Recent Content by tono

Why are you not going out

Hi I’ve been type 1 for 47 years now and I have good control but in recent months I have struggled when walking due to pain and burning in my feet My nurse has said my circulation is good but sent me to see a podiatrist who confirmed that and recommended insoles I have been wearing these for a...

Is this test strip what you would use for urine, is it accurate?

You haven't said what hospital your mum is in I think you should let us know for others to be aware of what is going on,this type of thing is rife in our hospitals at the moment. Your mum is lucky she has a family to watch out for her, other less fortune elderly people are not surviving in these...

Move to Wales prescriptions are free

Can't believe the **** I'm reading here if your diabetic and want to keep it under control you've got to test, I must have pricked my fingers 50000 times over the years you've just got to get on with it

I have had type 1 for 42 years and test 4 or 5 times a day and only wash my hands in work or if I've been out in the garden at home. I can't see the point if your hands are clean it doesn't seem to have affected my readings, how many of you out there swab your injection area every time you...