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Thanks both, I have been checked with blood tests, MRI, X-ray and so on but maybe not that recently, during last round of appointments I suppose. Seeing GP on Tuesday, Take care folks. Thanks again R

Asking if anyone recognises my symptoms....diabetes team refer to rheumatology who then refer me back for last 2 years. I have lumps and stiffness in my joints which is getting much worse, it is mostly in my hands, particularly my fingers. 2nd frozen shoulder improved by arthrogram and physio...

Hi there, Overnight sugars can be a real pain, sometimes changing the time that you take your basal or background insulin can help as they all peak at different times and run out at different times. Different insulin, for example Lantus or Levemir can help as different ones suit different people...

Similar lives in quite a few aspects. 2 kids for me though and although I run and exercise I do not do so competitively. I don't tend to compete over HbA1c either, LOL. Between 7 and 8 has usually felt ok while living a life. Rx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I am really sorry to hear about how low you are feeling. I have experienced a severe depression in my early twenties which I know was almost completely to do with diabetes and my negative relationship with it and so with food. More than twenty years later I am lucky enough to be still here and...

Thanks, she certainly said Humalog but has had a bit of stress lately so I will check again.I have known a couple of people over the years who have had learning difficulties and who had one or other type of diabetes. I have been and am quite concerned that poorer control is accepted if not...

Hello, I wonder if you might be able to help with a question I have about someone with type 2.She is a woman with a Learning disability and I know her through my work. She is prescribed Humalog twice daily, is this common? she is not carb counting and is told to take the injections morning and...

This made me laugh, she forgot to add in small details like....the kids, am I angry in a normal way with my teenager or is my sugar high? how long until I need to adjust my basal so I can go to my exercise class? Have I got sweets in my bag in case I go shopping after I drop the wee man to...

Lots of great experience and support on here, all best things to you both.Rx

Hi, there, So sorry to hear of such hard times.I was diagnosed a little later than your daughter at age 11 but a similar pattern of completely not phased then really angry and upset is a strong memory for me from that time. I also felt that I had to reassure my family and make everyone proud by...

Congratulations, I have two boys, now 11 and approaching 14 and they too are great. All those stories about diabetic Mum's having such big babies- mine were both a wee bit early too and both under 5 pounds.Wanted to post as Rose was to be one of the names if we had a daughter, she is...

Hello, I hope you get some helpful answers soon. I have been type one for thirty something years (since age 11, now 45 so 34 I suppose) and despite being a very active person(busy working life, two of a family, exercise classes several times a week, usually also at least one run too) have had...

I use a pump now but ha e strong memories of this, One thing I did find of use was to alter the time that I took the two doses.TAKING one at 8am and one at 8pm didn't quite work and in the end I think I went to 7am and 10pm, It fitted with my life with a young family at the time but in the end I...

Hi, good for you getting a pump and giving it a go! I hope you find it gives you what you are after, I would say that the first year is a lot of learning but worth it. I sometimes have a little blood showing in the set (same kind of set as you) but not frequently. I have once had blood...

Interested in the blood back up the tubing as I had that recently and was unsure of the reason.I do quite a lot of active stuff as well, exercise classes and such but only garden in Spring and summer.LOL. I'm not sure if lycra holds my sets in place or rubs against them to dislodge them...

I agree with CarbsRok, sounds like good advice.I have had some recent issues with pain from my Mio sets and I think that although I have enough fat on my tummy to make it unlikely to hit muscle wall that when pain on insertion, or for some time afterwards happens that it is likely that I have...

Hello, I do a little running, body attack classes, kettlebell circuits and boot camp. Occasionally I swim. Challenges for me lie in exercising enough to get real benefit while neither starting with a sugar too high or finishing with one too low. I find that I take the insulin I need and make...

Hello, please take some reassurance from my experience.About 20 years ago I had a group of hard lumps on (the sclera )the front of my eye, following lots of eye examinations and CT scans and so on they took biopsies and found they were just benign lumps. The lumps were sort of off white and...

ALWAYS Gin and slimline tonic for me.Enjoy.Rx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi there, not my first, My 44th as type 1 but yes I have enjoyed lots of things that do not feature everyday-because Christmas is not everyday...neither is Hogmanay(I am Scottish) Enjoy.Rx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App