Recent Content by diomede

Thank you for the replies, the web link was very helpful

I am not sure if I am correct or not, but do diabetics suffer from pains in their legs and/or feet, or even occasional numbness in toes. Does it go away? Is it serious? Since becoming diabetic I have noticed I can get an acute pain in my big toe, by the nail on the top. There is no reason...

Its not disgraceful, its an opinion! The point the person made was that cereals are convenient and fast and some do not have the time. Some responders appear to believe (guilty conscience?) the comment means they are lazy – well that’s a matter of opinion isn’t it? I used to like Special K...

Well said and my point exactly. As an asside, I have had a terror of needles all my life and injecting insulin was not a happy thought. I battled for two years trying to stabalise BS levels with tablets and became quite depressed by my failure to master the beast. By the time I was on two x...

Well in that case, you may be faced with some very hard decisions. That of life or death. Just because someone is on insulin does not mean they do not produce their own. In the beginning, insulin levels in the body are not produced in sufficient amounts and "progressively" gets worse as the...

I was diagnosed 2.5 years ago and went onto Metformin having swings in BS levels. Up went the Metformin and so did the wind! Always chasing the BS figures and not winning. Been on insulin since February and have seen such changes. WITH ADVICE I was able to increase and/or decrease dosage and...

I forgot to mention your use of low fat yogurts. Just because they are low fat does not mean they are low sugar. I also love yogurt and stick to weight watchers brand or a similar thick Irish one that I cant remember the name of. Get used to reading labels and remember that low fat does not...

I think the issue of exercise has already been covered. However no one has given any comment on test strips. I am reliably informed that ANY reading is actually + or -1 over or below the actual reading your unit displays. So I would keep this in mind when you get a result +1 over what you...

For what its worth, my DB nurse told me to that "normal" people should have a reading of between 4 and 7 before meals and that was what I should be striving for. As far as I am concerned, anything between 4 and 7 before any meal would be ideal so cant understand why you think this figure high.

I only have three observations to make in addition to the advice and guidance submitted so far: - 1 The forms are complicated however once they have been completed YOU MUST MAKE A COPY for if you need to make further claims or appeals they will ask you to fill out another form...