Recent Content by mrburden

Hi, I took Gabapentin for my neuropathy and didn't get any major side effects, but didn't get any relief from the pain either. My doc prescribed a topical cream called Capsasin. It comes from chillis and causes a constant feeling warmth/tingling to the nerves. Over a few days this feeling gets...

Having offered advice above but now reading that you've only been diagnosed for 3 weeks, I'd probably say that things aren't as bad as they look. You do need to reduce the hypos in the day, but I don't think that your readings being around 10 are hugely bad. I'd run with that, without any...

Hi Beckie, It is possible that you don't actually need to have the correction dose to bring your readings down If you don't take any long-acting insulin at night, I would suggest you don't take the correction dose at all in the morning, as the higher reading might just be what is known as the...

In a word, no. Generally a pay off is exactly that, but it really depends on what you mean by "paid off". If your employer terminated your contract and the pay-off was some sort of agreed compensation package, then I would suggest that is the end of the job. But if they simply paid you a fee to...

Hi, Having a bit of a tidy up today and found 3 blood glucose meters. Does anyone want one? 1x BG Star 1x One Touch Verio iQ 1x Freestyle Insulinx All are new and in sealed boxes If you are in the Weymouth (Dorset) area and you could use one of them please send me a PM. Thanks

For many people in the UK, private health insurance is cost-prohibitive and not an option. But what makes you think that the doctors and nurses are any better if you have private health care? My below knee amputation was carried out by a world-renowned surgeon in an NHS hospital and I was nursed...

We seriously considered moving to live in the USA, but the cost of my diabetes care was the only thing that actually stopped us. Most jobs offer medical insurance as part of the pay package, but as a T1 diabetic you are limited to which job you can take by the cost of the medical insurance that...

I suppose the problem can be made a lot worse if you are served more than one glass of the stuff, or if you are only having a drink and not eating and not taking any insulin at all

Been out for meals a couple of times recentlywhich is a rarity for me really. I've been carb-counting for quite a while now, so don't have any problems with working out my intake yet coincidently, two days on the trot and at two different places I was given standard cola after asking for diet...

I was given the BD Microfine Ultra "Penta-Point" this time. I have to say that I find them quite a lot more comfy to use, though it coincided with the Diabetes.co.uk Facebook post showing the damage that multi-use of single use needles can cause to the point. That made me start using the needles...

Hi Randburg, It is possible but far less likely that you will show ketones as a tablet controlled T2. But quite often T2 diabetics will eventually progress to need insulin at a later stage. When or if that happens then the chances of showing ketones will be the same as anyone on insulin, as the...

Spiker, When glucose cannot be absorbed by the body, the liver starts to turn stored fats into energy. The fact that glucose cannot be absorbed is down to an insulin/glucose imbalance, which can either be too much insulin with no glucose, (which causes hypoglycemia) or too much glucose for the...

Hi, Ketones are a by-product created when there is not enough glucose to fuel the body's needs, so the body burns it's fat reserves to create energy. Generally, this can happen when there is either: not enough insulin in the body to convert the glucose into energy (with high BG readings) or, as...

As I understand it "Top-line" is a reference to being of top class or high class, but is now used to describe how well someone is. I think it comes from early passenger ship travel, where richer people travelled in the highest cabins A mis-quoted saying that annoys me and also comes from our...

The early days are indeed trial and error in many cases. His BG levels are high, but the doctors tend to prefer to bring the levels down in a controlled manner rather than in big steps so as to avoid having a hypo. The time that this process takes can vary from person to person, but the levels...