Recent Content by TheTartanPimpernel

Can anyone point in the direction of Bernstein having published any of his base data which would withstand, or has withstood, analysis by a peer group review? I read his tome - then quickly binned it. Anecdotal and as far as I could ascertain unsubstantiated; cherry picked to suit his...

I have not regularly checked my BG levels for some time yet my latest HbA1c (last week) was 5.6. I would argue that testing over a longer term it is not as essential as some might have us believe. After diagnosis I tested twice per day only and within a relatively few months reduced my BG and...

I found with the other part of this household that mood swings came matched fluctuating sugar levels - and from time to time still do. I was not diagnosed until 13 years later but, as I have mentioned elsewhere, the diagnosis was the best news I had because I knew what the problem was and could...

Best news I had was being diagnosed T2. Given the years of symptoms (recognised retrospectively - hindsight being a a great thing) which I put down to working long hours it was a relief to know that it was something I could come to terms with just a little willpower and get a grip of quickly -...

by TheTartanPimpernel on December 28th, 2009, 8:04 pm You guy's never heard of Google. Perhaps you should try it. Save a lot of potential grief.

"Surely if they had the will, DUK could send out a survey leaflet in Balance, & publish the results." Why waste money on a so called survey that would be, apart from lacking verifiable 'evidence', be skewed from the outset. More diabetics don't subscribe than do so. A longnitudinal study...

Meters need not be expensive. I happened to be in Boots in Haddington a week or so ago and they had three different Aviva meters each priced pennies under £17.00. However, only 12 miles away the High Street chemist all three meters were on sale priced under £6.00. Somewhere in the middle...

You guy's never heard of Google. Perhaps you should try it. Save a lot of potential grief.

Ramipril is prescribed for: High blood pressure Heart failure Prevention of heart attack and stroke in people who are at risk. My blood pressure was normal when I was diagnosed T2 but the Consultant prescribes Ramipril to those over 60 for the last f the reasons listed above.

Right click n the exe icon, select properties then elect to run as XP or whatever. If you don't have an icon n the desktop browse to program files locate the directory that contains the prog, select the exe file, right click etc, etc.

If you are using Windows XP try: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/trainin ... rance.aspx If you are using Vista try: http://www.mstipsandtricks.com/tips-and ... /Font.html I expect that there will be solutions for generally enlarging text size with other operating systems.

There is perhaps more to examining digital images obtained by computer screening than simple observation by 'untrained' operators. It would appear that software algorithms are available which will detect potential problems from a single image. Once more than one digital image is available for...

And the depth of the fluff in the navel is......? Reality is that until some controlled study is conducted we will never know. And again,simply observing on an individual basis that BG is 'better'/'lower' says nothing without some measure of what the overall impact on the 'whole' might be/is...

How to get up noses in one easy lesson: "Your dietary advice is rubbish". Says it all really. There is a bit more to life as a diabetic than simply getting and maintaining a low Bg level - and while lots of us have achieved that goal its not always been done by the engineering approach of Dr...

Scotsman Published Date: 18 November 2009 A small extract: SCOTTISH patients with severe diabetes could be freed from daily injections of insulin with the launch today of a groundbreaking new cell transplant service. The treatment involves extracting islets – the cells that produce insulin –...