Recent Content by vaughanie

Brilliant and thanks for sharing. My gran spotted my condition and told me "you've got the sugar". I nearly passed out when they gave me a leaflet showing me how to inject with a glass syringe and the pee test, and that I could never eat chocolate again . My favourite experience now is...

Since Covid things hand gotten much, much worse however the less obvious decline started in 2011. I was diagnosed under a Tory govt, got the care and prevention services I needed up until around 2012 when the doctors and nurses and clinic resources started to disappear. I am lucky now to have...

Just had my annual bloods done and to be honest I was expecting mixed news. I seem to go in 3 month cycles of improved control followed by poor control and on and on. I am in my poor control cycle now with Hbac1 80% above where it should be but good weight, 0.2 above for Cholesterol and ideal...

I had my argument about which testing strips and quantity settled by my hospital clinic consultant after attending the DAFOE course. I got a testing machine that calculates the amount of insulin I need and a minimum testing routine of four per day. I argued I needed three boxes per month plus a...

Sorry, you are expecting a soap opera to educate people about a complex medical condition like T1 diabetes? Really? There are far more important issues surrounding diabetes to get worked up about than this.

Hi, Hope you are feeling OK. Going to make a few short sharp points. Do NOT worry about complications, they will just make you sad. They are a long time off. I am a near 30 year diabetic T1, so now is my time to worry about them - hence my gym bunny lifestyle. DO test your bloods as often as...

Hi Sam, I am type 1 and got a trainer in Feb last year to lose some weight for my wedding last June. I also prefer raise my BG to 10-15 for one hour of training which usually consists of 20 minutes cardio followed by 40 minutes of arms/chest volume training or legs/abs. Trainer put me on a low...