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In the cases where I have reported people they either did not now need the badge ie had recovered from an operation or had got the BB by dubious means. I do agree that sometimes you just don't know. Two of my friends have RSD which is a very painful illness effecting the nervous system. One of...

Disabled Parking Badges - commonly known as Blue Badges used to be controlled by your local council and your GP. Now they are produced by a central government agency. An automatic BB can be issued if someone is on a certain benefit, higher rate mobility DLA (PIP) for example or registered blind...

My local surgery did the same thing to my Type 1 friend not 4 months ago, she purchased her meter as well so saved them money. Then to make matters worse once they had changed her over they sent her another letter saying due to further cost cutting they were reducing her strips by a third. She...

It is not the NHS staff who are at fault or are trying deliberately to mislead us, but NICE certainly are. Remember that the majority of their doctors have some of their budgets funded by drugs companies. Last week was National Dietitians Week and as I work at a hospital I stopped at their...

Wow, I can only like a post once but you have hit the nail on the head. This disease it not as simple as type 1 or type 2. There are so many other factors at play and every person is an individual. I have been reading up a lot lately about how the body metabolises, stores and uses sugar in all...

Try 'Fat Chance' by Dr Robert Lusting. He is of the same opinion and using years of research he has put together how we have been led up the garden path and how thousands of people have lived with self loathing, failure and yet more thousands have died due to misinformation over the last 40-50...

How very right you are Squire Fulwood, I don't know how many of you are aware but this past week has been 'National Dietitians Week'. I work at a hospital and could not resist stopping at their stall. I asked them what the latest doctrine was re diabetes and was told: 'We recommend complex carbs...

A friend of mine often has sciatica and has been suffering for the last couple of months with a very bad bout. She was so bad she could not walk upright. She felt 20 years older than she is. She has had countless physio sessions which have helped her but the only real help came when she had...

I think one the main things to note with all of these diets being mentioned; Atkins, Paleo, High Fibre, LCHF etc is that they all restrict sugar and if followed properly they all - to some degree - work! That should surely be a sign to us in the diabetic community and for the whole world, cut...

I have now got a breakdown of my cholesterol from my practice nurse: LDL: 3.4 HDL: 1.0 Triglycerides: 0.6 Total 5.0 (my GP says this is too high as a diabetic) I have checked all these figures out and the only thing that is at the top of normal range and therefore bad is the LDL, but even...

semiphonic - I love your 'chocolate box' reference! Must remember that one.

When are running for government Andy..... I'd vote for you in a second! But you must promise to get rid of NICE - contradiction in terms if ever there was one. Regards, forty six

I like the bit about easy fun option to real food - that is exactly what they do. My GP says 'if you can't pronounce it then how the hell do you expect your body to recognise it, digest it and metabolize it!' Makes you hanker for the good old days of real food when everyone's mum could cook...

Have you asked your doctor to do a full thyroid check as your symptoms are also the same as low thyroid count. Try thyroid.org.uk as they have a very good signs and symptoms checker that you can print and cross off the ones that you are experiencing and give this to your GP. I have to warn you...

The more I read about bad GP's and surgeries the more I realize how lucky I am. My GP suspected I had developed diabetes so I had a blood test in November. My results hit their system at 11.22am on November 29th 2013 and she rang me at 11.47am on the same day. She also completed my referral for...

I think we need to be very careful with all descriptions of disease and apportioning blame. When I said to my DN at my first meeting 'I suppose you will say that it is my fault' she replied with, 'Diabetes is a disease of the endocrine system and as many people within a normal weight range die...

Apparently there is something in the leaflet that comes with Atorvastatin that it can raise BG, though my GP has said that this side effect is "unknown" What a load of rubbish - a recent study in USA has showed that some women taking that particular statin for other reasons than diabetes have a...

I wondered if they included in this report the advice from a South African cardiologist who believes that the following should be on the wall of every doctors surgery: STOP - DO NOT GIVE STATINS TO WOMEN! THEY HAVE NO EFFECT. It has been reported that they can hinder or make worse the menopause...

It's not that I don't trust their knowledge and skill - but my brothers situation has made me very cautious and is proof that sometimes you cannot go back if they make a mistake. He had pains in his chest when walking and went to his GP more than a dozen times only to be told that he needed to...

I do not believe that my GP would prescribe something that she knew would be bad for me but I do know that every time she gives me a repeat prescription for Metformin SR the system my clinic uses prompts her to change it to the cheaper one. I have told her that there is no point in wasting the...