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Aug 20, 2012
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / NHS Medication Changes: Are you affected? I got a letter today from my GP! Exciting stuff lol!
Interesting how they send me a letter about this but not the other change (the blood testing machine and strips). :/ There was also a leaflet enclosed called "Medication Changes: A Guide for Patients". I've just tried to find it online. The one I have is from HealthEast which seems to specify to my area so I suspect that if they're going to make changes, your "healtheast" equivalent will speak up for their own area (may explain why it does not seem to be online)... maybe. If we want me to type it's details in, just say and I'll do it next post.  The reasons are along the lines of: ~new safety concerns ~new evidence about the benefits of a drug ~new treatment guidelines I assume the changes I've had come under the new treatment guidelines... |
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Aug 20, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Saturday - 18/08/2012Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - Sausage roll (Greenhalgh's) Yesterday - 19/08/2012 Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - paste sandwich (2 x rnds brd) crisps (1 x 25g bag) Dinner - pork steak new potatoes carrots peas gravy Supper - prawn & mayo filler sandwich (1 x rnd brd) |
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Aug 20, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?
They both sound good! |
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Aug 20, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?
Thank you Simon & good to see you've joined in. Love the sound of your dinner at your wedding especially the smoked salmon. Hope you had a great time at the wedding. |
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Aug 20, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Breakfast: Fruit n FibreLunch: Grilled bacon, poached egg with Salad Dinner: Mexican Bean Burger x 2 with Salad Making a concerted effort to loose gut before I get the speedos out, diet not normally this healthy I normally have a bad case of dawn phen, but since on a diet and having little or no carbs for dinner this seems to have gone away, don't know if this might help others struggling with high morning BG. Normal diet might be: Breafast: Doorstep Toast and marmalade Lunch: Baguette with proper butter and pate or Bacon sandwhich Dinner: BBQ, loads meat and fish (bread rolls for burgers or potatoes) with salad Which do people prefer the sound of? |
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Aug 19, 2012
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? No problem at all - why would it be? In the spirit of sharing information... Breakfast - Bran flakes, blueberries on top and a protein shake on the side Lunch - M&S New York Pastrami Sandwich (en route to a wedding) Dinner - Smoked Salmon, then Roast Lamb, then mini cheesecake desserts (at wedding) Not a typical dinner for me though - was a treat! |
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Aug 19, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Hotpot Recipes Does anyone have any decent not too complicated recipes for hotpot?Gill |
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Aug 18, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?
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Aug 18, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Is it the ASDA Yogurt Wholemilk Cherry(450g)? |
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Aug 18, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Just ASDAS own.......... |
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Aug 18, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? All of those meals sound lovely NRB. I used to love cherry yoghurts but not had them for ages. Can i ask what make it is then maybe i can get some in.(Don't forget to post this somewhere else too  ) |
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Aug 18, 2012
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Thai food It will be hard, unless it is being made yourself................but its so tasty..........Prawn Toast would follow the normal bread carb values, although the fat content would delay absorption.... Spring roll would probably be about 1-2 CPs.... Dim Sum do have carbs, they would be hard to calculate, but just over do it...... Rice and noodles have carbs too, I usually just compare the amounts to a take away container, which is about 7-8CPs....... It always a guessing game, and you wont get it right all the time.... |
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Aug 18, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? YesterdayBreakfast - 125g Cherry Yoghurt Lunch - 200g Mushroom Soup, Mexican Chicken Oval Bite from Greggs, Apple, Nectarine Dinner - Chicken, fried [1 Breast], 50g Mayo, Lettuce and Tomato Supper - 2 Medium glasses of red wine I have to say you 2 dont eat much at all.........I would struggle with that amount, might not be overweight though........ |
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Aug 18, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?
JWo, Glad you think it's a nice idea & thank you. I'm just hoping Simon our admin person dosen't mind me starting something like this Anyway yesterday - 17/08/2012 - for me was Breakfast - tomatoes on toast (hovis white bread) (2 x rnds) Lunch - none Evening meal - pizza (1/4) (my DS finished off the rest!) Garlic bread (2 x small round pieces) |
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Aug 18, 2012
meltow
78 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? HmmmmmmmmBreakfast - 1oz porridge oats [cold] with gooseberries, blackberries, dates and semi skimmed Lunch - 2 sticks of celery, 2 satsumas, pear and banana Tea - Tuna steak with ratatouile of onion, mushroom, garlic, broad beans and green pepper. Melon, ginger and LF yoghurt  ...and because it was Friday, a couple of glasses of wine!
