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Looking at these posts it seems to revolve around the changing parameters that doctors are supposed to pick up on as they occure. Unfortunately there is a time lag between the research....like large cohort studies and take up by most Gps. Even short papers on an aspect of a condition can be...

I have just been presented with a Kindle and bought one book wirelessly. Hilarious reading about exotic situations mixed with work with children for social services Paul O'Grady The devil rides out, a biography. Also have Alan Sugar's biog on the go, reading out loud to hubby (a real book)...

I agree with you 'lost soul' that T1 can be a lifelong treadmill for some. A stony road to travel. My sister in law, at 79, has been T1 since she was 26. Can still see .....just, and walk quite well but has peripheral neuritis and has always been a 'brittle' diabetic. Her husband,who is 80 soon...

I agree with Hobs and Dazg too. Treat us more vigourously at the prediabetic profile stage and save some money too. If I had been told more firmly and seen slightly more often that I was in the danger zone ie too fat....but I swim three times a week......still too fat. I suspect the NHS does not...

After a recent visit to my GP my result was 6.2. It seems these figures to aim for are fluidly connected to ongoing research in the background. On my DESMOND course in June 2009 I was told to aim for 6.5. There is a cohort study of some repute, out now, that may prompt a revision upwards into...

I have seen posts elswhere from persons are very grateful they have been diagnosed a type 2 diabetic. It pulled ME up short. Too fat.....lost 2 stone very steadily over a year. B/P too high .....now down......Cholesterol 7+......now down to 4+. I eat foods that are absorbed slowly. Stoneground...

I am quite happy to give I Metformin a day a whirl, as the evening one can easily be missed. Not a good time of the year to do this really. It really will prove the matter after Christmas and new year one way or the other!!! I am a good age, and feel concern for those who are younger and face a...

I think you have 'profile' that indicates on the computer that you are in danger of diabetes. So they have tested you with a GTT Ask for a HBa1c test which records your sugar level over the life of red blood cells around 120 days. Weight down , more exercise, eat less fat ,get that cholesterol...

Hi Petchy I was diagnosed Diabetic 2 June 09 age 73 now 75. My result yesterday was 6.2 and my Metformin reduced to one a day. I have known my GP for longer than you are old!!!He has now semi retired on 4 sessions a week plus loads of background work. I used to be the practice midwife18 years...