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A very curious case - Abbot sent me 8 packs of Freestyle glucose test strips out of the blue; however, I've not had any contact with Abbot Diabetes for two years now and have never acquired test strips directly from Abbot. The included letter claimed that the test strips were a replacement I had...

That's probably not gonna happen. However, one question - did you have perfectly normal blood sugar before you "induced" diabetes by deliberately pumping yourself full of sugar? If not, then what was the point of that tangent? Exercise and losing weight improve insulin sensitivity, so well...

Or you could just learn how to carb count (DAFNE and friends).

It's Oramed. Whilst an interesting development, they themselves say that the main goal is to improve compliance (I.e. to make insulin therapy less scary in order to get more patients on insulin earlier)

It' amazing that you can spin any experiment that doesn't agree with your ideas into a success (e.g. increase in OGTT result was because they didn't low carb long enough). But no, if reality disagrees with your kindergarten level understanding of biochemistry then obviously reality must be wrong.

By the same logic you shouldn't drive with a BG of 10 mmol/l because 20 mmol/l is further away from a hypo - what matters is if you get hypos with your current target levels; if you don't get hypos then there is no inherent reason to be concerned about hypos just because BG could be higher...

I'm sure they will take it down if you cite RCTs and meta-analyses that prove that a low carb diet can cure diabetes... Oh wait, you just have broscience, anecdotes and quacks selling books to the desperate but too afraid to publish in medical journals.

Re: Big mistake! No, it would be a step forward: T2s are usually started on basal insulin, so getting her an appropriate insulin (either on its own or mixed or as part of basal/bolus regime) is better than bolus insulin only which is not appropriate for anyone. So you have an insulin passport...

The point is that insulin pens will keep for a month at room temperature and after that you have to discard it anyway - you would only need frio wallets if the temperature at the cinema is 30C+ :mrgreen:

I'd start looking here. I highly doubt that you'll need frio for a night out, assuming that the place is air conditioned.

Rule of thumb is that you don't have to bolus for <10g carbs - I.e. tea/coffee is fine but if you have a susbtantial amount of milk (e.g. Cereal) then you should include it in your bolus.

Immediate treatment will most likely consist of injections to correct the deficit, followed by vitamin supplements or further injections (e.g. If you cannot absorb dietary vitamins).

If you are permanently moving the UK then you are entitled to the usual NHS care ([url=http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1087.aspx?CategoryID=68&SubCategoryID=162]they list evidence that you are looking for work as acceptable). In the UK, patients may have to pay a small fee for prescriptions but...

Your wording confuses me - if you are moving to the uk permanently, then you are entitled to free NHS care, including free prescriptions for diabetics... However, if you come to work and live in the uk then you'd also be considered a resident

Re: Is it safe to take Humalog mix and Humulin R in the same "Mixing" insulins refers to mixing them in a vial and then injecting the mix, and it is possible for them to interact which could affect the effectiveness. That is not what you are doing; there are no inherent problems with taking...

From what I've read (e.g. think like a pancreas) 50% of the carbs in sugar alcohols and similar sweeteners still make it into the blood stream so I would recommend to not have them if you want the OGTT to be accurate. Why don't you talk to your doctor about this? Either to find a way for you...

How exactly do you go from "I had to be admitted to hospital and have IV insulin" to "You will be fine, don't worry"? If anything, your tale would make me think that he won't be fine without urgent medical intervention ("I ended up on a drip in hospital"). The simple fact is that the diagnostic...

The vitamin k link is interesting, but otherwise this is mostly academic - the benefits/risks are already accounted for in the analysis the statin recommendation is based on.

I'm sorry, but the prevailing opinion on the forums is that doctors are incompetent semi-vegetables who are conspiring to kill patients and hide miracle diets and treatment that would instantly wipe out diabetes at negligible cost, so do decideif you can handle the constant opposition you will...

"Insulin dependant" is an old term for T1 diabetics which is no longer used. As such, debating whether you depend on insulin is maybe not that helpful. Generally speaking, T2s make insulin but not enough to move all glucose out of the bloodstream (causing damage to blood vessels and all sorts...