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    How high is High

    I have been back and forth, to the doctors and I have been back and forth to the doctors, they shrug their shoulders, and say my case is complicated. However my hospital appointment on the 10th July, i was given new meter as they believed mine was broken, and she said if the reading are the...
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    How high is High

    Yeah i feel the consultant at the hospital are basically taken the ****, when i phoned to tell them about the highs 25.1 and hovering in the 24 s for hours, her reply was yeah thats fine dont stress about it as you have probably been high like that for months.
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    How high is High

    I do, got them last year, but i was told they will now be out of date.
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    How high is High

    Maybe some of you have read my previous posts, and the problems i have with high suger levels and that i was given new meteres from the hospital, as they thought my meter might be broken, so i was sent home with new meter told to eat 3 meals a day for 7 days and if the new meter was giving...
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Also advised not to cover the small hole in the centre of the censor
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Charge via the scanner, the sensor is stuck onto the arm, which is the size of a 2 pound coin, and sticks out, so watch when putting and taken of clothes, aslo when drying after bath or shower, as i have caught mine a few times
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    Freestyle Libre rather than cgm?

    Does this method also apply the the Libre, as i have one fitted and the sensors are £48.00 a fortnight as, they last a fortnight.
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    Abbott's new Freestyle Libre CGM

    When the hospital fitted me with the Libre, the rep for Libre was also present she gave us the back ground on the trials they had done, and it certainly was not type 2 s it was all type 1 s, . She said they are hoping to get the sensors on NHS, and all paper work has been sent, so just the...
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    Abbots freestyle Libre

    I got the Libre from the hospital, for free, with one sensor only that lasts 14 days, if i want to continue to use the Libre after the 14 days i would have to purchase the sensors at £48.00 a fortnight. I was given the Libre as my levels are high and i think the hospital do not believe my meter...
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    Doctor changed my records

    Yesterday i saw a specialist, only after threaten to go to my M P. I am on Metformin and froxiga. The specialist, agreed i was type 1.5, and not type 2 so i should not have been given Type 2 drugs, i taken along my monitor as requested, as my monitor does not agree with the HBA1C test, which...
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    Doctor changed my records

    The surgeon at the hospital is writing a letter to my doctor, requesting that my diabetes needs to be controlled, because of the kidney condition, and also asking my doctor to refer me again to a specialist.. So i need to wait until my doctor gets this letter, and hopefully they will act on his...
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    Doctor changed my records

    I have Graves disease, which is an auto immune disease this is what has caused my diabetes. I am a size 8 so not over weight, and the reason as well as my Graves why i was sent for a gad test. Every time i am referred to a hospital for one reason or another, the diagnosed problem always relates...
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    Doctor changed my records

    Hi I live in Fife Scotland. If i change my doctors do i request the gad tests be re done to prove i was diagnosed as Lada Diabetes Type1, otherwise the new doctor will not be any the wiser.
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    Doctor changed my records

    I get no treatment at all, sugar levels never below 11 and thats before i eat.. I can not take Gabopentin, and as for other meds i can not take because i have a Garts Esophagus disease.. My point is i get no treatment, as the docs say until i become type1 they will treat me as a type 2, however...
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    Doctor changed my records

    I was diagnosed 4 years ago with Lada Diabetes, for the first 2 years i attended the type 1 hospital, they then sent me to my local type 2 clinic. I started to develop diabetic complication nerve damage in my feet, however, the clinic was not concerned, over a period of time my doctor admitted...
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    Type 1.5 what do i do now

    Hi, Thank you for your reply. I was at hospital today for a different reason however i need surgery but can have it until suger levels are level. So i went round to diabetic hospital that deals with type 1 and where i was treated for the 1st year i was diagnosed, then sent to type 2 clinic. I...
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    Type 1.5 what do i do now

    I was diagnosed 3 years ago. I have graves disease which is an autoimmune disease which has already killed of my thyroid. I have had the GAD 65 test, and when i went for the results i was told i was type 1, i said i was not and to re check their records and came back and said no your not type...
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    GAD TEST

    Thanks for the replies. I will call the diabetic clinic tomorrow, see what they say. I would really like to know , but on the other hand no news is good news, if you understand what i mean.
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    GAD TEST

    Hi, Last Thursday i was at the diabetic clinic, where they done a blood test to find out if i have LADA. I do not feel well, and the consultant agreed that was the symtoms of high blood sugars, so i thought i would be sorted out soon, when the results from the GAD test comes back, the consultant...
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    Testing me for lada

    I have been back and forth to my doctors since the start of the year, with feeling sick blurry vision etc, as i have grave's disease my blood was done, and the thyroid for once came back as stable, however i had a 8.6 reading for my bood sugars, doctor said she thought i was diabetic, however...