Recent Content by Grant_Vicat

@Sasha1! Please trouble someone - your life is more important. Get them to take you to A&E without referral. Failing that dial 999 if you have not heard by now. They will fully understand.

Thanks for the tag @grantg . Hi @Guineveretoo I'm sorry to hear about all your problems and the resulting anxiety. Do you know what your creatinine level is in your blood and what your gfr is? The reason I ask is that I had 40 years of CKD which began when I was 15 (after 14 years Type1) and was...

You are very unlucky judging from my experience!

Interestingly @grantg a phlebotomist noticed that I am needle phobic and said "So am I! Many phlebotomists are, but it helps us put ourselves in your position." I entirely empathise.

Thank you @grantg - I was intrigued whether such a thing existed!

Is sourdough available in low-carb form? Jason's Sourdough is 44.1 gms of carbohydrate and bog standard Hovis white is only fractionally more at 44.6.

Thank you for the tag @Nicola M. Hello @ThornyHedges Nicola is correct - I had a kidney pancreas Transplant literally 8 days before I was due to start dialysis. Kidney function was first noted in my case in 1973 at the age of fifteen. It was monitored fairly primitively until 1978 when I became...

I probably shouldn't laugh but some of the most comic moments have occurred in serious moments. Seems similar in your life! I would imagine there are more carbs in the head... But at least there were no signs of aggression.

I think this is very relevant @Tony337 especially since she has witnessed short temperedness caused by hypo's at first hand. I am sure that none of us is pleased to admit verbal or physical aggression but it is important for people to know that low blood sugar can cause not just unconsciousness...

Just to keep our perspectives balanced @Fairygodmother my future wife was my girlfriend at the vernacular occasion. We have stayed together and celebrated forty-three years of marriage last week! In sickness and in health etc. Congratulations to you both!

I can only tell as I find. I have reacted (according to people present) in different ways when I used to have hypo's. On one occasion I was laying barely conscious on the floor when I was a student. When one of the attendants spoke to me I told them in the vernacular to go away. I was completely...

Hi @InDeathsWaitingRoom I'm sorry to read about your troubles. I would like to reinforce @Jaylee's post above regarding maculopathy in the hope that it might give you some hope. Briefly at the age of nearly 21 in 1979 I was told I would be blind within two years. I had a total of 7 laser...

From my experience I slowed down the progress of Type 1 with better control and careful diet. Type 2 clearly can be reined in in the experiences of many members of this Forum.

Since private and NHS medics go through the same training via teaching hospitals and associated specialist centres, I can't understand why a private surgeon or ophthalmologist would have greater experience. Many private doctors work for the NHS.

Hi @peterb999 As @ianf0ster says, congratulations and commiserations. In my case I had laser treatment in both eyes between 1979 and 1983. So there is hope. After I was told to take better control of BG levels in 1979, I have had remarkable success with my vision. I hope you fare as well.