Recent Content by mcdonagh47

Its not possible for anyone to be an 'ex-diabetic ' - its a lifelong condition. 'in remission' is not an appropriate term either - its GOOD CONTROL

Seems a trifle contradictory, if your name is off ''the list' how will they know to call you for a blood test in six months? And why will you need one ?

No, the figure of 4 is not plucked out of thin air. It comes from the researches of Edwin Biermann in the mid 1990s. He found that at levels over 5 in the general population ( non-diabetics) the incidence of cardio/heart disease increased significantly. The same tipping point for cardio/heart...

Heh,heh - perhaps it was the "soldiers" wot done it ?

Correct. Its the Metabolic Syndrome - the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride together - Type 2 Diabetes, Hypercholesterolemia, Obesity and Hypertension. Any appearance of one of them and the patient should be monitored for the rest. Raised Cholesterol is a warning signalabout an increased...

Daily Mail report of a Lancet article from Denmark .. " Statins could protect against blindness and amputations caused by diabetes, researchers have found. Diabetes patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs were up to 40 per cent less likely to develop these complications. Experts believe...

Not really. You are a Type 1 Diabetic effectively and you need insulin soon or later. If you are in double figures a lot of the time - go for it now. Insulin is actually one of the strategies for preserving Beta Cells for as long as possible in slow-burn Type 1s because you rest them instead of...

an Islet of diabetics an Insula of diabetics a Kraken of diabetics a Lumpen of Diabetics a Banting of diabetics a Diadem of diabetics a Balance of diabetics

well let's see about the rest... 1. No. The HBA1C does not measure average blood sugar levels , it measures something else entirely ( glycation of haemoglobin). Its partly because of that difference that the method of reporting was changed a couple of years ago from %s - 6.5 % A1C was too...

Tredinnick is a well known loon and perhaps the safest place for him to be is Parliament, out of the way of real people. A Science writer from the New Scientist magazine stood against him on principle for the "Science Party" at the 2010 Election but only got 197 votes. Tredinnick got 42% of the...

administer your own OGTT Mark , drink 75 ml of lucozade and test at an hour and 2 hours after.

Spot on. The fact that you will have to take your thyroid medication for life tells you that the fundamental condition is not being addressed -its just managing the symptoms in order to avoid complications. Presumably treatment of the condition ( if the causes are known) is just too expensive...

No there are no treatments for Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes - all that is on offer are relatively crude, more or less hit-or-miss methods of managing the symptoms.

The causes of Type 2 Diabetes ( also Type 1 ) are unknown - that's why there is no treatment for either of them.