Recent Content by marphil

As a very long term type 1 I should be able to help so count me in. Margaret

I have read many letters from fellow diabetics wondering why they cannot keep their sugar continually around 5 - well as I said above no two people are the same - and each person has a different life, personality, other chronic conditions, dislikes and likes. So it doesn't matter how hard we...

My son has pre-diabetess and for many years has shown high sugars on and off if not careful what he eats without becoming straightforward diabetic. He has never been overweight and has always been active. There are several diabetics in the family both type 1 and type 2. Type 1 being quite...

Yes, I do realise that good blood sugars do help us to keep well but when things go wrong like getting used to an insulin and having side effects (which I did i.e. humalog etc.,levemir didn;t suit me for quite a while and I thought I was to blame. Also it is not so easy to keep good balance if...

I have over the years been subscribing to Diabetes UK and have been getting more and more fedup with the attitude that "if you behave yourself and always keep your bm's at the correct level you will not get any long term complications" I am now subscribing to Diabetes.co.uk and find many more...

Re: Levemir, Glargine or Porcine Insulins At last I've reached some place where animal insulin is not hushed up. I was put on the new insulins when they first were introduced after several years on PZI and soluble insulin. Over the years I have become gradually worse and my BM's were...