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Last month I booked a holiday to go abroad. As always, without fail, I started to get some quotes for travel insurance. I used to have annual policies but now I travel abroad less I switched to single trip policies. So I thought lets try the ones who sell their services especially for diabetics...

Just to let you know Lidl have diabetic socks in stock from today. £2 for 2 so if you need some and have a Lidl nearby better be quick because these are a one off and likely to sell out in days.

The Bayer A1CNow SelfCheck is a blood glucose meter for home use measuring your HbA1c. It can only be used twice and is not available to purchase in the UK as far as I am aware. I have seen it for sale in the US through the internet for $22.99 (£15.85) which means you get a HbA1c test for £7.92...

I was diagnosed type 2 last year but I've managed to keep off any medication through cutting the carbs and calories and walking a lot more. This was also achieved through much testing of blood glucose levels at different times of the day - not a penny of which was funded by the NHS as my doctor...

Just had latest HbA1c result and its 5.5 5 months ago, the first one, it was 5.8 Thanks in part to all the contributors of the low-carb diet forum I have been able to achieve this reduction from your advice and experiences. It goes to show that low carbing, combined with a little extra...

I did wonder about breaking this up into more than 1 topic - and if I should use the soapbox but anyway here goes... The Americans (& I dont know who else) measure mg to ml when analysing blood. Can anyone (American or otherwise) explain to me the scientific argument for measuring weight to...

The forum has a converter to translate average blood sugar levels to Hb1Ac. I took my meter reading averages covering about 33 readings and put them into the converter. 7 day mmol/L 6.8 = 6 HbA1c 14 day mmol/L 6.6 = 6 HbA1c 30 day mmol/L 7.0 = 6 HbA1c As you can see they all come up with the...