Search Results

Ok, forgive me as I know there have been many threads on this before. I have just bought a house and trying to get life insurance. I've had two quotes so far which have been "loaded" and are coming out at £30-£35 per month compared to my non-diabetic wife who is £13 per month. This is...

Sad as I am, I have read through Labours manifesto (currently on Tories!). Diabetes gets a mention as per below. Discuss. "A greater emphasis on prevention and public health is essential, not just to improve outcomes and tackle inequalities, but to ensure the NHS remains sustainable. For...

For approximately 15 years I have had high blood pressure. Initially, the Doc was happy, after testing for 24hrs, that the issue seemed to be when I walked into the surgery so no medication required. After being diagnosed T1 diabetic 7 years ago I was eventually put onto 5mg Lisinopril and this...

A community is :“a social group sharing common characteristics or interests or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists”. A forum is: “a meeting place for the discussion of questions of public interest”. Yes, by definition. this is a diabetic...

Not a close relative of Maximus Decimus Meridius but if high blood glucose readings and slowly increasing Hba1c's have been my Emperor Commodus, then like Russell Crowe's ancient Roman alter ego, I have stuck the knife in them and am off to a better place. The purpose of this post is not to...

I've read a couple of comments lately about how the Hba1C is an average only, ie, 7% may indicate that blood sugars have been higher but the figure is pulled down by low blood sugar levels. This is certainly a view I have always subscribed to and is the main reason I like to keep my reading in...

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/lantus-maker-sanofi-buys-inhaled-insulin-afrezza.62954/ The news article don't always seem to get too many views so thought I'd comment on a new thread. An insulin you can inhale? First I've heard of this and my immediate reaction was brilliant...

Picked up a prescription the other day for testing strips and noticed that Lifescan are now packing 50 test strips into one little tub instead of the previous 25. (OneTouch Ultra). Now, there are 400,000 type 1 diabetics in the UK so let’s assume an average of 4 tests per day each. That’s 1.6M...

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/How-children-with-diabetes-can-be-denied-places-on-school-trips-and-refused-help-with-injecting-20140211053029.htm When I was at school (not diabetic then) there was a "sick room" and there was always a member of the auxiliary staff who was trained in first...

I have recently been struck with one of the good old diabetic side effects - thrush! Yay. This sparked a period of extremely high scrutinising of the BG levels and a diary of food, exercise and carb intake. For a couple of weeks I have had to increase insulin by 25% - 50% depending on time of...

I joined a running club around 5 months ago and have started interval training twice a week. In the past I ran by myself with no structure, just as many miles as I felt like and at my pace. I kept detailed notes of my BG levels before and after (during if possible) and how many Jelly Babies I...

Moving to Carlisle I am starting a new job in Carlisle at the end of this month and am looking to rent a room from Monday to Friday. Anyone know of anything going? :D ps.... I am T1 so it counts as diabetes discu :shh: ssion!!

My six monthly check was due at the end of May and (after hassling the hospital) have received my appointment today... for the 21st August!! This will mean by the time I get there it will have almost been 9 months since my last check up. I am worried for the following reasons: My feet weren't...

I have a question that I am sure someone clever out there will be able to answer :) Around 18mths ago at my six monthly check up the Doctor asked me where I was injecting my insulin. I told her around my stomach as that's the only place I have enough fat and that I was getting very bruised. She...

I'm T1 and exercise a lot. When exercising regularly I take very little insulin, have lower BG readings and can eat pretty much what I want although do try and avoid the sweet stuff!! However, I am interested in how exercise works with T2 diabetes? Eg, how does it effect blood sugar levels? Do...

Hello, my name is Stuart and I am a type 1 diabetic. Four and a bit years since the diagnosis and I am going strong, very active (apart from last month - injured!) and very stable Hb.a.1..a.c..a. you know what I mean.... since diagnosis. Been spending more and more time online looking at...

Can anyone suggest a tried and tested alternative to Jelly baby's for running? I have worked for three years now to a JB for every mile I run, with minor adjustments for short sharp runs (3 miles) and longer slow runs (13 miles). I am sick of them. I don't like carrying a water bottle so sports...