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Re: Eye screening results - worried!! If your optician notices changes on your retina then they will refer you to an eye clinic. Better safe than sorry. Diabetic eye screening is an accredited programme. The images taken are looked at by experts and consultants and if you need to be seen by a...

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eye screening it helps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_77R21ZlE Ive been for mine have you Diabetic eye conditions dont have any early signs, but it can lead to sight loss and other eye conditions. These can only be picked up by Diabetic Eye Screening. This is not an eye test but a...

hi chin up mate you will get sorted try to get a Daphne coarse or an Insight course and stick with it things have changed a lot over the last 5 years and have really inproved The thing i liked about the Insight course is that you are in a group of about 6 people who have all the same...

lantus isn't really licensed to be split into 2 doses , it should last the 24 hours , but it depends on the sites that you inject, the needle length and the amount you inject. It needs a fine tuning by your diabetic nurse to sort it out

Re: GP or specialist care? New postby maryrachel » Today, 6:43 pm I was seen at a specialist centre since I was diagnosed 19 years ago and then, same as you, I was told that I could be seen by the GP. At the surgery I was attached to then they had a very good diabetes nurse so i was happy to be...

yes i agree a 3am test will help if you go unaware hypo in the night then the body responds with glucogen and pushes up the blood sugar reading in the morning . your background /insulin dose maybe wrong for you or your taking to much insulin your Diabetic nurse can explain this for you

apparently most pcts are changing the needles to 5mm i cant get these from my surgery on prescription as they are not available but my DN is trying to get them i have also found that the 5mm needles i have used (pinched from work dont tell anyone) have much better absorbency under the...

don't be ashamed or embarrassed this stuff keeps you alive and its an essential part of your life. Everyday I see people smoking and drinking in public without shame this is not essential but they carry on regardless. I've been in restaurants and seen people take tablets with their food and...

Hi i am a type 1 diabetic and i have been working as a diabetic eye screener for the last 6 years. One of my patients (a lady) has been type 1 diabetic since 17 years old she is now 93 years old. I did her eye screening yesterday and while she has some background retinopathy and some other...

Hi i am a type 1 diabetic and i have been working as a diabetic eye screener for the last 6 years. One of my patients (a lady) has been type 1 diabetic since 17 years old she is now 93 years old. I did her eye screening yesterday and while she has some background retinopathy and some other...

HI I am a type 1 i was diagnosed about 7 years ago at the very young age of 34 :mrgreen: . the honeymoon period on Humulin I was fine for about 2 years i then got changed to a bolus /basal treatment and the 1st year was great then its been downhill from there.My HbA1c was at 6.9 for the 1st...