months of LCHF. The only time I see a 5 is after 2pm. I try to keep under 50g carbs a day, sometimes less. At the weekend I drink red wine. I have built up a good bank of trusted meals and get less than...

One thing that has changed for me in the last six months is my feet are much colder. I used to pad around the house barefoot all year round but now need socks. On the other hand I have the benefit of almost non hairy legs! I assume this is a change in my circulation due to Diabetes and I...

I think I might be more MF than HF. In a typical day I have butter with a cheese and nut scone, salad, cheese or soup, and chicken, fish or occasionally red meat and green veg followed by small amount raspberries or dark choc. Occasionall I add in nut and seed bar or walnuts. I dont like...

I rarely eat bread these days but I keep a Waitrose LivLife seeded (3.8g per slice in the freezer in case I fancy a slice of toast. I dont like it untoasted. I have also tried Hovis Low Carb seeded and though it toasts nicely it is 9.9g per slice which is high. Normal bread is around 15/16g...