Recent Content by Grant_Vicat

It definitely is! There are books and even teach yourself violin videos online. I don't know if you are anywhere near an Oxfam bookshop, but they often have this kind of thing. There are also graded books which help you feel that you have achieved something early on.

You could try eBay which has some good prices right now! https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=violin+full+size&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4624852.m570.l1311

Interesting carb range. ! was put on 240gm a day at the age of eight and still stick to that even though I don't have to. But in today's terms that is considered a high carb intake. What I would suggest is to try and stick on a lower level and (with consultation with his diabetes team) adjust...

Hi @Keziab although I cannot give medical advice, it would be useful to know a little more about a day or two's eating (especially carbohydrates) and dosage times. I was type1 when my daughter was born 41 years ago and although she was a source of great joy, stress wreaked havoc with my blood...

Not since 2013 @Shortie13green , but tiredness was certainly overwhelming. Could the drugs also cause tiredness? Congratulations on achieving what you have already and commiserations for your plight. Do you see the head of the Diabetes Department? If not, I would suggest contacting them...

Hi @Shortie13green and welcome to the forum. @Antje77 is correct in that I had Chronic Kidney Disease from 1973-2013. I had already had Type1 for 12 years when CKD first showed up. As you can see mine lasted for 40 years and reached critical levels in 2012, which put me on the list for a...

Yes, it really isn't helpful!

Hi @richyb I'm very sorry to hear of your troubles, especially having lived with Type1 for so long. That's a huge achievement in its own right. It might pay you to contact the diabetes department at your hospital and tell them exactly what you have told us, minus the reference to lack of help...

I had no choice really, but like you I was scared. I don't think you need to feel pathetic. Any treatment to the eyes (which are surprisingly tough) causes anxiety, which can be extreme if you haven't experienced the procedure before. The best decision I made when I was an undergraduate and an...

I too understand your fear @ShortStuff . I had both eyes lasered several times by the NHS between 1979 and 1983. It was a very new procedure then. But I can read your post easily, type a response and drive a car. I still have good visual acuity 43 years later! I would be surprised if you are...

It's a pleasure @Catalystchris . The gang were all in my class! Although the Aircast looks as though it doesn't hug the foot, because it puts comfortable pressure all around the foot, it's pretty effective. In late 2014 I had to stand in fine casting sand and they took exact imprints of my feet...

Hi @Catalystchris I was diagnosed with Charcot Foot in October 2013. I had both legs put in plaster and given Aircast boots and crutches. The thing with Aircast Boots is that they absorb some of the shock caused by body weight if used as advised. My feet were inspected each time the plaster was...

That might be the additional dumping of glucose into the blood by the liver. A kind of leaveover from primeval times. You wake up in a cave and are immediately supplied with extra "fuel" preparing you for any outcome including predators.

It would be interesting to know what your blood glucose readings are when this happens. This used to happen to me when my readings rose rapidly for whatever reason.

As I understand it @Sadsac@21 nobody can make you take medication. I had an instance nearly twenty years ago where I attended a diabetes clinic barely ten minutes after someone crashed into my car. My blood pressure was taken on entry and a doctor handed me an additional prescription for another...