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Hi Last July I was rushed into surgery for a twisted bowel, I have never come across this before or heard of anyone having it. I have googled it to find out what can cause this to happen but all I get is Crohn’s disease and bowel cancer which I have neither. It was a awlful experience and 4...

Hi I had to change from DLA indefinite to PIP due to change of circumstances and getting a CGM. On DLA I had middle rate care and low rate Mobility. I was awarded PIP I sent in all evidence from consultants and printed off 6 months of glucose readings from my monitor as I have no hypo awareness...

Thank you for your reply, I am mainly drinking water throughout the day with maybe 1-3 cups of tea or coffee, I tried prune juice but my glucose levels went to high to use that as a regular thing, even though it did work, I have used senekot a few times but recently I take 2 tablets in the night...

Hi I haven’t been on the forum for a while due to health issues. Last summer I was admitted to hospital for emergency surgery for a twisted bowel and 4 weeks after was re admitted for a bowel obstruction caused by adhesions from 1st surgery, I am now worried about getting constipated and I know...

Hi I have s Dexcom g5 platinum and it's brilliant I've had it about a month now and it's doing it's job really well no problems at all Regards Tracey167

Hi thanks for your replies. Yes I suppose DVLA are not going to recognize what a CGM is and obviously my hypo awareness has not returned. I will ring DVLA and ask them that's probably the easiest thing to do. The CGM is set to alert me when my levels reach 5.0mml and will go off every 5 mins...

Hi all It's been a while since I've been on diabetes forum. I got my CGM from the hospital nearly a month ago now as I lost all my hypo awareness in 2006 and it's is doing a great job I am so pleased with it. I had my driving licence revoked in 2010 for having no hypo awareness and just wondered...

Hi put down all your daughter medical conditions and if you have letters from doctors, nurses etc.. send copies of them in. My daughter was recieving DLA for 2 years then got refused cos they thought cos she was 13 years old she could do everything herself, went to appeal and got refused then...

Hi just a update on my daughter appeal for DLA, The judge from the upper tier has favoured us and has also found a few other errors of law on top of what we had wrote down from the first tier appeal tribunral. So upper tier have set aside the first tiers decision so it none and void. We now are...

Type 2 does not fit the eligibility for PIP it's hard enough work trying to get it for type 1 with complications.

DLA and PIP is so hard now to claim even with evidence backing up what you put on the forms they still refuse it. On the government website it has a list of the eligibility to claim and it says to qualify you must have one or more listed. Well my youngest daughter meets over 2 of the...

Hi I wish it was that easy for my 2 daughters my youngest is type 1 had dla till she approached her 13th birthday then refused it even with evidence. Went to appeal and we might as well been talking to a bunch of monkey's the gp did know nothing and the DWP rep didn't realise to turn a page to...

I have now come to the conclusion they must be refusing everyone who applies as my eldest daughter has recently been diagnosed with serious phycosis disorder and is under a phychiatrist, phycosis team once a week and CAHMS also signed off school indefinatley and having to have a home tutor, and...

hi all We are currently appealing a dla decision for my daughter, she had been recieving dla for 2 years them before her 13th birthday had to re-apply and was refused even though the circumstances had not changed. Applied for reconsideration which also was refused then took it to first tier...

Yes you have to keep on at them otherwise they don't bother, i just found the hospital staff very rude an arrogant thought they were always right, then i used to get different diabetic nurses telling you to do things different like contridicting one another. I never see the same diabetic nurse...

I take background levemir split half morning and half before bed then carb count for my humalog each meal time usually between 2.0 to 10 units depending on if high carbs meals

Hi we have lived in essex for just over 6 years and are originally from London. My daughter was diagnosed type 1 in 2013. I am also type 1. We live in Colchester but are looking at moving back to London as I have had to be referred to a specialist consultant in London for my diabietes cos essex...

Yes I agree with eddie1968 a child is a child until they reach 16 some day 18 now but they should be more responsible for thereselfs at 16 not 13 that is ridiculous with hormones racing there glucose levels can be very much unstable. My daughter does as much as she can herself but it's confusing...

Hi 3kerry I have had exactly the same problem my daughter dla renewal was refused just before her 13th birthday she had been getting middle rate care for 2 years and nothing has changed to be honest what with all the hormones racing round there bodies at that she it's harder to control there...

Hi My daughter now 13yrs was getting dla for 2 years then had to re-apply before her 13th birthday and was refused even though nothing had changed. Asked for a re- consideration which was also turned down so went to appeal and to be honest I couldn't believe the people we were dealing with the...