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Thankyou, thats very good to hear lol ☺️☺️

Hello to those of you who have been following my journey and welcome yo anyone else this may reach. I have now been given a date for vitrectomy on my right eye after approx 18 bleeds in the past 9 months. At first I was upset believing this to be a last resort but now I understand that term...

Update* well finally been told that after I dropped my hba1c from 85 to 55 thats what accounts for this period of very active retinopathy, th8s can go in for upto a year but (I'm told) it will stabilise and thete 8s no new regrowth due to long term benefits of better bg. So I've just got to ride...

Hi everyone, had another big bleed a few days ago, got checked etc now bring referred for surgery, what's worrying me is I have a thick fog with a blibby mass of blood at the top. Every few minutes I get little black specks that drift down into wisps then disappear, do you think these are new...

Hello, no problem, vegf is something we all have and helps maintain healthy cells, however in some diabetics vegf mistakenly produces new vlood vessels as a damage response in eyes. These vessels should not grow in pur eyes however and cause more damage as they are too fragile and bleed. Eye...

Thankyou fir sharing! As you say it can't hurt and collagen is a good thing to have in any event, thank you x

To take high strength as pure as you can and with black pepper x

Apparently it has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing VEGF, worth a try?!

Sounds great, will try that

That's a great idea!

Worth remembering for sure

I bought the dame ones today!

My consultant has advised to take a daily dose of turmeric as a healthy antioxidant, I do lots of my own research and it certainly sounds beneficial! Just wondering if anyone else has tried this?

Still fighting off a bug and maybe the heat contributing but bloods running high despite good food intake :( Breakfast, cup of strawberries Lunch lettuce, 2 slices edam, 2 slices roast beef a few tomatoes. Dinner will be steamed fish and cauliflower. Bloods running between 10 and 14!

Thankyou everyone, I've checked everything so can only think I'm still clearing the cold bug out of my system in that case, it's so annoying though!

I just had scrambled eggs and mushrooms and I'm at 18 going higher - I've had 6 units of bolus!! No problem with my pen (prefilled cartridge) No idea what's going on- is it my basal failing??

Got my appetite back today, mid morning scrambled eggs and a few mushrooms 2 squares of 85percent chocolate (very unlike me) L Garden salad with cold roast chicken and some wensleydale with cranberries. D Will be roast beef with sprouts snd brocoli!

How weird! A link between not eating enough causing high sugars?? My eating has been very minimal due to a bug at the weekend, interesting we've both experienced the same pattern

Thanks @EllieM that is worth checking, I WAS poorly at the weekend with a virus but fine now, I drink a lot of Pepsi max sugar free but just wondering about this having a possible impact on sugars? Anyone got thoughts on that please?

Hi everyone, getting very confused with my sugars these last 3 days. I eat very low carb aboutv30 to 40grams, I take tresiba at nightime and novorapid and I'm normally quite stable with bg, waking up with 5.6 to 6.7, the last 3 days I've woken with readings of 11 I've had to give myself...