http://www.diablog.co.uk ... my diabetes blog Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:56:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en God, this is annoying. For years I have looking for a 'diabetic ice cream' - by that I mean an ice cream that was safe for Diabetics to eat. Imagine my pleasure at finding an ice cream on sale in my local Morrisons store that proclaimed 'Diabetic Ice Cream', loud and proud ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2007/08/19/diabetic-ice-cream/ This is nothing to do with diabetes, other than the fact that I should do more walking with my dogs on the beach. It actually just a testing whether I can post a YouTube embeded video with screwing up the whole blog! Anyway, here it is : Dogs ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2007/08/14/my-dogs-on-the-beach/ OK, its vacation time again, and that presents a few problems for us diabetics. I'm off to stay in a luxury villa in Vilamoura this year, but before getting on the plane there is some basic preparation to be done. First, make sure you have all your meds with you ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2007/06/21/diabetes-and-vacations/ This was not good. Not good at all. I collapsed in the supermarket, broke my cheekbone, smashed my head in and seriously damaged my back. The result was 3 days in hospital and large amounts of pain and inconvenience. At the moment  I am still in quite a bit of ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2007/02/12/my-first-diabetic-hypo/ If you are diabetic, one of the first things you are told about is that you should do more exercise. 'Its good for you' they say - 'it will help your diabetes', but they don't say much more than that. I totally understand that it IS good for me, but ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2006/12/03/diabetes-and-exercise/ I have been on insulin for a few months now, and boy, do I fell better. I have more energy than I have had for years. I can pretty much eat what I want (OK, I know I shouldn't, but if I want a dessert, I can have one ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2006/08/31/insulin-and-me-an-update/ Well, I was supposed to be starting on insulin tomorrow - ain't gonna happen as planned. Got a cold, and a right stinker at that. The problem is, when you have a cold, or any other illness, your body goes into emergency mode and this means releasing loads of glucose ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2006/03/06/the-common-cold-and-diabetes-part-2/ If you are diabetic, you are are greater risk from cardiovascular disease even if your blood pressure is not classed as 'high' by normal standards, (according to the The American Journal of Medicine). People with what is known as 'prehypertension' (daft word - surely 'mild hypertension' would be better) are ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2006/02/27/diabetes-and-blood-pressure-2/ According to reports from Reuters, keeping your blood sugar under tight control improves the type of memory you need to perform your normal daily routines. "Many of the patients with type 2 diabetes may have evidence of mild cognitive dysfunction," Dr. Christopher M. Ryan, from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2006/02/27/good-diabetes-control-may-improve-your-memory/ OK - this 'news', from the Irish Newspaper, The Sunday Independant, actually reads 'might cause Diabetes' - but what sort of wussy headline is that. It seems that there was a significant rise in the number of babies and small children with type 1 diabetes. There has also been an increase ... http://www.diablog.co.uk/2006/02/26/baby-wipes-cause-diabetes/