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Sorry but thats not correct as you dont even need to drive or have a car to have a blue badge, you can use it in any vehicle even a taxi providing it is for the benefit of the blue badge holder. "Disabled Exempt "used to be stamped on the licence but when the DVLA did away with the paper...

If your eyesight is bad enough for you not to be able to drive you should be able to get a Blue Badge no problem as you dont have to drive to be awarded one. However If you just want one to offset your parking costs then the answer will be no as they are awarded for mobility so it would depend...

Id have thought that if they let diabetics aim articulated lorries down our motorways and also let diabetics fly jumbo jets above our heads they would let you have a go at whipping out some ones appendix. Seriously thats a great goal to have and I wish you all the luck with your time spent in...

Bearing in mind that your meter can operate within a tolerance of + or - 20% a rise of 1.7 mmol/L over two readings is par for the course especially given a small time lapse, for example a true reading of 5 mmol/L could read anywhere from as little as 4 mmol/L to as much as 6 mmol/L. Then take...

Hi linashjoe, corticosteroids like Prednisolone raise bg levels dramatically, I was using Predniolone for over 3 years which was the cause of my T2 diabetes, will you be taking them long term? If so a low carb diet will help but like the drugs you are currently taking it will only help so much...

Metformin works in three ways firstly it help you to respond better to your own insulin, then it will lower the amount of sugar released into your blood stream by the liver, and lastly it decreasing the amount of glucose absorbed by the intestines. It also as a 'good' side effect as it seems to...

Hi Ron, lovely guitar btw. The authoritative book on carbs, cals and fat is aptly titled "The Calorie Carb and Fat Bible and the 2016 (latest) edition is available her...

Hi Borogirl1966, as others have said what you are experiencing as common when newly diagnosed and your vision should return to normal once you get your blood glucose (bg) levels down. My own eyesight was so bad just after diagnosis that I had to wear reading glasses to see while driving, it...

Hi Phili, I can understand your feelings and in fact everyone here has felt similarly scared , worried and confused when first told we were diabetic. But the good news is that it sounds as if your health care team are on top of things and doing tests to determine what type of diabetic you are...

I looked on line and it says that Booths Low GI bread has 37g of carbs per 100g compared to Burgen bread that has 25g per 100g so I suspect that in general terms Burgen bread would be kinder to bg levels despite the Low GI tag of the Booths bread. But the only way to know if you can safely eat...

Ive been eating low carb for 8 years now and have lost 5 stone and maintained that weight loss for 7 years and I feel fine, but It depends what you mean by the "long run"? Ive never added extra fat to my diet though, just eaten fewer carbs, the first year I was eating around 60g of carbs a day...

My highlighted sentence,thats the key phrase isnt it, this piece isnt saying that anyone should eat carbs till they become obese, I doubt if any of these Tsimane people are even remotely overweight, let alone obese. And I dont think they were talking about T2 diabetics either, you have to...

:facepalm: NO..........!

Whatever your levels T2 diabetes is always potentially dangerous and left uncontrolled does lead to diabetic complications, none of which are very nice. But the good news is that by making a few lifestyle changes now and with or without the help of medication it can be controlled as many of us...

I would go back to see your doctor Zohaib, Galvus met is what we in the UK call Metformin and Diamicron is known here as Gliclazide and both these drugs are commonly given to T2 diabetics and not generally prescribed to T1 diabetics except Metformin when it is sometimes prescribed to help T1's...

Yes I got that one too :) think I win then Ally as I got 12, pretty much all at the same time, no idea how many I had before or even what they for TBH 2:21 PM Sid Bonkers You have been awarded a trophy: I LOVE IT! 12:40 PM Sid Bonkers You have been awarded a trophy: The Crowd Goes Wild...

Not a problem but Ive just received an award for making my first message despite having been a member here for over 8 years and having made over 3900 posts!! That took a long time to arrive...

Congratulations to the new mods but having been a moderator on a totally non related forum in the past you also have my commiserations as well ;) Good luck all. And a huge thank you for a job well done to all those moderators who are standing down

The only time I counted carbs was when I was on insulin for the first year after diagnosis so I had to count them, I believe the best way to find a balance and what is right for you is to test your bg levels before and 2 hours after eating and if your postprandial (after eating) level is more...

I have never ever tested 1/2 hour or 1 hour after eating as I see that as a total waist of test strips. I have only ever tested before and 2 hours after eating which means 2 hours after you finish your meal, this was the advice given here originally when I joined and the purpose of it is to...