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I'm going crazy, as I've been T1 for 10 or more years, but I'm confused. It's time for my annual check up, with the usual blood tests that precede the event. This year, when I booked it, the GP receptionist told me that I needed to fast for 12 hours, which is fair enough, but he also told me...

Hi, sounds like you're going through a bad patch! The good thing is that deep down, you know that you can't let things slide and that you need to tighten up your control and keep yourself well. It does get very boring, and for myself, I find I keep tighter control when I don't think about...

Hi, sorry to hear that you're struggling with curbing your sweet tooth - I don't have any real answer for you, other than to say take it each day at a time! I was diagnosed as type 1 on Dec 23rd last year, so I'm not an experienced insulin user (although I was wrongly diagnosed as type 2 for 16...

Congratulations Ebony - you've made a really positive start, and the numbers are definitely heading in the right direction. Hope you're feeling chuffed with yourself and motivated to keep up the good work! Glad the thyroid tests were negative - one less thing to have to deal with.

Thanks Nigel, I'll add it to my list of queries! Melanie

I've only been injecting for 5 weeks, and only have experience of the 5mm needles - but there is something a bit 'funny' I've noticed - no problems with the NovoRapid, but the Levemir seems to have a tendency to leak - even drips from the needle before injecting, and despite leaving it in the...

Hi annieyeo52! Just like you, I was initially diagnosed with T2, and struggled for 15 months. Just before Christmas, by very devious means, I managed to get to see an endocrinologist, who told me that I in fact, I have LADA and started me on insulin immediately. Her diagnoses was confirmed by...

LADA if I had to hazard a guess!

Thanks Sue, DG and Viv I know I will have to muster my energy and present a good case for a referral to an endocrinologist. It's funny, I can be very assertive on behalf of my family and friends, but find it much more difficult to hustle on my own behalf! I still remember how hard it was to...

I was diagnosed with T2 about a year ago. I was issued the standard 'eat plenty of carbs' advice, but fortunately found my way here within the first couple of weeks, and adapted my diet to lower carbing, and managed to get my Hba1c down to 5.1 by June. I am pleased with that, but know that it...

My Beautiful tabby boy, Beeswax was recently diagnosed with diabetes (I suspect he came out in sympathy with me!). The vet nurse thought I was bonkers when I asked if he should low carb, but the vet immediately agreed, and it meant that he is doing well on a tiny dose of insulin twice a day -...

I'm just having a sit down and a cup of tea after a hasty snack to ward off a very shaky moment - 4.00 on the meter - I have been lower (3.3) and not felt any adverse effects, but today, my low point is higher!

Hi Shan - I'm not surprised you're confused by what the nurse has told you! I suggest you ignore her instructions, and carry on testing as you were before. I simply don't see the point in testing before meals unless it is followed up by testing at one and two hour intervals after the meal...

Over the past 5 weeks, my hair has started to fall out by the handful. I thought I'd ask if anyone else had suffered anything similar? I am taking 4 x 500 mg Glucophage SR, and trying to keep my food intake relatively low, which has definitely helped with BG control. I am concerned about the...

Dennis, thanks for your advice - no surprise that the DSN at my surgery got it wrong! I'm now splitting the dose - 2 with my evening meal and 2 with breakfast. I'll be interested to see the effect on my BG numbers.

Just reading this thread and it's made me wonder if I'm taking my meds properly? Prescribed Glucophage SR 500 mg x 4 tablets, and originally took 2 tablets twice a day. The DSN told me that I'd got it wrong and that I should take all four tablets at night. Now, the comments here have got me...

Hi busymisslizzie. Sorry that you're suffering so many horrid symptoms, and although a diagnosis of diabetes isn't the best news you'll ever receive, it isn't the end of the world. Hopefully, once you have things a bit more under control, the other piggyback illnesses will be resolved and you...

Hi Moonbeam - sorry that you've been diagnosed as a diabetic, but congratulations on finding yourself in the right place for a warm welcome and endless support and sound advice,

It is a scandal that the DUK, NHS etc, actively promote only one type of diet that simply does not work for many, many diabetics. It is illogical when the evidence indicates that lowering the intake of carbs is a more successful strategy for many diabetics. I don't understand why they aren't...

Well, having read as many threads on this forum as avidly as I could, I was forewarned about the attitude I may encounter at my 'annual diabetic check' at my GP's surgery. Nevertheless, I was still quite shocked by the experience, and it reinforced my sense of vulnerability - again a big...