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  1. astle9

    Fiasp flexpen shortage

    Being moved to cartridges and novorapid pen due to flexpen shortage, not a problem really. Anyone been told the same?
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    Ozempic and work/life issues

    So no ozempic until 2024, having to remove it from my overall control of my diabetes regime is going to cause a need i would imagine to increase my short and long term insulin which is going to cause temp loss of control but how temp that will be is unknown. How do you explain that to your...
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    Fiasp nationwide shortage

    Pharmacist told me saturday that they could not provide my insulin due a nationwide shortage, anyone else?
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    Covid shielding e-mail

    Anyone had one? I am quite suspicious of mine, it does end .gov.uk the GP practice have said it is a Govt thing so they cannot help. It has all my correct details NHS number and the like. [email protected] is the address.
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    Aspirin and withdrawing for it

    Hello, been on aspirin daily for 10 plus years now as part of my diabetes treatment, saw my cardiologist yesterday after having an angiogram and was advised by him that there is no need to take them, would you follow his advise or seek opinion of diabetic team. Cheers.
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    Diabetes education programmes and work

    Why do these always take place during the working week, i have been offered a place but i cannot due to work commitments, they could do an evening one say once a year to allow those of us who cannot get time off to learn more.
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    Freshstart Victoza online support

    Hello has anyone managed to sign up to this as each time i try the batch number id request comes up invalid, i do hope someone knows what i am asking about. Thank you
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    back on victoza

    after 2 years of being on insulin and feeling like ****, i am back on victoza, hope it works this time.
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    oral thrush

    sorry to be so blunt but i am in a slight dispute with my employers interpretation of what constitutes diabetic complications, i had oral thrush a few months ago and i was given nystatin by my diabetic specialist GP. I strongly believe it is caused when i lose control of BG but they seem to be...
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    Clarification regarding disability

    I have to attend an attendance monitoring interview at my place of employment due to 2 periods of illness with diabetes in last 6 months, my union rep will be present but just for my own knowledge is it truly classed as disability, i am type 2 with 3 injections of insulin daily and 4 metformin...
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    Android app for diabetes

    Hello, anyone have or know of an app for storing diabetes results please on a computer tablet, i have looked but could not find anything, with the explosion of computer tablets i would have thought it would have been done by now.
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    Glucorx and PCTs

    I suppose they must have won some bid for providing equipment as my doctors will only provide prescriptions for this unit Nexus, is this counrtywide, quite peeved as i have just got the hang of Freestyle software.
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    stepping back from insulin

    Hello, is it possible to step back from insulin and return to my old regime of victoza and metformin, i am on humalog mix 25 and it is doing me no good on the levels of blood sugars plus i have gained 2 and a half stone in approx 3/4 months. I appreciate i need to speak to my medical team but i...
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    Hello from type 2

    Hiya, metformin, gliclazide and non insulin injections are my regime, just want to learn more and shift some weight, my bm has never been good but i can get it there, cheers.