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Exercise whilst sitting at a desk
I spend a lot of time at a desk at home - any ideas on how I can exercise doing this? Ideally without buying something that needs assembling. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Diabetes medication - can you eat anything?
I'm sure you can't but I don't really know that much about it. I was talking to someone the other day whose husband has type 2 diabetes and she says he can now eat anything he likes as long as he takes his medication. He's a big pie lover and hugely overweight. I've heard other people say the same. I didn't know how to…
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Carbohydrates of which sugars
I know we're told to view carbohydrates on nutrition labels as a whole but I've always been curious to the "of which sugars" underneath it. Can someone explain? Example: - A cereal box per 100g has: Carbohydrates - 42.5g of which sugars - 10.5g Does the mean there's 10.5g of sugar in the cereal?
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Glasses.....
If you had a new pair of glasses with/after an eye test and felt the new glasses were not what you needed, they make you giddy/seasick, give you issues when walking, etc, would you return to the same opticians or try a different opticians? as a 66 year old diabetic i get free eye tests, i have the prescription for the new…
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Specsavers - high prices, and is there any real difference between the different varifocal options?
Specsavers used to represent good value. Clear pricing, and good quality sold at fair prices. Things have changed. Despite the clear pricing claims its impossible to find clear prices for the various lens options online, the prices are high, and all the sales staff want to do is extract as much as possible from you. That…
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Covid Vaccine Exemptions advice
Hi, I received a letter and leaflet from NHS advising to book appointments for covid vaccines. I read the leaflet and it says those with allergies are exempt from vaccines. I have allergies and remember having a very bad reaction when I took the flu shot vaccine like over 20 years ago and since then I stopped taking flu…
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Anyone on here work in an opticians, after some help clearing up a prescription.
First time I’ve ordered prescription glasses online, usually do it through my opticians. Anyway, I’ve ordered a pair of glasses & sent my prescription across. Everything is correct, other than they’ve added +1.75 to my left lens for near/add which isn’t written in my prescription, it’s blank for both eyes. Seems a strange…
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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries May
Here we go again for another month. As usual, this initial post has been shamelessly copied from the many previous months. A big thank you to london_baby for starting us off last month. Welcome all newbies and regulars to this very friendly and chatty thread where we give lots of lovely tips on how to use up your stash and…
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Buying spectacles online
Can it be a worthwhile money saver ? Or is it just cheapo everything ? Advice appreciated.
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Thyroid problem
I had some thyroid related symptons. Rather than see the doctor i done a test via letsgetchecked. The results have come back abnormal with a high TGAB level. Normal range is 115 or lower, mine is 401iu/ml Obviously im making an appointment first thing monday but i trying to educate myself on how severe this is or isnt. I…
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Covid lateral tests and symptoms
Not sure if this is the right place but..... Why is it we're not allowed to do a lateral flow test at home if we have Covid symptoms? I feel lousy at the moment and want to know if I have coronavirus but don't want to wait until tomorrow for a PCR test and then wait another day for the results to come through, especially…
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Sleep apnoea - do I have it?
GP rang me earlier today about my abnormal blood test of thyroid antibody count. My thyroid TSH is fine. She has given me a questionnaire about sleeping and tiredness as I may have sleep apnoea. I live alone so difficult to know if I stop breathing in the middle of the night, as got nobody to comment about it. I remember a…
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Trying out a Dyson air purifier
I've been looking out for some kind of an air purifier solution for some time, and recently I found about the egregiously expensive Dyson variant ( https://www.dyson.co.uk/air-treatment/purifiers/dyson-purifier-hot-cool-formaldehyde/dyson-purifier-hot-cool-formaldehyde-white-gold ). Now, it claims quite a lot of things,…
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Aspirin, Paracetamol & Caffeine Tablets
There was a discussion about this in 2017. Situation seems worse as major supermarkets don’t provide an alternative to ‘Anadin Extra’ when in the past they did. No competition for GSK and the monopoly for what is a generic combination of medicine. interested in comments and if anyone can find an alternative brand.
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Specsavers prescription seems worng
Hi, I recently paid for an eye test with Specsavers and was given the following prescription for glasses R: SPH : +0.75 CYL -3.25 AXI 150.0 L SPH : +1.00 CYL -4.50 AXI 25 I have ordered two pairs of glasses from an online retailer using this prescription and am waiting for delivery) In the meantime, I was also offered a…
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Insurance company saying that my referral does not echo any health issues and they won't cover my me
Hi everyone, I have been to my GP a month ago and they found a new heart murmur and gave me a referral for a specialist to have deeper look at it. I wanted to go to a specialist with this and I have private health insurance but my insurance company is saying that the doctor does not echo any health concern in his referral…
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Is there any difference between contact lens solution as mine seems pricey?!
I have started to wear monthly contact lenses, varifocal ones. The opticians, Specsavers, gave me Easyvision easy purpose /multi purpose solution last time I got the cleaning solution off them...but before that I had a different one. Both of them were on a trial (not sure why I got 2). Now I have to pay for the lenses and…
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Tooth Removing and Dental Implant -what are the steps to go about doing this and do you shop around?
Hi All, My NHS dentist has said my root canal has failed on one of my molars and that a second course of root canal would unlikely be succesffull. I have decided I would I like the tooth removing and having an implant. I am due to go back tomorrow for a filling and to discus what I would like to. Whats is the best way to…
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Green Lipped Mussel Supplements
I've been looking on eBay at various suppliers of Green Lipped Mussel tablets/capsules (for my dog!) which are a fraction of the price of what I'm currently paying for yumove. I've always been very wary of the genuineness of meds or supplements bought online, can anyone recommend any particular brand? (I'm not sure if I'm…
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NHS App
OK, I've got that on my smart phone. I understand what it does...but I go into the pub and they ask me to prove I've had my two jabs... I have a small card to say I have (could have found anywhere), but how do I prove on the app that I've had them??
