Recent Content by smcc

It certainly looks like you did.

As a 79 year old retired GP I had no doubts at all about being vaccinated and was looking forward to having my annual flu vaccine and Covid booster yesterday. At the weekend I carried out a lateral flow test prior to visiting my wife in her care home and a follow-up PCR test confirmed...

I was diagnosed in May 1967 at the age of 24.

My BGs were back to normal over the past 2 days and I have been able to reduce my insulin to pre-vaccine levels.

I had my first AZ dode on Feb 6 and had no upset at all. The second dose was 2 days ago, April 18. Since yesterday morning, 18 hours after the second dose, My BG levels have been high despite increased doses of Tresiba and Humalog insulin and I have added a few extra doses of Humalog to keep...

I had my first dose of the AZ vaccine on Feb 6 and the second two days ago. I had no physical upset with either, nor any BG changes after the first, but my BG levels have been high since yesterday morning despite increasing both basal and pre-meal insulin. I assume that this is due to the...

If David Cameron had not been scared of UKIP there would have been no EU referendum and no need for these measures.

I drink Asda isotonic sports dinks in the gym(32G glucose in 500ml) and only costs 40p. Always have some bottles in the car.

I found this piece by a US diabetic specialist who has had type 1 diabetes for 30 years. It explains how fat affects the absorption of CHO and tells me why I can go to bed with a relatively low BG after a meal with a highish fat content and wake with a high BG next morning...

PC gone mad. I have had type 1 diabetes for 48+ years and have never been troubled by being called diabetic. As others have said the authors of this report surely have better things to do with their time.

PC = pathetic claptrap. I would abbreviate it to pathetic c**p!

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In my experience as a now retired GP the first line of attack on type 2 diabetes has always been a reduction in CHO intake. Indeed, before the discovery of insulin, this was also the only form of treatment for type 1. Unfortunately, as I said in an earlier post, a large number of type 2s make no...

Celeriac, you are absolutely right. In my experience as a now retired GP most type 2s are extremely unwilling to change the dietary habits of a lifetime even when the most severe of possible complications is pointed out to them. It is well known that the huge increase in the incidence of type 2...

How come I am still a new member when I joined 8 years ago?