I imagine the guy confused Champions League (European competition) - which they won - with Premier League which they didn't.
I’ve kinda been awol again. No fasting bg today as I slept from 7pm yesterday till 1am to get up and watch the F1, then back to bed about 9am to get back up at 1pm ready for America football, watched one game onto the second and I can go through with game after game until 5am. I’ve made a wagon for the train and working on the goods to fill it right now. I will add a pic tomorrow.
Way behind on posts! Oh.my how I've missed these little treats. Never fail to bring a smile to my face.
@Debandez I too was told by my GP when she phoned with my dx that they dont recommend testing daily as it makes people too anxious. The one helpful thing she said was to go online where I would find lots of info and support and I came here almost straightaway. I just lurked for a few weeks reading before I felt able to post.
My logic is you wouldnt recommend crossing a busy road with a blindfold on but you are equally taking high risks with managing Diabetes without the use of a personal meter because of the peaks and troughs which the A1c doesnt show. And of course it is well documented that peaks above 8 can cause damage.
As regards cost the NHS regularly does deals with companies who supply them so could negotiate with one supplier on the cost of strips etc and possibly could persuade them to issue free meters because of the numbers involved.
The only thing I would add is the public need to start taking ownership of chronic conditions and try to manage them in partnership with their doctors. If only Doctors could start the conversation on dx saying yes it is a chronic condition but can be controlled and managed with self discipline and use of a meter before and after (2 hrs) eating. One of my OH’s buddies is in a bit of denial and it is his wife who does the worrying and polices his food. Behind her back he does what he likes. But that might be because Diabetes has always been portrayed as having hopeless outcomes and putting your fingers in your ears and saying lalala is just a coping method for abject fear.
Sorry Deb a bit rambling...and I am happy to give a snapshot of my experience if it helps. The strange thing for me is since dx (same date as you) I have had normal A1cs but yet I am about to start my second course of eye injections due to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion which has reduced my sight in one eye significantly. That might be because I had high BG for many years before dx and the damage was already done or maybe I am just unlucky.
So there I was, on the kitchen floor with my smallest screwdriver, taking apart the last sections of the old MacBook. I had removed the battery a few days before so, short of ramming a metal tool right into the thing's innards, I figured I was safe.
Then I saw a bright orange flicker. It looked like a power light. No way, I thought. The battery's gone, it must be the kitchen light reflecting on something metal in the panel.
So I looked again. It flickered again. This time unmistakably a flicker. There was something inside that computer that had not died when the battery was removed!
Now, I am basically your typical American staunch Protestant, half Calvinist, half Wesleyan, and I do not believe that Satan has any spawn. But whatever was in there scared me so badly that I shut the MacBook lid, put the screwdriver away, got up off the floor, and tied that computer up in a garbage bag and consigned it to the dump in the bowels of the building.
Morning...anti-coagulant clinic today at 9am...ooh I so wanted to stay in bed...coffee time hoping it will give me the impetus to at least get ready...I expect my INR levels to be all over the place this week work has been frantic...I missed one dose of Warfarin & had my flu jab so expecting the worse...we shall see...woke to a 6.2
Dam I have all the ingredients apart from the xanthan gum...ordering some now...I used to make my own low carb bread haven't done it for ages...definitely going to give it a go.have a go yourself
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