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Being at the mercy of incompetent HCPs and having tio be prepared for battle all the time. Trying to get others to understand that I cannot be as spontaneous as I would wish but need to plan ahead= and how a hypo affects me. Strangely enough the complications I suffer - alhough they make...

I find it very frustrating. After a few years reading the forum a great deal becomes repetitive. Of course the newly diagnosed will come up with the same questions all the time and of course members will try to help where they can but sometimes there is notj=hing new for a considerable ime...

I doubt if anyone will have the courage to answer that Hana! Unfortunately. I just wish that all the HCPs who diasagree with the "pary- line" and who know better could find an effective voice and weren't too scared to come out and sate their convictions . No that I blame them of course. They...

A disease of affluence indeed. That is what "they" really mean when they blame it on obesity. I was jst thinking about that the other day when I visited a very new branch of a well nown dept store which boasted the largest food hall I have ever seen. To my surprise it was almost impossble...

Deus XM has encapsulated all mythoughts and reservations - but with far more deatailed and knowledge and experience. I have often wondered if the fact that T2 is largely managed in the Local Practice - and not even by GPs has ensured that there is little movement in the approach to T2s and...

I hope things have settled down for you Mileana. Although I am not on insulin I strongly suspect i could be 1.5 as I said earlier in the thread. It takes SO little to put my sugars out of kilter. Some unexpected events over the weekend resuted in bad hypos and then enormous spikes. Neither of...

I Its very frustrating isn't it - rying to find some way of getting anyone wih any "clout" to take notice? We are up against the establishment and it takes a scandal or ragedy directly related to he issue to make an impact. In most cases the producers etc decide that going against received...

Confirms my view hat it is almost oligatory to have a partner who is an HCP if you are T2. :)

Yes - the media encouraged nby the NHS and the government! They link obesity with diabetes and cancer. It is not PC to go on oo much about cancer so diabetics get all the flak. I can remeber a ime when T2 was not linked to weight but to age . That was because i was normally only diagnosed in...

Love that "metabolically deranged" Borofergie! I would use it to describe myself but fear hat people might just jump on the "deranged" bit! :)

I agree whelk does not appear o have a problem with his diabetes- he seems to be doing very well. The problem is that he obviously feels disengaged from the HCPs treating him - he doesn't feel that he is part of the process. He feels that things will be imposed upon hm without consultation...

I was in hat situation for 3 years when I changed to my present practice. You just knew one of the en GPs was just rubber samping whatever he Nurse suggesed. I found this quite wiorrying when I found he Nurse had a limited knowledhge of T2 and once ried to prescribe somehing which migh have...

Good to hear that you have the ability to talk with your doctor..... at the end of the day... they sign the prescription not the nurse. Kenny I used that argument with a couple of the Gps in my practice to explain why I had consulted them rather than the nurse about my diabetes when the...

If you have stopped the gliciazide and are still achieving low readings hen you have improved your condition considerably. Just show them the evidence. The weigh loss speaks for itself and will have reduced your insulin resistance. Your hBA1C should confoirm that you are doinfg well so you...

Re: Any Type 2's on blood pressure meds ? Quite right Mary, neither have I - and NICE is all for it . Its just my DSN.... I don't know how you can keep track otherwise. Having it checked a couple of times a year is not enough. You might only discover raised levels after the damge had been...

Re: Any Type 2's on blood pressure meds ? Oh I have done that- with the GP. The Dsn then insisted that they "start to give fauly readings " after 6 months so my home readings still couldn't be relied upon! I have spoken to one ogf he Gps about it who pointed out that if I had a blood...

I tried o make an appointment fr flu jabs for myself and husband oday. Our practice has two surgeries about a thousand nurses [only a slight exagerration} we were prepared o go to eiher at any time. They have had clinics for the past few years but before that if you so uch as walked past he...

Congrats from me too Leb. You know now that the diabetes side of it has been sorted. I hope that this means your eyes will now stabilise too. Thanks for your good wishes. They are much appreciated . They mean more from those who understand.

Re: Any Type 2's on blood pressure meds ? I have white coat suyndrome but it only affecs me in my GP's surgery - not in the hospital. This is not surprising - you would have o meet them!{especially the Nurses} I have had my own Blood monitor since diagnosis - actually I have two - I'm a belt...

Hi Leb, Gllad you are doing as well as can be expected. and feel fairly positive. Fairly positive is great when you have felt in utter despaitr isn't it? You are so right about the unpredictability . All the year I have felt that i am not doing too badly. I have not been at all aware of the...