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I've heard of this before - Diabetes (Particularly with a Type 2 on Steroids) as this combination definetely dosen't go well together as the steroids will interfere with the natural body's controls in dealing with the blood/glucose, hence raising the blood sugar levels. By all means cut back on...

Firstly welcome to the diabetes forum. I'll try my best at answering your questions as best I can from memory, but I dare say some others will be along with the more detailed answers. Firstly to qualify for and pass the enterance exam, you should be in good general health and not on any...

How about these 'Low-Carb Gingerbread Cookies' from the Diet Doctor Website. Only 1g of Carbohydrate and releatively easy to make - Even I managed making them !!! The only difficulty I had was in finding a supplier for the Coconut flour...

Your HbA1c may appear to be lower, but you should bear in mind that this reading is THE AVERAGE reading of your Blood Glucose levels over the 12 weeks that preceeded the sample being taken. In other words it is the mean average of all the HIGH'S and LOW'S (Which also includes all the Morning...

Cupped disks within the eyes are classic symptoms of raised or elevated internal pressures within the eye and is commonly the result of having Glaucoma which frequently goes un-noticed for some time as it slowly developes (often over many years) and once discovered is usually treated with...

Dear Jackie100, I'm not sure what you know about a Vitrectomy or what you've been told what it is but this might help What Is a Vitrectomy? It's a type of eye operation. A doctor removes the vitreous, a jelly-like fluid inside your eye, and replaces it with a saline solution. Why Do You Get...

I have mixed feelings about testing and its mainly because of my mental illness and phobias. For instance , a few days back i went for a walk and when i came home i tested and it was 19.3 it make me panic and anxiety set in and I couldn't sleep at all. I tested an hour later and it came down a...

Dear Meliza, I can't speak for the rest of the world (I note you refer to Asia) but here in the UK we pay a National Insurance to our Goverment which acts much like a form of insurance policy, covering us for seveal things including FREE health care. Like many other countries and ecconomic...

Firstly welcome o the Diabetes Forum, it's an excllent place to start from. I assume from your medications that you are what we would generally consider as being a Type 2 diabetic. One of the best Web Sites to look at in regard to controlling you diabetes through diet (The Low Carb High Fat -...

A 'Blue Badge' is available to anyone with a range of various disabilities, not just mobility. alone. I know of several individuals who are either totally blind or sight impared and they themselves hold a 'Blue Badge' It's issued to allow the disabled individual to get around and in the cases...

You will need to get 'Glucose' into his bloodstream as fast as possible. Would he drink 'Lucozade' (The Orriginal Version) which is Glucose already in liquid form and is quickly absorbed. Failing this get him to drink a NON DIET drink or eat a few Jelly Babies (a small hand full 10-20) will work...

Any sudden pain in the eyes, particularly if it should occor in both eyes, needs to be seen to A.S.A.P. if only to eliminate what could be a very serious Eye problem. There is one type of rapid pressure onset 'Glaucoma' which can occur within just a few hours, which if not treated quickly can...

What you are describing is almost exactly what I myself have been experiencing so perhaps this might help her with the circulation problems in her legs. Like your sister, I also am a Type 2 diabetic, and for several years now I have experienced coldness and poor circulation in both my lower...

To Lee South, Firstly welcome to the Forum. You will learn much here and you are already off to a good start, checking your B/G levels and taking note of the effect that various foods have on the rise in your B/G level. When it comes to Fruit the general rule is to avoid or cut back on Tropical...

Over the years I have had a range of various Eye problems and had both my Cateracts replaced several years ago. It's very important that following on from the Cataract operation you use the Eye Drops that have been issued to you, as prescribed, and at the regular times that you are supose to use...

From everything that you have said here, and with the OGTT result (Where you have been given a concentrated High Glucose Drink to Test how you react) it looks very much like Sandard Reactive Hypoglycemia where your pancreas over compensates for the excess glucose in your bloodstream and pulls...

Loss of the outer peripheral vision is usually the result of having raised eye pressure (Glaucoma) and frequently goes completely un-noticed by the individual for many years before finally being discovered. It's only when a eye test is properly conducted, and which measures eye pressures and/or...

To Fairy108_, Firstly Hi and welcome to the Diabetes UK forum. Your inital experience with the NHS is unfortunately for us Type 2's something that has become very common in recent years, but all is not lost, for if you read through the various postings here on this site, in a short time you will...

Take heed to what your Dr has said to you, for it's an early warning to you that if you continue as you are with what you eat and your present lifestyle than your likely to cross the threshold and become classified as a Typr 2 diabetic. You are in the early stages of reaching this point...

It's good that they are keeping an eye on you and looking out for the possiblity of your developing 'diabete' but I'm a little perplexed as to why they would want to repeat each year a OGTT on you. Surely they would have most of the information they need already as to how well or otherwise your...