Even though insulin, which is vital to the treatment of diabetes, has been around since 1921 there is still no cure for diabetes. While this is common knowledge, there are a number of side effects and impacts which are not often discussed in relation to diabetic sufferers. Diabetes itself can cause a number of serious illnesses and medical conditions which include:- Continue reading ‘The unspoken impact of diabetes’ »

In a worrying sign of the times it has been reported by a number of health authorities around the world that cases of diabetes are set to rise substantially as the increase in worldwide obesity continues to grow. It is well documented that there is a very clear link between diabetes and obesity and with more and more people around the world suffering, or on the verge of, obesity the problem is set to mushroom over the next 20 years. Continue reading ‘Worldwide obesity set to increase instances of diabetes’ »

Here is a tipical day that a diabetic will do just to see that their Blood Glucose is to near to normal.

Fristly as one gets out of bed is to test and hopefuly sees an ideal figure then injects a long acting insulin and before we have breakfast is a second injection which is fast acting to cover the food that’s to be eaten.

Once that’s done is to wait 2 hours and test to see that the Blood Glucose returns to an acceptable level again and that level is 6 MMOL/L or the US Standard 108 MD/GL and if we see that then we are happy.

There are many things that makes our BG move up & down and that is other drugs, Emotions, And others that can stir up our levels so we can experiance many frustrating levels and that’s without having a bite of anything.

The wole idea of control is about avoiding complications and so to see that our BG is at between 4 – 8 MMOL/L is acceptable.

This post has been inspired by our member Richard157 who started the orginal thread here:

• You get excited about blood test meters/pumps etc and the different functions that they have
• You say that you feel ‘high’ in public and then wonder why people around you give you weird looks
• You think non diet coke tastes completely disgusting
• You notice a friend has been drinking and peeing a lot and you want to test their BG level as you automatically assume they must be an undiagnosed diabetic
• You know what the terms HbA1C, diabetic ketoacidosis, glucagon, basal/bolus, and endocrinologist mean
• You know the amount of carbohydrates in pretty much every food available
• You have a favorite flavor of glucose tablets Continue reading ‘You Know You Are A Diabetic When…’ »