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    Type 2 New Meter

    Hi I have for sometime struggled with the test meter I have. It works fine until its memory is full, then the app on my phone has to read all 720 readings every time I use it. 1, new meter, I do 6 tests 2, load app and it connects to meter and reads those new 6 readings 3, I do another 8 tests...
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    T2s: Do you feel a mindset change has happened since your diagnosis?

    Made me almost loose my mind, it caused very high pain feet mostly, neurological nerve end damadged Never let your blood sugar go high constantly, it can damadged nerves
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    All Change

    Thanks i really appreciate your reply Im type 2, so they tell me. Ive been taking 58 u of background once at 11 am and again at 23:00 The rapid i take when i see it go high Well for a long time ive been carefull in what i eat, and ive never had a problem This is very sudden, woke up one day...
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    Type 1 FreeStyle Libre

    I. Ive been testing one of these for the past few days, a nurse fitted the first sensor and it fell off within the first 20 min of use, so i couldnt get a reading as you have to wait 30 min. Having complained to Abbott, they sent me another sensor, this time i fitted it, and it lasted 3 days...
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    All Change

    So for about a year or more I have been taken insulin. Novarapid and Levemir Its been tough, cant say it hasnt but I have plodded along as best as I can. I have extream pain in my legs diagnosed at first with diabelies Neurolagy (wrong signals sent to brain) and I use morphine. So all of a...
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    Dodgy insulin pens

    well they changed me to these novomix flexpen as my levels still not coming down, im having a lot of problems with these pens, juddering while injecting, and grinding to a halt with a jam. second pen in use now and these are jamming too. ive written to the company, got a reply asking for my...
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    DVLA HELP

    Ok, lot of good information there, shame Swansea dont give this out instead of taring everyone with the same brush. BTW my doctor was consulted about this, hes happy for me to drive, and on reflection I perhaps was very quick in filling in forms, huh this time next week I might not even be...
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    DVLA HELP

    thank you for your reply, well I wonder what insulin that is, as Ive been taking this one for 10 days and have never seen it drop rapidly, its drops slowly over the 24 hour period and so far ive not been able to get it below 15, I continue to increase the amount every 3 days.... No they havent...
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    DVLA HELP

    Hi All Good to see a forum like this, and hope to get some information... Thanks I was diagnosed with diabetes type 2 about 3 years ago, and have been taking tablets ever since. However the tablets (Now 3 of them) became in effective, high blood sugar levels all the time. So I asked my GP if...