Recent Content by Paul J

I have sent my request in, sounds like a great idea

any youngster has my best wishes, its a bummer of a condition as it makes us so dependant on meds for life, and being"spontaneous" is not straight forward any longer, at least I had the fun of living through my 20s 30s and 40s being care free, Oh, and Im fully aware of my auto immune problem...

I'm in a similar position to you, Aged 50 diagnosed t1, not overweight, healthy lifestyle choices pre T1, would consider double figures irresponsible

Call me a cynic, but if the drugs companies are earning so much money from diabetic medications, what incentive is there for them to find a cure ,or fund research for a cure, Surly its not in the interests of the share holders, or the stock exchange!

GP tried this on me, I told them that the meter they wanted me to use is niot supported on the software I run to moniter my condition, and that I have 2 meters, one that runs on a cartridge, and the other on strips, both run on the same software, Added to this, My GP, like the print outs as does...

the health service have contracted out the running of the exemption cards, so they are looking to claw back as much as possible asap, The exemption cards only run for 5 years, the reason is to cut down on fraud use by others using a deceased's card, and other similar scams, unfortunately as T1...

I don't think I have ever injected more than 7 units in a single shot, And I am shocked that some need 40 units in one dose, without appearing hypocyrical, is that behaving in a manner that is bad for your own health, and believe me I aint no saint, but I do want to live long

eat the fruit, avoid the juice, same with veggies, fibre is good for you in its natural unmolested state

tea, white no sugar/sweetner, Coffee Americano, with an extra shot.... black no sugar/sweetner Plenty every day and not a BG problem in sight...

all done Good luck

5 months after my 50th birthday, Nov 20th 2010 was told that had It not been discovered ( bit of luck as no symptoms) I would have been dead on Christmas day!!!! scary spent a week in hospital recovering, now had it for nearly 4 years, and no complications

Great thread by the way ;)

At the foot clinic last week, ....." your feet are healthier than a non diabetics feet" better we all be diabetic then and have healthy feet... lol And another ... well you can have lots of fruit and fruit juice, because that's natural sugar.....?????? worst of all it was a T2 telling me...

Hi Ellie, How long before you tested your 7.8 had you eaten, and what did you have, ?and did you have sufficient insulin(fast) to cover the carbs,? Your B.G. Potentially could have been on the way up, and could have also explained a high morning reading, Do you carb count? its so important to...

5.5 this year, 5.9 last year 6.1 previous time, and I have really good low sensitivity, at 4.5 I really don't feel too good, and that doesn't happen very often, and I test 7 to 10 times per day,