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I find that the same food eaten on a different day can give me a completely different response in my BS levels, generally I manage it but sometimes it can be maddeningly inconsistent. It leads to me having rubbish control every now and again for no apparent reason...

So it's been many years since I read active on here, my control these days is fairly good, improved since using the Libre system. I got high blood pressure a few years ago and am on Losartan and Indapamide. Had a call from the docs to go in as my iron levels were down, when I got there she...

I've not been on here for a long while now... I've been bimbling along quite happily, maintaining good HBA1C levels, on top of my diet and generally feeling okay. This week, I have been brought down by a kidney stone, and it got me wondering could there be any diabetes link? Or perhaps a link...

Haven't posted ina little while as I'd hit my control-groove 8) However, Christmas coming up and I wanted to pop my head in asee how everyone's getting on, this thread caught my eye :twisted: I don't drink ordinarily, but every month or so my little brother comes over and we get BATTERED...

I intend to relax a little and medicate with wine as that helps enormously in keeping the BS down :D I would however like to vary my alcohol intake a bit with some spirits, I tend to prefer vodka over whisky, but getting a bit bored of vodka nd diet coke, any tips? I cautiously eyed up WKD...

Thanks both, I might give the Southampton Eye Hospital a call, I imagine they'll tell me I need referring by my GP... Regarding the skill of the photographer... I tend to believe him, only because at the opticians they also had trouble taking a photo, which was a separate machine, different...

Just wondered what experiences you've had if your case wasn't straightforward like mine. Because I have kerataconus, my retina is difficult to focus on with a camera, so the mobile mob weren't able to take a good enough photo (it's only taken 18 months for my practice to arrange this first...

Re: The worry of swine flu. Could someone explain to me why Diabetics are more at risk? Is it because their blood sugar is generally higher than a normal persons, or are we generally at risk regardless of how good our control is? My main worry is my youngest daughter as she is only four, I'm...

I suspect the 4% club meets in the morgue :D I'm a steady 5.8% on my last two tests, with some relaxation of control between tests, ideally I'd like to be 5.6 ish but if I can stick to 5.8 I'll be happy with that. At 36 I need good control, it'll be "interesting" how the reading shifts over...

Good work PhilG - I just had two 5.8% 's in a row 9December and May) - the second one after releasing my death grip on the diet control a little bit too, so you probably have a bit of wriggle room in that, if you're anything like me.

How in gods name is poor control in anyones interest? Are there special medical conditions that benefit from undulating sugar levels?

A year in and I still haven't been offered the van/photo visit by my diabetic nurse - I did take it upon my self to have a check at Specsavers for reassurance and everything was fine they said. They also said I probably wouldn't need to the drops as I have wide retinas or something - we'll see...

I've seen my GP, who is nice enough and no bother with prescriptions. My practice nurse who is a numpty. They talked about me getting my eyes photographed at my first annual assessment (a year ago nearly) still no appointment, I've been to the optician off my own back and he reassured me my...

Evidently :D

the 85% stuff tastes like th e inside of someones else's shoe :D I have G&B's Fruit and Nut, just two rows a day which is about 9g of carbs I think. Their milk and honeycomb one are also about the same carb level (50 to 59g of carbs per 100g). So a couple of rows does me, just about... no...

Hello matey :D yeah sorry not been around too much just got distracted with other stuff, you know how it is! In times of crisis though, there's always Diabetes UK :D I've got my next HBA1C this AM too, I have a feeling it might've gone up a bit from my 5.8% last time... fingers crossed :?

I'm interested... what's the nature of the risk to a diabetic for Flu anyway? Is the risk larger or smaller depending on how well controlled you are?

:lol: You do that too? I like to tell myself it's the sign of true genius to lurch around, forgetting one thing after another :D I cover up my idiocy with my wide vocabulary, but I don't think I'm fooling anyone :D

To be honest i was hoping to have an excuse for being a dumbass, but you lot have ruined all my fun by rubbishing the survey :D

/mysogynist on/ I'm going to get my woman to make that for me /mysogynist off/