Recent Content by Jackinthebox

I was originally mis-diagnosed with type 2 and took metformin. I hated them gave me a bad stomach and the only way I could take them was to chew them. After about 8 weeks I was re-diagnoed with type one and given insulin to inject straight away. The injections are completely painless and so easy...

Squire Fulwood - I do my own testing at home and was supplied the monitor and get my own strips on prescription free of charge. The GPs surgery are just trying to get the strips FOC so they dont have to come out of their budget. Very dodgy I think. I go once a week and they take a reading and...

Thanks guys for all the comments and good advice, still trying to understand more about carbs and getting really annoyed that all the books & diets assume you must be overweight when I am only 5.5 stone (35kg). Tried to chase up hospital today but was distracted by garden centre and they were...

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at the end of November 2012 and have not been able to get my blood sugar levels down below about 17 and it fluctuates between 17 and around 27 despite changes to medication. I am pretty inexperienced in the ways of the medical system having only seen a...