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Thanks cugila, that's very helpful info. I appreciate it. Best, Chris

What exactly is diabetic maculopathy? I've heard of age-related macula problems, but never associated with diabetes. Is this another scary complication I should look forward to? :cry: :D

Yup, done that - panic stations! :!: It's times like that when I thank God for Lucozade. :D

Thanks for all the recent activity on this thread - I've been 'absent' for a while, but I'm back now. :D I still haven't had the full results of my screening. :evil: I saw a doctor at my diabetic clinic about 3 months ago (was just due to see the nurse, but asked to see a doctor) and he...

This has proved an (unexpectedly) interesting and informative thread... thanks to everyone who's contributed (so far!). Chris

I get swollen feet, and I think it's due to the blood pressure tablets I'm taking - 10mg each of Ramipril and Amlodipine. I suspect it's the latter that's the actual culprit - I cut that one down to 5mg for a while and my feet seemed much better. I believe this is one of the known side-effects...

No worries. :D Chris.

I probably can't give a good reason for every time I've been tested, beyond anxiety about what my BG is (whether I'm going low without really knowing it). I am testing much less often now, actually - yesterday only 4 times. But I went up to 12.3 at one point, and had to give a corrective dose...

Well, that's precisely why I've been testing a lot. :) I am looking forward to it. I just wish something like it had been available - or, if it was available, I'd been advised to go on it - when I was first diagnosed. But then, 'shoulda, coulda, woulda'...

But the problem is if you're losing hypo sensitivity, as I am, your body is not giving you adequate warning of when you're going low. Actually I'm due to go on a DAFYDD course soon, which I hope will finally help me sort out the relationship between my carb intake and insulin dose. I have made...

Thanks again to everyone for all the comments. One thing that I'm particularly interested in, however, which hasn't come up, is the possibility of alternatives to test strips. I seem to recall a news story from a few years ago about an electronic device that measured BG through the skin; there...

So how exactly do I do that? :?: :? I mean, I've been carb counting for about two months, and it seems to have had some effect in balancing things; but I'm probably still in the grip of old (and bad) habits. I want to achieve very tight control, and testing frequently has helped me do this...

Thanks Janabelle, I think I'm losing mine, and I did point this out to him. He said something like "Well you'll have to watch that, then." I feel a bit on the defensive about this whole issue, because I will admit that I've been testing too much. For years my BG levels would see-saw, and my...

I've always thought that you just test after you've had food, when you wake up and before going to bed. At minimum that would likely mean testing 5 times a day - but that would just be 'on average', because of course there may be times when you just do need to test more. Testing 3 times per day...

Well, not so much a 'discussion' as him telling me in quite strong terms that I'm testing too much, and that he can't tolerate me ordering so regularly. I admit I probably have been testing too often. But the doctor in the Diabetes clinic I saw last week told me that testing often is actually a...