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Thanks for your comments. I hate the **** thing -- from the ludicrously elaborate meter right through to the thin but overly elaborate logbook which is cunningly just too big to fit in the meter pouch. I tried th meter once and now I can't get the **** thing to register any new readings (I don't...

I'd stay positive -- it's good that you don't need as much gliclazide. I've been stable for a while on 100mg. You might want to juggle timing and dosage to find a way of avoiding hypos. I find 20mg before breakfast is the most that I can take to avoid afternoon hypos, but then need 80 mg before...

I'd really steer clear of the granary bread if I were you. I used to find a small mouthful didn't do any damage, but I recently got 2 huge spikes from it. I suspect some manufacturers are altering the content. Your meds may be gradually becoming less effective, but it might be worth doing some...

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Calling all children and young people with diabetes and their parents: -- Diabetes UK is lobbying parliament on Wednesday 5th June. The idea is that you meet with your MP in Westminster to ask them to ensure that all children with diabetes are getting the tests and checks that they are entitled...

Hi Ryann, The symptoms that you describe are compatible with vitamin B12 deficiency (which often mimics aspects of MS). I confused this with after-effects of hypos which I couldn't shake off, just as you describe, and it was months before they thought to check B12 and found very low levels. When...

Just heard from my GP that they are switching me to using a GLUCOLAB meter and test strips. Obviously I shall miss my dear old Free Style Lite -- we have had such happy times together ('WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 8.1????!!!!!' etc). Presumably the switch is being made because the test strips are a lot...

Exciting/embarrassing ones: During a concert performance Doing a TV interview Giving a lecture Crossing the street Boring ones: Supermarket Gardening Simply sitting down at the computer I now mostly manage to avoid them -- the meds and diet balance seems to be right (for the time being --...

My DN encouraged me to adjust timing and dosage according to meter readings and I have found a balance that works OK for me. I assume it's the half tablet at lunch that is giving you the pre-evening meal low. Might be worth trying a full tablet before breakfast? Did the GP switch your dosage...

Hi Smudgee, I also had a numb patch on my heel for several years, and again diabetes clinic was not interested as it wasn't peripheral. When they finally thought to check my B12 levels they were very low, as was my nerve conduction, and the assumption now is that my numbness was caused by B12...

Hi Lady P -- I've replied to this on your other thread.

Hi Lady P I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter. You’ll probably have been told the official line that if you had a choice of MODY then MODY-2 would be the one to go for, as its effects are milder, but any diabetes is a pain, and childhood diabetes is always tough and unfair. As you know, it...

That's not taken out of context, Viv. You ARE always right, as far as I can see! :thumbup: :lol:

i had just mentioned on the other thread that grapes have a relatively high GI and (more importantly) GL, and they certainly spike me. But there are lots of posters on this forum who know a lot more than I do about these things. As always, the answer is to do what Viv says - test, and see what...

Best of luck steve -- do let us know how you get on.

Hi -- I can't advise on anything, but for what it's worth my experience was that at my NCV test, the neurophysiologist who did the test did NOT know a lot about diabetes and just made some initial gut-reaction comments that found their way to the diabetes clinic, which advised that I should get...

Whoa! Watch out for grapes! It's not all about carbs. Glycemic load of grapes is 11 per serving, which is nearly three times that of a pear or an orange, and their GI is as high as a ripe banana. Test and see, but I find grapes send my sugars soaring (and so would a banana). Hba1c level is your...

Hi. It sounds like diabetic neuropathy, and as the squire says the best thing to do is get the BG numbers down. I'm MODY diabetic and while I had the NCV test for non-peripheral neuropathy and got poor results, they decided in the end that this was more due to prolonged B12 deficiency (which...

I know -- hence my own use of emoticon. I'm just an old pedant, really.......

Hi -- sorry to be a spoilsport but I'm a historian working on this period and nearly all of this is about as accurate as an NHS dietician's advice on what diabetics should be eating! :lol: :lol: