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<blockquote data-quote="RAH79" data-source="post: 866107" data-attributes="member: 186173"><p>Hello All,</p><p></p><p>Thank you so much for your response, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted by coming here and understanding that I'm not the only one.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, thank you Noblehead for the tags. I'm sorry for the delay in responding, I hope you don't think I was being rude but to give you an update, I went to out of hours GP yesterday as my headaches were excruciating and the Pharmacist refused to sell me over counter Migraine tablets when I told her about the left eye maculopathy. The GP sent me straight to the Medical Assessment Unit in the Hospital and after a CT scan (which was clear thank goodness!) and a look at the back of the eyes they have discovered that I know have retinopathy in both eyes (at least I think that's what the registrar meant by the very technical term of "Oooh both your eyes are blurry at the back" I asked what she meant by "blurry" and she said, "eerr just changes, the same that's happened to your left eye" to which I stated "You mean Diabetic Maculopathy??" to which the response was a tap on the knee and "yea..." I have so much faith!! LOL</p><p></p><p>I'm now on a high dose of Codeine which is helping alot. They didn't refer me to my Diabetic nurse they just told me to see an Opthalmologist. The soonest I can see one is the 1st July 2015 which is not very helpful as it's left me in a dilema due to work. Granted there is no way I can go to work right now due to the Migraine but once it has cleared I'm not sure what I can do as my work is 100% pc usage.</p><p></p><p>Hi Nuthead, I completely agree with you, I'm based in South Wales and it appears that the level of Service here is completely different to other areas. Yes I think there is an Emergency Eye department and that was who the A&E registrars were trying to contact but were told on the two occasions that I couldn't be seen 1. because there was no one available who specialised in Diabetic Retinpoathy to see me!! (Unbelievable!) and the second time I was told to walk into the City Centre to go to any Optician who could fit me in. That's when I called my Boots Optician who said I could only be seen by an Optician who was Welsh Eye Screening accredited.</p><p></p><p>Hi Daphneywayfriend, Wow I didn't know Thyroid problems can cause dry eye? Did you know you had a Thyroid issue at that point? Yes I use the Dafne way of carb counting and I use ratios. I have a bolus adviser that current work's out everything for me. My ratios are averaging around 1 to 2g carbs on four time slots, my correction dose is 1 to 1 and I've always been wondering why I'm on so much more insulin than others. When I've need support from my Diabetic nurse I have to call a number and leave a message. The answerphone states they will call back within one working day but after two weeks I ended up finding an old email from one of the nurses following the Dafne course. The last email I had was two weeks ago stating that they will arrange and appointment for me to have a Sensor fitted to record my BG, however when I chased for an update I've received an OOO until 9th June 2015.</p><p></p><p>Hi Robert - Yes I didn't know anything about gluconeogenesis until I saw this site! In one way it's ingenious that our bodies can synthesise sugar from Proteins like that as I had no idea. I guess it's a way of maintaining an equilibrium and if you stop eating an essential source of glucose your body will find another source. But it infuriates me that I have to find this information out this way instead of from a Diabetic Healthcare team as I now have to try and figure out how to change my diet to regain the insulin sensitivity back and regain control over my BG for my eyesight sake!</p><p></p><p>I'm really grateful though for the calculation by Heathenlass! I will definately use the links and have a go at the app as I usually use Myfitnesspal. I did have an emergency referral made by Boot Optician when I first starting having prblems with my vision in the left eye. But my visiion got worse and when I went to A&E they said they only received the referral a day before (this was over a week later after I have seen the Boots Optician) I was then told I would go on an 8 week emergency waiting list (can't be that urgent if it takes 8 weeks!). Thanks for the recommendation on full fat versions, as I always go for the low fat low carb and low cal options only to find that what they take out is more often than not replaced by something much worse i.e salt or sugars. </p><p></p><p>Hi Tim2000s I will try the split dose but at the moment I'm using correction doses on a daily basis and I'm having to so on average 6 injections a day to try and manage BG. However the correction doses don't seem to improve anything greatly, in fact on one occasion when I was 20.6mmol I did a correction dose of 10 Novo Rapid units and without eating anything in between an hour later I was 25,7mmol! I suspected that it might be an injection site issue but nothing obvious stood out. Since reading your thread however it may have something to do with the breakdown of protein which I would have had earlier that day!</p><p></p><p>I had my Thyorid test results last week which came back stating normal. They said the levels were 1.03 and the range for normal was 0.3 to 4.4 this does seem to be a very big normal range though??</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for your help though I really appreciate the advice and support and knowing I can find some answers here is a huge relief. I'm going to try and slowing introduce carbs as from what I have learnt the key is gradually. I'm just concerned about adding fat due to putting one weight. I was 9st 3 in January and I'm now 10st 5 which is really getting me down. I'm doing really gentle exercise int he hope that it will use up the fat stores. I'm just feeling really down at the moment because even though I now have a potential avenue to help improve things it's not going to be an overnight solution and I'm worried about how long it will take to improve my BG and hopefully improve my sight. I hate this ****** disease! It's ruining everything, my work, my weight, my diet and now my eyesight... