Recent Content by Book_woorm

Trouble is that we only have the broad ratios and nobody has the ability to put numbers to aspects of the problem. How much is the difference in risk between Type1 and type 2 when there are no underlying health problems. Has anybody quantified the impact of other health conditions. Does a...

Just a thought. Given that methane is a worse greenhouse gas than CO2 how much Methane would humans produce if we all went vegetarian? I wouldn't mind betting that its similar what is produced by farm animals!! so net zero change. Just another example of the law of unintended consequences? And...

I've found 'Carbs and Cals' useful especially when traveling and not making my own food but beware. Like the person who found the wrong maths on a nutrition label there appear to be different versions of 'carbs and cals' depending on where you are in the world.

As I have more conditions than just Type 1 so I do actually carry half a pharmacy on to airplanes. I tell the people at the scanner that I have to carry meds including insulin not to mention some other drugs that can land you in jail in some countries. Not many blokes carry hand bags but I do...

Nobodies mentioned checking your injection sites for fatty lumps, these are a well known cause of insulin resistance. I hope your rotating where you inject. These lumps can be quite subtle you need to look at yourself in a mirror just looking down at your belly you might not see them. Also I...

Have you got any 'Test Solutions' from Accu Chek yet? I test every new cassette that I put in my AccuChek mobile. I know this is using up one of the 50 tests in the cassette; But if you compare the test reading on the meter with the average of the high and low limits for the solution you have...

You don't say if you've been on a carb counting course yet? if not nag your specialists to get on one. Besides just carb counting are you also adjusting your insulin ratios for activity? Are you running a log of your carb intake/activity levels/insulin use and also noting down the time you...

My Doctor keeps on about Statins, trying to talk me into taking them and my bloods are a bit better than yours. I just look him in the face and say "The human race is running out of things to die of . I'll take my chance" Also reflect on the fact that although they are professionals how often...

It strikes me that you need to get a handle on how you live your life. If you can get organised even on a Zero hours contract then things will get better. There used to be a good book called 'Getting control of your time and your life' Which was basically about making lists of things that had to...

Has anybody had problems with poor quality of the needles they have been supplied?? As a Type 1 Diabetic I'm injecting 4 to 5 times a day alongside carb counting and adjusting ratios to activity levels. The surgery is now insisting that I change to GlucoRx Finepoint needles because they are...

In the last three years I've had only one problem of a partially blocked BD microfine+, but quite a number of problems with bent GlucoRX ones fresh out of the box. which lead to a serious debate with surgery who wanted me to continue with the Gluco ones because they were cheaper!! Had to point...

Have you done a control test on your meter? the allowed tolerance is quite wide. Depending on the age of the meter (the rules for the manufacturers changed recently) for a 5.3mmol/L reading the actual could be anywhere between 4 and 6 so you could have been kidding yourself you were high before...

Have you seen this letter? the last two paragraphs are worth pointing out to your GP www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/217022/Safe-care-of-people-with-type-1-diabetes.pdf This thread is on the same basic subject...

My surgery also tried changing my meter for one with cheaper test strips but I said NO! I work out on Dartmoor and the last thing I need is to be fiddling around with three separate things (meter/test strip/lancet) when it is raining horizontally and I might just be having a hypo especially when...