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On 23rd Jan I asked a perferctly reasonable question i.e. how come after 35 years of diabetes treatment which did not ensure a stable HbA1c - how come I did not have any major complications. I was answered by a person called Brennan in the following manner "To answer your question: Because you...

When others express ignorance through what they say, it does not annoy me at all - I see it as an opportunity to educate others. After all they or members of their family or their friends may develop diabetes in the future and I think those of us who live with diabetes should be educationalists...

Sorry I can feel a rant coming on here!! I have integrated diabetes into my life for 53 years and the only thing I really hate about it, is it gives other people the right to interfere in my life. This wasn't too bad until the last few years with the governments highly praised 9 tests for all...

Just a thought, but before I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism I had broken sleep, was over anxious etc. Thyroid problems are more common in people who live with diabete. So if this is something that has developed recently, have you discussed it with your GP? I am not diagnosing your problem as...

I have had steroid injections in both wrists and was back to work afterwards, teaching student nurses. The splints keep your wrists in a fixed position but you can still use your hands, although it makes typing very difficult so I stayed away from that for 48hrs. The reason for the splints is to...

If you are going into hospital for planned surgery then there is a recommended standard of care. The following site explains this, http://tinyurl.com/6xtjqoy I was not being given the correct pre-op help and support prior to surgery, so I copied this off and trotted along to my GP with it...

Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe I had mumps a year before I developed Type 1 diabetes. It which not only attacked the glands in my neck but also caused inflammation of other organs in my body, including the pancreas. Mumps is caused by a virus and my parents were...

Unfortunately I do not think your question can be answered as blood sugar control is a highly complex process in the body. The amount of insulin being produced in the body of a "healthy" person is continually altering, depending on the persons age, sex, exercise, food intake, stress etc etc etc...

I am sorry folks but things are probably going to get worse from April - why? because GPs will be in charge of budgets. They will be wanting to do checkups. blood tests etc and pay themselves for it. However what they do have to do is meet competition rules - both UK and EEC rules, which means...

Hi Noblehead, I did know we would learn from each other, I was just explaining that to those who are considering whether or not to do the course. I have found small self help groups the best way forward since being diagnosed in Feb 1960, I prefer these to meetings through organisations - who...

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum Unfortunayely GPs will be in charge of funding from April and mine does not approve of the pump. I do not detect hypos until my BS is below 1.9mmol/l but he just thinks I should take less insulin. 1. Having a consultant and care...

Hey folks, this is nothing new, when I developed diabetes over 50 years ago, things were just the same. About 6 months after developing Type 1 diabetes and having a great paediatrician, I was sent for, with my parents, to see my GP. I was told by the GP in no uncertain terms that if I was not a...

If you were developing insulin resistance, surely it would affect all your BS readings. I have the same problem, spikes in the morning and lows at night, so I changed my insulin/gCHO ratio for the different meals. I took 2iu/10gCHO in the morning, when many people have numerous hormones racing...

I have now integrated diabetes in to my life for 52.5 years and I have recently started a Stile course. In the area I live this is what they call a course similar to DAFNE, only ours our 1 day a week x 4 weeks. Having attended day 1 - I have already learnt new things, and met some very...

Re: Help? Just cant find the motivation to control my diabet People with chronic conditions go through the grieving process, at what they see as a lack of independence, freedom etc. Whereas most people think you go through the stages until you reach acceptance, this is untrue. Things that...

You say on your profile, you are a student/researcher. Are you asking us about this as part of a research project/student assignment, also where and when is the site to appear.. I just wondered - it would be nice to know if we are helping improve care at a local or national level.

What is deflammatory in saying "in my opinion ******** practice is the best for diabetes care in my area." I will state - in Shrewsbury I obtain excellent care at the (gp practice name removed). Now who can sue me for that I ask you?

When I moved GPs recently, I rang up the surgery and asked who was the GP that took responsibility for the support of diabetic clients. If I could not get a specific name, I crossed that one off. I do believe specialisation is essential in GPs when it comes to specific conditions. If I was given...

I was diagnosed with proliferative retinopathy in the 1970s, I had lots of laser over the next couple of years and have had no problems since. I do have the floaters clairecanning mentioned, they can be really annoying at first, but eventually I found I could ignore them. Some people do find...

51 years on insulin and only needed paramedics once for a hypo. Like others on here who lived alone, I have managed to survive some hypos through that instinct for life. Also, the main thing about hypos is, the insulin is degraded by the body after a short length of time, so then the body can...