Recent Content by Tom R

Having recently moved house from Spain, where we could buy a whole range of 'sweet' products, including jams, biscuits and chocolate (all sugar free) suitable for diabetics in most supermarkets, I have found it impossible to find any sugar free products for sale. :? One of the best supermarkets...

Hi Mark, Have been on the same insulin for some time and, at first, I got the same sort of results, do the following might help. When you do your test, try 1 unit of insulin for every whole number above 8, then look at what you are about to eat and try and calculate how much carbs the are...

Any infection will affect your blood sugars, so don't be too dispondent - It should return to normal when you shake off your cold. By the same token your body temperature when you test your blood can make the results suspect. I am just getting over a heavy cold and my blood levels have been as...

Hello There is no need to suffer any pains - it can be treated with tablets which open the blood vessels and thereby reduce constriction pain. The technical term for this condition is Peripheral Neuropathy Well worth talking to your diabetes nurse sooner rather than later. I didn't and now have...

Not as bad as it seems at first :) Hopefully, you will be able to control it with a change of diet Make sure that you try and do what the specialist nurse tells you (they do really know what they are talking about) and everything will be ok Good luck Tom