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Cathie, have you stopped taking the Simvastatin? If not why not!!!?

Great post @Spiker ! I voted yes as I had severe but random muscle pains in my hands which completely cleared up when I stopped taking the statins. Here is the position of Professor Rory Collins (who was the person who complained about the discrepancies in the recent BMJ articles) "Professor...

The thing about this Joslin piece is that it is literally describing the pizza effect that many of us will be familiar with - it's commenting that if you eat a fatty high carb meal then there is delay in the glucose being acted upon by insulin so highs appear later. The thing is no low-carber...

Intolerance, noun. 1 an unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own. 2 an inability to eat a food or take a drug without adverse effects. Which made me smile; Mr Bonkers is a bit of an expert in the first definition and the second seems quite well accepted...

Well there is a financial incentive to prescribe certain drugs (such as statins) to meet the targets imposed upon GPs. Personally, I don't think any GP would deliberately do something that they thought would cause harm, but they are stuck in a state of cognitive dissonance. Everyone 'knows'...

So, both of the articles in question have been jumped upon for 'over stating the side effects of statins'. In response to the first one the BMJ said that the article had stated that "that side effects of statins occur in about 18-20% of patients." and therefore "The authors withdraw this...

You were robbed! Thank you for persevering with this and for your continuing contribution to this forum; it is an astonishing breath of fresh air to have someone in your position agreeing with the low-carb approach! Best Dillinger

Maybe an answer, but an answer that he made up off the top of his head without any factual basis... :)

Hello, It's worrying isn't when you get this sort of nonsense from professionals? Here is something I found about hypos and heart disease (CVD); "Taken together our data do not support the hypothesis that in type 1 diabetes, severe hypoglycemia increases the risk of CVD."...

Also the mighty Dr Bernstein's 'Diabetes Solution' and Jenny Ruhl's Blood Sugar 101 give you very useful takes on the condition. Bernstein is the low-carb guru and Ruhl is Type 2 but has a very good head on her shoulders and provides some really good information. I like Think Like A Pancreas...

I know others have commented on this too; so it's a good question. The positives are that you are moving from a starch based diet to a protein/fat based one and it will take time for your body to adjust. The fact that you are having to take insulin at about the same levels is annoying I'm...

Hi Megan, That's a good start to the day with 6 - but that 14 is odd and then you are getting caught by the long peak of Novorapid it looks like. Have a look at this chart for peak times for insulin; http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/Magazines/Insulinwallchart.pdf I changed from Apidra to...

Hi Megan, I think first things first; you need to take bolus for meals irrespective of the carbohydrate consumed; your blood sugars are testament to that. Are you aware that your liver will release glucose into your blood in response to food eaten (the so-called 'Chinese restaurant effect')...

A blasé attitude from the NHS to a chronic condition that results in needless deaths. Sound familiar? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27257911 Dillinger

Well, that's good of you; but I do, hence my post...

What did you eat though? It's impossible to comment unless we know that. Also what were your correction doses and when did you take them? Dillinger

If your post is essentially saying; I'm worried about my child can you help? I'd kind of expect you to have a look to see if anyone has replied wouldn't you?

I've got to say; the thing that annoys me most on this forum is where people like the OP ask a question which gets answered exactly as requested and the OP can't even be bothered to acknowledge that. That is just rudeness and acts to dissuade people like me from posting. This is community...

Megan, I agree with Spiker; you need to take some basal if your blood sugars are high; your doctor is wrong on that. Please post some info so we can help; what did you eat today and what were your blood sugars and insulin doses? Does Atkins induction really say zero carbs? It's been a while...

Hi, Blood glucose levels in infants are quite erratic as I understand it. I had the same concern with one of my sons and after speaking to a paediatric diabetes consultant they told me to test for glucose in the urine. You can buy glucose test strips from any larger chemist. If there is...