Recent Content by Grant_Vicat

What a beautiful post to read, even with the conundrum!

"Certainly" is debatable. I have weighed 71kg since 1978. At that time I had been Type1 for 19 years. I remained so for another 35 years. Viruses etc cause adrenaline release which are designed to raise blood sugar, hence the need for more insulin. I wonder whether it is the artificial raising...

And presumably it never entered their heads that you were the only example of success!

My wife said "it really irritates me that work colleagues only started to talk to me afyter I had lost 7 stone! I'm still me!"

Morning Mark! You might find this helpful: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2024-01/Free_NHS-prescription_guide_for_patients.pdf I would also go to your pharmacy or GP and tell them exactly what you have said here. I can't understand why any pharmacist issued medicines without...

Try not to panic. I had a total of 7 primitive laser treatments in both eyes from 1979-83 having been diagnosed in 1959. I still have decent vision, drive, read, write and type! Good luck!

I used to get red stars. On rare occasions they would be blue - very strange!

This is part of a link from John Hopkins University: Another potential effect from diabetes is swelling of the eye lens, leading to blurry vision. If your blood sugar levels change quickly from low to normal, the shape of your eye’s lens can be affected and your vision can be blurred. Your...

I was Type1 from 1959-2013 (pancreas/kidney transplant) I had never had a proper eye inspection until 1978, my vision in 1971 became blurry on several occasions, causing me to go to a standard optician, who could find nothing wrong. It would then correct itself (I found out later that this was...

"Driving glasses" in this case means that that my long-distance vision was border line and therefore would need glasses to help. In 2021 I was told I did't need them any more! Having had retinopathy and bouts of laser treatment, I can certainly say that I had blurred vision which improved. I...

Although blood sugar levels can affect vision, for example running high can cause blurred vision, there is one other thought. At the age of 58 I was told I would have to wear driving glasses and that they would be anti-glare. They certainly help! There are also wrap-round tinted glasses...

Blood testing by the patient yes, but you might find this interesting, just because it gives you a clue as to how diagnosis worked on a Type 1 in July 1959. I retyped this becuse the original is so damaged: My diagnosis letter advised "that it was preferable to allow him to have some glycosuria...

Hi @IanBish - this is part of something I posted on Facebook yesterday. Hope it's of interest! This term's edition of the Cambridge Alumni Magazine has an article by Professor Sadaf Farooqi titled "This idea must die: 'Obesity is caused by lack of willpower' " He was interviewed by Lucy Jolin...

I, and especially my wife, can fully understand this. At the time of treatment there is a powerful helplessness, hopelessness, and resignation. Obviously each patient is different but I would reckon that your husband stands a better chance than I did in 1979-83. I hope optimism starts to...

Hi @Trishhh I hope your husband might be encouraged to hear that I have to make 3 journeys today, driving to Hospital for a blood test 8 miles away; Returning to Ixworth, picking up a passenger and taking her to a funeral at which I am playing the organ; driving to another funeral 8 miles away...