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Recently been given a libre sensor kit by the hospital as I'm having issues not recognising hypos. Trouble is getting hold of the sensors. Can anyone tell me if they are available through the NHS yet and if not where and how can I get replacements.

Things are quiet at the moment. Work is a difficult situation as there are other circumstances that make making the employer aware of the situation awkward. But working with the Diabetic clinic and my own motivation to get this sorted it could be as little as 4 weeks or as long as 16weeks to...

Yeah. Licence is as good as suspended. My insurance will be invalid as will my licence. So if I got stopped whilst driving and the DVLA have not been informed I am not sure what or how any punishment could be metered out. Don't get me wrong I have no intention of ignoring the advice but it does...

Thanks again all. With regards to the Libre the hospital have offered one but self funded and they didn't have one that worked so having to wait for that Not sure that I will be able to take 4 weeks leave and if I could I n sure it would be unpaid or elements of it would be. I always carry...

I could cycle. But would need an ambulance with oxygen to follow me as it's 26 miles.

Hi. Looking at all options at the moment. Got called back to the hospital this afternoon and the support and guidance was tremendous we have a plan to pull this round. But there is still a 4 week plus ban. There is no getting round this and I am not stupid enough to ignore it. It just couldn't...

Hi all. Thanks for the replies. I have not had any accident at all. I understand the reasons for the retroaction but at this moment it's just not something I can deal with. I test most times before getting behinds the wheel so I am unsure how the restriction is going to help me It will just...

I have been for a review at the hospital today. One of the reasons is that sometimes I am not aware of having a hypo until blood sugar readings are -2.5. So I raised this with the specialists. They put me on a 24 hour monitor and today I went for the results. After a mix up at the hospital I...

Sugars are all over the place for example last night I had a reading of 16 before dinner had steak and chips. Took 12 units of insulin and within 2 hours had a reading of 2.8. However at lunch had a reading of 13 took 10 units of insulin and that produced the reading before dinner

I have a diabetes review yesterday and it didn't go well. One of the issues is my midday meal. I generally take a packed lunch consisting of sandwiches and a few snack things. However my HB1C was sitting at 93 and he Doc was not happy and mentioned my diet in general my wife looks after me...

I have recently been suffering from headaches for about 9 weeks nearly every day. I thought it could be a result of a bout of cluster migraines I had. However I have never suffered for this long. Now I have read about Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Does anyone have experience of this and the headaches...

Hi. Not posted on here before but been here a while reading what I can. I have been a type 1 diabetic for about 8 years. I have some might call poor control not through anything I think I am doing wrong just not getting the guidance I need to get everything right. Now my question. I am due...

I am new to this forum, I was looking for resouce information regarding ideal diet for Type 1 and found this site I was diagnosed with Type 2 about 5 years ago, but within 3 weeks they changed the diagnosis to Type1, however like others on here there is some confusion on what is type 1 and type...