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hi guys finger pricking in the mornings is it just me or does anyone else have a problem getting blood out of their finger, my hands are really cold first thing an even when i put my lancet on number five it still takes a few attempts to get blood to make a reading. Is there any other place i...

thanks DavidGrahamJones to be fair for the last 2 weeks its been way under 10 they were abit concerned about last A1c but when they checked other A1c results they were happy it was a one off. only cancelled due to theatre emergency last time. but we will see when we get there

b****r thought i would sneak a bite of the daughters snikkers bar last nigh, but got up this,morning an bloods up to 12 that will teach me LOL,, ok it wasn't just a bite i eat the full bar(my bad). oh well i enjoyed it,, so back to the surgical admissions this morning to have the OPP they...

Vodka at night i can live with that provided its straight out of the freezer an its Stoli dont know about kicking coffee into touch

Mmmm licorice and mint tea sounds like i could give that a go or even just lemon tea

just looking for snack ideas an cold drink ideas,. liking the idea of pork scratching but its drinks that are going to be my downfall latte and fresh black coffee wth one sweetner are my go to. tea no sweetner at a push but can't do it without milk full fat. any help ideas think i have got round...

for the first time in ages my finger prick test for 2 days running have been under 10mmol. even after eating they have not gone into double figures. i thought my meter had gone wonky so i checked again with my older one an nope still below double figures. i know most of you are lower that my...

Well that was a surprise all rescheduled for the 7th Dec walked in to an answerfone message an dealt with on the tellingbone

best wishes for a speedy recovery shez stilll trying to get my levels right

yep got a month or less to wait at least it wasn't cancelled because of high Hba1c. just got to get my finger pricks to a reasonable level

Bit of a downer today as all worked up to get opp done an they cancelled it at 1600hrs yesterday, but with good reason they had an emergency in the theatre an every one got bumped i was last on list so c'est la vie i will be back on the list, the nurse said they have 28 days to get me back in...

didn't mention what surgery i was having cos most of the guy's in her would be sat there wincing so just to clear it up having a Orchidectomy cos the nerve stripping 5 months ago didn't work

hi hawnet my hba1c was 68 an was a big jump from what it was. i was gradually getting it down, but now got to get back on track. i will do that once friday is over an done with unless they cancel when i get there

due for surgery on Friday an was told that it was borderline as to if they will perform the surgery,,i didnt think that Hba1c had a bearing on surgery but now i do. had a call from the pre opp nurse who said even though its a high hba1c test result they are going to do the operation. but how...

hi SockFiddler i get 150 strips a month so got that covered how long for is another story, but also got a codefree from a mate an some strips already looked at the cost of them so if worst comes to worst i can carry on with it