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The Hba1c is a bit like the speeding ticket that drops through the letterbox. The finger prick test is the glance at the speedometer, you may only see 30 mph when glancing, but at some point you were travelling faster, but didn't see it. Random testing is useless, and a waste of strips. You need...

As far as emergency measures go, the only thing you can do, is ring 999 and make sure they know you or the patient are FAST positive. Time is CRITICAL, billions of neurons are dying every hour. Any possible measures for @IanBish , would have killed me. And vice versa. It takes a CT scan to know...

Can't really think of any for you, sorry. The first consultant told me i'd suffered a cervical Artery dissection, which allows blood in between the layers of the Artery causing a back up and clotting in the Artery. The second insisted on an MRA scan, as i'd had 2 identical strokes, and they...

I had clots every time, i always thought bleeds were the most dangerous type, but i was put right on that one, by a customer whose a stroke nurse. I never suffered with speech problems, but my wife said i often paused half way through sentences. The fatigue clears quickly, but i found i often...

Welcome to the club, glad it was obviously a TIA as it must have cleared on it's own. I've had 2 official strokes, and a third TIA which i kept quiet about, because i couldn't afford the time off work. Take care of yourself, rest and recuperate properly. I found i would have odd fatigued days...

They want everyone on statins, what were your numbers. Never accept, high, raised or good or ok, always ask for the numbers. That is the only way you will really know. As daft as it sounds, this is probably going to be like winning the lottery where your health is concerned. It takes a scare or...

HI jo, welcome on board. It's good to see you're determined to win over your diabetes. It may well be that you are like myself, and have to go lower on the carbs at the start, to kick yourself into ketosis. Once there most people can increase their carb intake slightly, whilst staying in...

I've had loads as gifts from the kids. looking online they seem to have dropped some of the flavours I've had before. Habenero chilli seems to be the hottest now, they used to do Scotch Bonnet, and Carolina reaper too.

My comment was not meant to be an attack of vegetarianism, merely pointing out a fact, that newly diagnosed may not be aware of, and may worry about reducing carbs. It simply tells them, they will NOT be missing out on anything that carbs provide, should they go down that route.

Please note Carbs have not one single vitamin or mineral that cannot be sourced elsewhere, ie No vital nutrients.

Exceptional lubricant.

I have Diverticular disease, i eat low carb, contrary to the medical recommendations. Surprise surprise virtually NO problems in 4 years, i've kind of forgotten about it.

This almost certainly happens with non diabetics, but since they don't monitor their blood sugars, would never know. Also their sugar regulation system works better than ours, although it may be going wonky, but until bad enough to be a problem, again they would have no idea.

As a type 2, i personally would aim for a quicker drop. BUT as a type 1 on Insulin, it's more a case of slow and steady wins the race. For safety reasons that reduction is pretty spot on.

It probably would, but many type 2s have an inadequate first phase response, these are the people who find they need a meal to stop the dawn phenomenon, as a second longer Amylase signal comes later, i believe as the food is exiting the stomach, although i may be wrong.