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[Serena51]

On homehealth you can get strips discounted if you quote code at checkout

5 tubs 264086
10 tubs 975833

 

[Cranfield]

Thanks again for the advice, it is appreciated (especially the discount code).

Buying a monitor seems a bit like buying a torch...........the torch is cheap, but they rob you on the battery price.

 

[Dark Horse]

I mentioned earlier that I don't want diabetes to take over my life and I think that regular self testing seems to set me down that path.
Its a bit like taking your blood pressure regularly, or wearing a heart/pulse monitor and hypochondria inducing things like that.
Perhaps I am not taking it seriously enough, but I don't feel ill, nor have I felt ill.
This was discovered in a routine Old Blokes medical examination.

I see the diabetes nurse mid September, after a blood test check.
Hopefully, I might have improved my numbers with my actions todate, or at least got no worse.
If I haven't sorted out the good/bad stuff by then (I believe I have covered the obvious good/bad) then that could be the time to ask for an appointment with a Dietician.

I still haven't heard about the eye exam she promised me "within 7-10 days", so I paid £10 and my Optician did it and said all was well.

This is the first time I have had an illness with a DIY remedy.

The National Screening Committee guidance is that you should be offered a screening test for diabetic retinopathy within 3 months of diagnosis. If you don't get a screening test soon, phone your GP to ask about it. Even though you have had a test at the optician, you should still go for the diabetic eye screening. The official screening test is more sensitive than that done by most opticians and is quality assured. Also, the graders will use those images for comparison in the future, to help them spot any significant changes.

 

[cusally]

thanks for asking about marmite Cranfield, that was going to be a Q from me! but if no bread what is the medium to have it with ? My previous marmite treat was toast with lashings of butter and marmite, or even worse, toast with cream cheese and marmite on top.
I hate the idea of testing every day or meal, but I am getting the understanding that we all have to tailor our own diet according to how we individually react to carbs to understand our condition, so thanks everyone for that insight