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RAH79, post: 866107, member: 186173"] Hello All, Thank you so much for your response, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted by coming here and understanding that I'm not the only one. Firstly, thank you Noblehead for the tags. I'm sorry for the delay in responding, I hope you don't think I was being rude but to give you an update, I went to out of hours GP yesterday as my headaches were excruciating and the Pharmacist refused to sell me over counter Migraine tablets when I told her about the left eye maculopathy. The GP sent me straight to the Medical Assessment Unit in the Hospital and after a CT scan (which was clear thank goodness!) and a look at the back of the eyes they have discovered that I know have retinopathy in both eyes (at least I think that's what the registrar meant by the very technical term of "Oooh both your eyes are blurry at the back" I asked what she meant by "blurry" and she said, "eerr just changes, the same that's happened to your left eye" to which I stated "You mean Diabetic Maculopathy??" to which the response was a tap on the knee and "yea..." I have so much faith!! LOL I'm now on a high dose of Codeine which is helping alot. They didn't refer me to my Diabetic nurse they just told me to see an Opthalmologist. The soonest I can see one is the 1st July 2015 which is not very helpful as it's left me in a dilema due to work. Granted there is no way I can go to work right now due to the Migraine but once it has cleared I'm not sure what I can do as my work is 100% pc usage. Hi Nuthead, I completely agree with you, I'm based in South Wales and it appears that the level of Service here is completely different to other areas. Yes I think there is an Emergency Eye department and that was who the A&E registrars were trying to contact but were told on the two occasions that I couldn't be seen 1. because there was no one available who specialised in Diabetic Retinpoathy to see me!! (Unbelievable!) and the second time I was told to walk into the City Centre to go to any Optician who could fit me in. That's when I called my Boots Optician who said I could only be seen by an Optician who was Welsh Eye Screening accredited. Hi Daphneywayfriend, Wow I didn't know Thyroid problems can cause dry eye? Did you know you had a Thyroid issue at that point? Yes I use the Dafne way of carb counting and I use ratios. I have a bolus adviser that current work's out everything for me. My ratios are averaging around 1 to 2g carbs on four time slots, my correction dose is 1 to 1 and I've always been wondering why I'm on so much more insulin than others. When I've need support from my Diabetic nurse I have to call a number and leave a message. The answerphone states they will call back within one working day but after two weeks I ended up finding an old email from one of the nurses following the Dafne course. The last email I had was two weeks ago stating that they will arrange and appointment for me to have a Sensor fitted to record my BG, however when I chased for an update I've received an OOO until 9th June 2015. Hi Robert - Yes I didn't know anything about gluconeogenesis until I saw this site! In one way it's ingenious that our bodies can synthesise sugar from Proteins like that as I had no idea. I guess it's a way of maintaining an equilibrium and if you stop eating an essential source of glucose your body will find another source. But it infuriates me that I have to find this information out this way instead of from a Diabetic Healthcare team as I now have to try and figure out how to change my diet to regain the insulin sensitivity back and regain control over my BG for my eyesight sake! I'm really grateful though for the calculation by Heathenlass! I will definately use the links and have a go at the app as I usually use Myfitnesspal. I did have an emergency referral made by Boot Optician when I first starting having prblems with my vision in the left eye. But my visiion got worse and when I went to A&E they said they only received the referral a day before (this was over a week later after I have seen the Boots Optician) I was then told I would go on an 8 week emergency waiting list (can't be that urgent if it takes 8 weeks!). Thanks for the recommendation on full fat versions, as I always go for the low fat low carb and low cal options only to find that what they take out is more often than not replaced by something much worse i.e salt or sugars. Hi Tim2000s I will try the split dose but at the moment I'm using correction doses on a daily basis and I'm having to so on average 6 injections a day to try and manage BG. However the correction doses don't seem to improve anything greatly, in fact on one occasion when I was 20.6mmol I did a correction dose of 10 Novo Rapid units and without eating anything in between an hour later I was 25,7mmol! I suspected that it might be an injection site issue but nothing obvious stood out. Since reading your thread however it may have something to do with the breakdown of protein which I would have had earlier that day! I had my Thyorid test results last week which came back stating normal. They said the levels were 1.03 and the range for normal was 0.3 to 4.4 this does seem to be a very big normal range though?? Thank you all for your help though I really appreciate the advice and support and knowing I can find some answers here is a huge relief. I'm going to try and slowing introduce carbs as from what I have learnt the key is gradually. I'm just concerned about adding fat due to putting one weight. I was 9st 3 in January and I'm now 10st 5 which is really getting me down. I'm doing really gentle exercise int he hope that it will use up the fat stores. I'm just feeling really down at the moment because even though I now have a potential avenue to help improve things it's not going to be an overnight solution and I'm worried about how long it will take to improve my BG and hopefully improve my sight. I hate this ****** disease! It's ruining everything, my work, my weight, my diet and now my eyesight... :( [/QUOTE]
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