Recent Content by CarlG

Ok, thanks for answer. I'll check with him on my next regular DB appointment. But I really don't want a DSLR up there :)

Ok, think I'm past it now, after more than two weeks on and off (mostly on). I didn't bother calling in, but for the next time, what kind of tests are we talking about here?

Have the same issues with "fake" icecream, although they have a laxative warning regarding "excessive". I didn't consider a bucket in 5 minutes excessive, so I got bit :)

Hi I'm T2 which have had some recurrent issues with either Norovirus or Giardia (searching the web), the latter being more likely due to lasting so long (2-3 weeks usually, 3-4 days too rarely). These are light (but not the heavy cramps I read about) stomach pains, (fairly extreme) diarrhea...

Had coffee too. Can't sleep. Still up. I have to concur - not a good idea :)

"Right eye was quite alot worse than when tested last year" I wouldn't worry too much at this point unless he actually finds something in a retina scan. You've only been diagnosed for a couple of months and seem to have taken dramatic steps. Maybe you were even a lot higher a year ago, without...

Wait a bit on getting new glasses, unless it feels critical. I also felt I had worse vision (more near sighted than usual, and with a slight blur despite using glasses) while trying to get my levels back to normal. I thought it was due to "having" diabetes (you know, horror stories and so on)...

Two months or so before diagnosis I was at 125kg. What a shocker! So I decided to do something about it, and started having small walks every now and then and without breaking too much sweat I was down to 118kg at official diagnosis day. Hard exercise brought me down to 78kg (was never able to...

Although not itchy, I have disgusting "rash" on my legs; sometimes on my left, then over a while it changes to the right. My GP says it's due to elevated iron deposits that follows the bloodstream to the surface, and then is left there causing discoloration. I thought having diabetes was bad...

T2 and used to use saunas on a near regular daily basis as a "reward" for my exercise routine. Immediately after low intensity workout I can be fairly low, but a bit higher if the intensity or duration increases significantly. I value the long term effect for longer intensity more than the...

This just happened to me. Since diagnosed dec 2011 I've been fairly strict with my eating habits (xmas excluded :)) and gotten good readings and lost quite a bit of weight (a bit jojo'ing at the moment). But tonight I completely broke down. For the first time in over a year, I'm actually feeling...

I use saunas regularly after workouts. Before I got well managed I could observe slightly spikes in my BG immediately after sauna session, which followed a natural drop after the workout. So I'm among those who tend to rise after sauna, but my personal suspicion is that I do it too heavily which...

Hi Got the confirming DM-T2 letter last Christmas day - worst and best present I ever got I guess. Turned my life around to the better. HbA1c from 8.2% in Dec11, joined the 5% club in around 6 months time (5.5% now), but suspect my values was even higher some time before I (accidentally) got...