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I used to work in China and had a friend working there with T1 and remember him talking a lot about problems - but this was not with pre-filled pens. Lack of access to refrigeration always stuck in my mind - hotel rooms where the frig went off when you left your room for the day, for example...

I've used MyFitnessPal on and off for several years. It's not particularly set up to give priority to the level of carbs, but it's a free app and with a bit of persistence I've got my head around how to set the goal levels. I managed to get my HbA1c down to 41, but have drifted back up so am...

Coincidence? I've just been back to see a podiatrist (privately, of course!) who gives me far more thorough checks than I've had in the NHS annual foot checkup over my 7 years post-T2-diagnosis. Privately, I've now been seeing the same person for several years, and he remembers how things have...

After my 2019 annual review with the diabetic nurse, I went on to contact Shropshire Psychological Therapies service. I had a telephone appointment and the diagnosis was that I had mild depression and needed to address my relationship with food, but that I was not eligible for counselling. I...

I went above 50 and medication was 'suggested'. I asked them to give me 3 months, was really careful on carb counting (I used the MFP app), managing to average around 100 / day, and I got the HbA1c down to 41, the lowest since they started to test me almost 20 years ago. I then got a repeat test...

I agree so much! There have been ongoing problems at my GP practice in recent years, and when annual check-up appointments this year were cancelled, I contacted someone at my local branch of Diabetes UK, who followed it up and in the end, I've got all the regular appointments except the...

I was a regular meter-user for several years, but made most progress when I really took on careful carb counting when they were offering the Diabetes UK 12-week programme for free. Looking back, I can see it made me tackle things head-on in 1-day chunks, as well as looking at exactly where in...

I've just had my annual review with my diabetic nurse and the foot screening for our area has been completely cancelled this year! So much for maintaining the importance of this for diabetics? I see a podiatrist privately on a regular basis and will ask there for a check-up, but not everyone can...

Thanks, Heathero!

Can you explain the category 'clinically vulnerable'? I looked at the government website pages for employers, how to grade vulnerability of employees and it classed me as 'High risk' (T2 + age +BMI + a rheumatology condition). I need to cancel some foreign travel plans, so was wondering if I...

Did you arrange for the fasting blood test through your GP? If so, within the week you'll be able to get the results and have something definite to talk about with the doctor - where you go from here. In the meanwhile, I'd suggest starting to teach yourself as much as possible about diabetes...

Thanks for sharing the similar experience. The cancellation of my annual foot test this year (I assume because of the pandemic) has made me think I probably shouldn't let this just drift on without trying to sort out what's going on.

I'm worrying and wondering if I have the first signs of diabetic neuropathy in my feet. My annual check-up with the diabetic nurse hasn't taken place this summer, and I'm now wondering whether I should be talking with my GP abut this. I started to become suspicious about this more than 18...

I'm worrying and wondering if I have the first signs of diabetic neuropathy in my feet. I was diagnosed T2 in 2015 and have not been not on any medication. My last HbA1c test was 43 (not as good as 6 months ago, at 41). My annual check-up with the diabetic nurse hasn't taken place this summer...

It's using a carb-counting app which has really helped me sort out much more clearly what I can eat and in what sort of amount. I'd rather have a reasonable size apple and no bread than a small apple and half a slice of bread! For me, it's not the combination, it's just the sheer total of carbs...

Tell me more! Something I've never tried but despite living in China for several years, have only a rough idea of how it's done.

I'm vegetarian but one with a real liking for tofu, soya milk, tempeh, etc. I'm not a great fan of cheese - there are only a few I really like, and some of those are the seriously expensive ones! My latest experiment has been with a tin of banana blossom, and despite the price, I think I'll be...

Your comment about individual differences is so true, and something it's taken me years (post-T2-diagnosis) to even start to make sense of. At the beginning, from the X-pert course I went off on, it was very much one standard diet they were telling us to switch to. I'd got decades of history...

As always, you give helpful responses, Brunneria! I was living / working in China during SARS, experienced lockdown, etc and can see just how differently countries such as the UK are making policies and applying them! I'm in the UK, in the group advised to be social distancing so your response...