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Even though compared to some of the other results you see yours look low, they are actually high for a fasting BG, in a non-diabetic you would expect to see bg's around the 4mmol/l level. The point of the OGTT is to see how your body responds to a shot of glucose by seeing how your body...

Best thing is keep in mind moderation and extra checking and you should be fine. When I was first diagnosed it was back in the days, when you had a prescribed 2 injections and prescribed set amount of carbohydrates per day... First Christmas I was pregnant so played it by the book then...

A test strip actually poses less of a cross-contamination risk than the used plaster, dirty nappy, blooded tissue from the bleeding nose or cuts, female sanitary items... Yet everybody doesn't bat an eyelid throwing these items in their rubbish bin but make a song and dance about the less...

Nicky Try not to worry about it, if the worst comes to the worst there is a lot of help out there... Diabetesuk, CAB and ACASS will all help with advise (diabetesuk have a very good booklet how diabetes fits in with the Equality Act, and excellent employment advocate) At the beginning of the...

Glargine also know as Lantus, is know for it's weight gain problems.. Perhaps ask you team to swapped over to Levimer which is another type of background/long acting insulin, that doesn't seem to cause the same weight gain problems. But you have also take in to account whether you lost any...

Osidge Sorry I'm not ILL.. I have a medical condition that I have to managed 24/7 so that I don't become Ill.... And yes what diet you chose is personally preference, take your example of a lot of places offer a Vegetarian option, a easy thing to achieve as a lot of non vegetarian will often...

I wasn't going to get involved in this but.. Sorry you have no cause to complain... You can't use diabetes nor the fact you unwisely decided to inject insulin before ordering your food, to demand el la carte menu at set meal price... As this is what you were doing.. No good griping that what...

Tis hard to explain Just before you attend the course, they take you HbA1c, weight etc, as your bench mark of control, this and all your future results get sent to dafne HQ as part of the constant monitoring program... My consultant did prewarn me, even he doubted I would learn anything new...

If the DVLA has said, they will review at 6 months then this is what they will do, how long it will take to go through their medical process I really don't know... Could be worse, my friend had an automatic revoke of his licence of 12 months, his fit was drug induced as in not illegal drugs...

Two things surprise me both with the OP and DannyH... How on earth did you get sorted and out so quick! Admittedly It's been a few years since I've landed in hospital with DKA, but when I have, each time I was in for a couple of weeks, each time I spent a week or so on the sliding scale to...

Google the PDSA and look for Ellie and Jones in the Gold Medals under Animal Bravery... And see if you can spot my pump I'll give you a hint, it was clipped to my skirt waist band left side.... As you can see I'm rather slim, and not chance of hiding it in my bra, tried it once and it took...

emeles Sorry but you have to inform the DVLA if you take medication that can induce a diabetic hypo... So Gliz's are included in this because they stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin, and if the diabetic using them levels become low, they like an insulin user can end up in a serious...

I'm lucky as hubby is also a T1 diabetic, so I don't have to keep a background insulin, in an emergency I can swipe one of his levimer cartridges.. For my quick acting I just have some just keep a supply of insulin syringes so that I can draw up from my humalog vile if necessary. You do need...

Re: Can you qualify for a pump if you don't have bad control Yes if you've got addisons disease as well as diabetes, the pump makes perfect sense... As it would enable you to quickly change your needs, and better deal with the impact that your addisons can have on your bg's.. You need to get...

Re: Can you qualify for a pump if you don't have bad control Your case would be around based on Quality of Life issues.. Which is around the amount of injections you are having to do every day to maintain control.. So you've got time consuming, to check bg to adjust insulin, The...

This decision is purely based on your PCT, who negotiated with said manufacturer and contract of supply of test strips... These contracts are legal, and they do dramatically reduce the costs for the PCT... But because this is a separate contract from the BFN central contracts, the PCT are...

No it's not offered at all hospitals, others hospitals have created their own cheaper versions of it, which doesn't always come up to par with dafne Why is it only offered to T1's Because is purely because it's about learning how and when to adjust your insulin dose to maintain control of...

I grant that this does seem to be one of the biggest forums.. But it isn't the best forum at all... IMHO it's far from it. As to a doctor recommending this site.. If my diabetic team or my GP recommended me to join here... I resign from their care from immediate effect as I would have no...

The last laugh is on you! Don't under estimate your diabetic team, they know when they are being told porkies... Oh, isn't a magic wand of good control.... A pump is only ever as good as its user big tell tell that is

If you are claiming DLA allowance then when you retire you would be entitled to the Attendance Allowance... Mind you saying that, it might have changed slightly with the recent changes in the benefit system, so the best people to talk to is your local CAB, they will have all the current...