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Aug 17, 2012
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Nice idea. Oooo don't feel bad about your food choices - that is just one day! ^_^Let me think... :-. Breakfast: Lemon yoghurt (112g) and some porridge oats (27g). Lunch: Cheese on toast (2 slices) and some dried apple bits (50g). Dinner: Hash browns (2), chicken goujons (4), some lettuce, some celery and a Magnum ice cream. Oh, and plenty of tea drinking. All very yummy! ^_^ |
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Aug 17, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Seen this somewhere else on the internet and thought it would be good to start a topic on here too.It can be helpful sometimes to know what sort of things people are eating, as it might give others some ideas for a more varied diet. So, here's mine for yesterday: Breakfast - cheese on toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - tuna & mayo sandwich (2 x rnds) cup soup Evening meal - Poole's meat & potato pie  not the healthiest things i know!
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Aug 17, 2012
DianeW
115 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Thai food I find it impossible to try and judge the CPs in this. For starter I had prawn toast (small triangle), mini chicken leg, mini spring roll, and mini dim sum. And I mean mini. Then we had 3 courses between both of us and a portion of rice and noodles between us. The rice and noodles does not amount to an average portion you get say in a tray from a Chinese/Indian.. I totally miscalculated and ended up at 16. I presume it is the sweet sauces that this food is in that does it because most of it is meat and veg. |
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Aug 17, 2012
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / NHS Medication Changes: Are you affected? Thanks for your replies.I think you have a very good point marke. I only just started using the machine this week and it's been so far so good (with prescription and machine use). I'm so glad it came with a testing solution - I had a hypo the other night where I did not seem to have any symptoms at all.  I must of tested it about 5 times to make sure while putting wine gums in my mouth... >_>;;; It seemed to be telling the truth...
Sadly, what my DAFNE nurse said is how it is - "Some surgeries are changing patients to these meters as the strips are cheaper than most others on the market but are just as reliable/easy to use". One of the diabetic nurses at my GP also confirmed this. It does seem to be something they're just moving people on to. Personally, I guess I'm okay as long as I can still get stocked. So far I have done so I'm not overly alarmed yet. I just need to use it for testing. On that note, even my pharmacy (they're in the same building as the GP surgery) commented about my prescription being another one asking for iCare strips... and that it seems to be a good machine... obviously they weren't made aware either but they had the strips in stock. :/
I'm not sure what to say on this one. I've never ever had to call for a replacement machine - not that I think it won't ever happen. If it did, I'd be more inclined to speak to my diabetes teams than the company itself in case they had one spare handy.
How do we find out about the PCT/consortium? Is that public information? I hope so - makes sense to be considering it's primarily a public company... Edit: I signed up to their forum today - http://icareadvanced.com/forum. It seems to be quite a broken website. A thread I posted did not appear and I was told that I did not have permission to access "this page". I have PM'd the admin... let's see if they do anything...Edit: It looks like it's fixed!
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Aug 16, 2012
Carolin
83 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Which Olympic athlete are you? -- For fun! Dede Camara (Guinea) - women's 100m breaststroke.But to be honest I don't think they could find an olympic athlete heavy enough to match me!
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Aug 16, 2012
chrisinbrum
41 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dose mistake. Lantus doesn't take 24 hours to 'kick-in': http://www.dafneonline.co.uk/hbook_topics/202It should start working within a couple of hours according to the DAFNE handbook (I don't use Lantus) and has a length of action of up to 24 hours...so keep an eye on your BG levels during the day today and you should be relax a bit more later on.
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Aug 16, 2012
Jayno
3 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dose mistake. Thanks phil for the info. That must have been a new addition. Have just ordered it!! Hopefully no more silly mistakes for me!! |
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Aug 16, 2012
Carolin
83 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / time change of BI Hi Anna,The advice in DAFNE is to take your BI at bedtime and as you get up in the morning; this is particularly important with an 'isophane' insulin such as Humulin I which as you rightly say peaks around 4-6hrs after injection, but then tails off. The added problem in the morning is the Dawn Phenomenon, where your body releases strong hormones as you wake, resulting in a rising BG. If you have taken your Humulin I too early (e.g. at evening meal-time), its action has pretty much worn off by then and doesn't counteract the hormones, so the later you can take it at night the better. You might find you need an increased dose though, but don't forget to do 3am BG tests before and after you make increases to your bedtime BI to make sure you have the leeway to increase it (i.e. that it's not causing your BG to drop below 4.5mmol/l at its peak). Good luck, Carolin |
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Aug 16, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dose mistake. Hi,Which pen/lantus are you on? I'm on Levemir so no idea about it, but just looked on the Timesulin site and they do a lid for the Lantus Solostar pen (http://timesulin.com/how-it-works/pens). Phil |