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Quick background. I was diagnosed as diabetic in 2003, and for first few years managed it with food. I started having trouble with high sugar, and was put on metformin in spring 2012, but found it made me ill, even the slow-release variety. I was switched to gliclazide, and that seemed to be...

A couple of weeks ago, I noticed a small numb patch on one of my heels. "Better keep an eye on that," I thought. Now I've got a sort of burning sensation in the same spot. It doesn't look any different. Is this the beginnings of neuropathy? And if so, is it OK to wait until I have my next...

Since the hot weather started, I'm finding I'm needing about 40% more insulin for the same carbs as I was a few weeks ago. I only started on insulin last November so this is the first summer experienced on insulin. Is this a normal reaction to hot weather, or is something else going wrong that...

Me, I use needles, but thought you pump users might like to know... http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news ... -1-5617073

You know it's finally spring when the temperature outside is actually higher than your blood sugar. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

This is not actually a post about making bread so if you're looking for recipes, move along... I've noticed over the years that there are two schools of making bread. One school says that you must measure everything very carefully if you're ever to get a decent loaf. The other school says that...

Got my blood test results today, HbAC1 down to 6.1 from 9.2 in January - seems like I'm getting the hang of this insulin lark. [Pats self on head]. Bad news is, my thyroid's looking a bit dodgy. More blood tests in a month. *sigh* Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

A finger of fudge is just enough to make your sugar high A finger of fudge is just enough, until its time for pie Its full of carbohydrates and really worth a try A finger of fudge is just enough to make your sugar high

I've been diabetic (Type 2) for several years, and had to start injecting insulin in November last year. I'm not overweight, have always walked a lot, but in the last few weeks I've been getting pain in my feet and lower legs if l walk for more than about 15 minutes. I have to slow down and...

Today my blood sugar didn't go higher than 6.6 or lower than 4.7. And I wasn't even trying. I'm reminded of that quote from the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: "Did you find the right controls?" "No, I just stopped fiddling with them." Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Becalmed off the Islets of Langerhans, Insulin running low, I sent the mate for some Lantus But he said he wouldn't go. So I threw him in the beta cells And went and had a wee. Yo ho ho, a diabetic's life for me Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I spend my days writing fantasy role-playing games, and yesterday evening I spent reading about diabetes. My dreams were predictably mixed: First I dreamt that my diabetes was a massive Moorcockian battle between Law and Chaos. Two vast armies were fighting in the sky, and when one won, it...

I was in a supermarket today, when I felt a hypo coming on. (Why do they always happen at the checkout?) I popped a glucose tablet in my mouth and started chewing, thinking of the snack I'd bought which would get me right again as soon as I was out of the shop. While I was doing this, my other...

I got a letter today from my GP's surgery, asking me to go in for my six monthly blood test. I pointed out that I'd had a test at the hospital in January and I was due another one there in May. Did I really need another one? There was a consultation at the other end. Yes, it would be better, I...

I take Lantus slow-acting insulin every night, and Novorapid before breakfast, lunch and dinner. Before lunch, my sugar was 4.8; I took what I thought was the right dose for what I was eating, but now I'm feeling all fuzzy-headed and sluggish, and my sugar's up to 10.2. Is it OK to take another...

I inject Lantus before I go to bed, which is normally around 11-midnight. Last night I stayed out late visiting friends and didn't get to bed until around 4am. I had my Lantus just before bed as usual. This morning my BS was up to 10 (its usually around 6-7 in the morning), and I'm wondering if...

Funny how quickly we get used to diabetic jargon. I saw a couple of people on another thread saying how porridge "causes huge spikes" and I'm imagining these poor, hedgehog-like creatures wandering round, cursing their choice of breakfast. :grin: Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I'm a type 2 who started insulin back in November. I take Lantus every night before bed, and Novorapid before meals. In the last week my morning BS has been around 4.5-5 and last thing before bed it's been 6-7. Last thing last night it was 6.2, but this morning it was 9.8! I've not eaten...

It seems that Sir Ranulph Fiennes may have type 2 diabetes, poor chap. But at least we'll now have someone to point to when stupid politicians say you only get it if you're fat and lazy... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21647934

OK, I'm bored with diabetes now. Don't know what made me think that counting carbs and sticking needles in myself was such a great hobby. I'd like to take up stamp-collecting or trainspotting instead... :?