Recent Content by Hydrazine

Hi Landshark, Not entirely sure what you're getting at here. As far as I know, fasting blood sugar above 7.8mmol is abnormal. If you are 'pre-diabetic' and you make certain lifestyle change,s you may be able to prevent full type 2 diabetes and thus avoid medication (so this diagnosis could...

Not sure how long you've been diagnosed but maybe you still have some residual pancreas function (honeymoon phase). From what you say about your levels increasing in the morning it sounds like your liver is releasing glucose and your endongenous insulin is gradually becoming unable to cope...

When I had my retinopathy screening the Optician uploaded the images to a monitor. All looked fine to me (I had researched what retinopathy looked like on the net). He looked at them and then started pointing out absolutely minute 'bulges' in some of the vessels and said that although it would...

Hi tigger, I got one of those letters a while back informing me that I had background retinopathy, but so it doesnt require treatment. I went on holiday to Egypt in march (just after the political unrest) and purchased single trip travel insurance. On the phone the salesman asked me about...

Hi All, Many thanks for the replies! Looking at the available data and my individual circumstances, I'm pretty certain I'm Type 1. It's just I'm quite shocked it didn't appear they did any tests to confirm the diagnosis, so its nagging away at me a bit! Have an appointment with the...

Hi all, Am just curious as to how Hospital doctors differentiate between type 1 and type 2. I was diagnosed type 1 in may. I'm 28 and was slightly underweight, went to the docs who subsequently called me and said I had to get down to A&E as my bloods were 24. They did tests and found ketones...

Hi Hermes, I use the Optium plus strips - whats your question?

Hi everyone, Im Al, I'm 28 and I've been diagnosed as a type 1 for three months now. Bit of a shock to say the least, went to the docs as was feeling a bit rubbish, a couple of days later and I'm in A and E with a drip and insulin being pumped into me - three days I was in there for :? ...