Recent Content by Kleinian

I am type II and I have been on Simvastatin for about 3 years. Initially I was OK but gradually I began to have leg problems and memory losses and now I am quite handicapped. I find mounting steps tricky or standing up from a low seat. I have been researching statins and I am not convinced...

My last diabetic retinopathy check was OK but I did seem to have some problems of a minor nature in my left eye. I have been struggling with my vision for some time and depending on specs from the £1 shop! Most opticians seem to be rip off merchants flogging specs at incredible prices. I...

Cugila - how do you do this? Some 8,500 posts, I think, and always a quick reply! Incredible. I am impressed.

Cugila - I took your advice and tried my fingers again with the lance set on 1.5. It did work and I got rapid and easy blood samples. I normally have to 'squeeze' any jabs I make on my HTE. I will try to stick with my fingers! The BG was around 5.5 and seemed both reasonable and...

cugila - even though I use the Bayer Contour monitor I use the Accu-Chek multiclix! When I first started doing my BG I would use a fresh lance for every test - and this was going to cost - but after I read Bernstein I kept the same lance for some time. I bought a load off eBay and I have only...

cugila - my thanks for the reply! I did try contacting Bayer but I just got the run around. I was promised a call back on my 'phone but it didn't happen. I will keep trying them. When I was using my fingers for samples I got to the stage where scar tissue was interfering with the sampling...

I think I must make a 'phone call! I quit on my fingers as a test site because they were ruined. The hypothenar area is much larger and always gives me a good sample.

I still seem to be in trouble with my Bayer Contour monitor! I just took a reading and it was 9.6 which I didn't believe. I instantly took another reading and it was 5.9. I think this clearly demonstrates a problem with either the monitor or the test strips because I changed nothing. I am...

Hobs - agreed. I no longer use my fingers to get blood. I tap into the hypothenar eminence on my left hand. I must have taken at least 1000 and it is looking a bit under the weather! I did think my hand might have been contaminated but I promise you it was clean. I did wash my hand before...

I am Type II controlled by diet and Metformin. I check my blood glucose with a Bayer Contour monitor and it normally works very well BUT I have had some odd readings. This morning I took a reading that was effectively a fasting blood glucose - about 12 hours after food - and it was 11.6. I am...

Re: How long for metformin to kick in? My type II can be a touch confusing. I finally got onto Metformin and I am prescribed 3 500mg per day mainly due to my own insistence. My GP seems to know little about diabetes. My morning/fasting BG has been quite high at times - maybe as high as 7.3 -...

Typical. The NHS has become a disaster area for patients and the NHS and diabetes seem to be complete strangers to each other. I downloaded some significant research on type 2 and showed it to my GP. He just glanced at it and then threw it back at me saying that I shouldn't take notice of...