Recent Content by Alasdair

Last time I checked, Diabetics can eat biscuits.....

Really???? The nurse is offering tea and biscuits as they no doubt do for every patient. Doesn’t make them ‘stupid’ just because you don’t want or can’t have them doesn’t mean they should be berated.

Done mine in south Lanarkshire also. After 30yrs it gave me to insight into making some real sense of my analysis and also changed my meetings and appointments with the consultant etc quite dramatically. Instead of walking in with unknown waiting to see what a random doctor wanted to tell me I...

Looking at this from an outsider point of view, and I also accept that I don’t know all the details so it might sound a little harsh but: 1) this sounds like an elective trip. Therefore many student will not go because of the cost or family holidays or something else. I, and many others, missed...

Everyone reacts differently to temperatures - test very regularly and you’ll soon get to grips with what adjustments to make

Get a frio pack/wallet

Thanks - all the best for your go live, hoping it’s a great success for you!

I’m hopefully getting one this year also. Can I ask where you have been keeping/wearing it so far? I see lots about where women keep them but not males

I went to Thailand last year on honeymoon with a 1pm departure. I have a split dose levemir so took my morning as normal and then my evening one once I was changing flights in Dubai at about 9 or 10pm uk time and then continued with uk times for my next one once we reached Bangkok. Then just...

Just a week in the med so lazing, beers, sunshine and pool. Looking forward to the circle white patch I'll have on my arm after it lol

I'm going on a beach holiday in a couple of weeks ..... So far I've not needed any tape or anything to hold my sensors on but I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for when in the sunshine lazing on a lounger by the pool for a few days?

Do you meet up for anything in particular or just a chance for fellow diabetics to get together in person and some drinks/food/chat?

Aye very good - at no point did I attempt to disguise it as healthy and at no point did I ask for comment on the nutritional value of a Burger King meal. I'm well aware of those. Go find another thread and just allow us to enjoy the fact that there are choices out there that we are rarely...

I was catching a flight from Stansted yesterday and went into Burger King for food. Went over to the drinks machine which was a nice fancy digital touch screen one with an option for 'low calorie/no sugar' drinks. Exciting I thought but only expected to find Diet Coke and Coke Zero but...

Diabetics are prone to nerve damage and loss of sensation so some treatments may be refused on the basis that you may not feel heat/pain in the same way as a person with lower risk of such things.. I was once refused a hot stone massage on this basis as they had a concern that simply because I'm...