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<blockquote data-quote="nadine-y" data-source="post: 846880" data-attributes="member: 180702"><p>[USER=179601]@christi99[/USER] [USER=21149]@Daibell[/USER] [USER=39639]@azure[/USER] [USER=140811]@urbanracer[/USER] @nobiehead</p><p></p><p>Thank you all so much for your replies to my post! I really appreciate it.</p><p></p><p>To explain a little bit further more: the thing why I got so confused about the insurances was because I ended up at a website (also linked to NHS) last night about special insurances for diabetics. I guess this is actually for covering extra healthcare like dental- and feetcare and other private clinical treatments which are all way too expensive. I'm going to live with my girlfriend in Cheltenham and I've already had contact with local authorities there about how I can get my health Insurance as soon as possible to make sure I'm safe whatever happens. All they've told me is that I should make an appointment with a GP and from there on I will get in contact with the NHS. Though I've found this a bit too unspecific I started to try and look up more about diabetes in the UK on the internet and ended up pretty confused. I have all my paperwork ready and also my EHIC and medication passport are ready. It's just that my doctor told me that I should better fix my HbA1c to a normal level before moving abroad cause she thinks I'd never get Insurance. (this was 2 months ago) I hope this won't be the case, because I'm fully aware that I still have a pretty hard and long way to go to until I will have a stable and good HbA1c.</p><p></p><p>By saying my annual (blood) results are always good in my previous post, I meant that my other organs are still fit and working well, my bloodpressure is a bit low (which is nothing to worry about and even better than too high in my case according to my doc) but my HbA1c is actually the only thing that's wrong with me. My bloodsugars are between 4 and 15 these days, which is obviously still not great, but I'm glad I can feel the hypers again, although the false hypo's make me really exhausted. I know in the end it will all be worth it, but sometimes it's still hard to not fall back into that 'well I feel alright so why would I go through all this struggle'attitude .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nadine-y, post: 846880, member: 180702"] [USER=179601]@christi99[/USER] [USER=21149]@Daibell[/USER] [USER=39639]@azure[/USER] [USER=140811]@urbanracer[/USER] @nobiehead Thank you all so much for your replies to my post! I really appreciate it. To explain a little bit further more: the thing why I got so confused about the insurances was because I ended up at a website (also linked to NHS) last night about special insurances for diabetics. I guess this is actually for covering extra healthcare like dental- and feetcare and other private clinical treatments which are all way too expensive. I'm going to live with my girlfriend in Cheltenham and I've already had contact with local authorities there about how I can get my health Insurance as soon as possible to make sure I'm safe whatever happens. All they've told me is that I should make an appointment with a GP and from there on I will get in contact with the NHS. Though I've found this a bit too unspecific I started to try and look up more about diabetes in the UK on the internet and ended up pretty confused. I have all my paperwork ready and also my EHIC and medication passport are ready. It's just that my doctor told me that I should better fix my HbA1c to a normal level before moving abroad cause she thinks I'd never get Insurance. (this was 2 months ago) I hope this won't be the case, because I'm fully aware that I still have a pretty hard and long way to go to until I will have a stable and good HbA1c. By saying my annual (blood) results are always good in my previous post, I meant that my other organs are still fit and working well, my bloodpressure is a bit low (which is nothing to worry about and even better than too high in my case according to my doc) but my HbA1c is actually the only thing that's wrong with me. My bloodsugars are between 4 and 15 these days, which is obviously still not great, but I'm glad I can feel the hypers again, although the false hypo's make me really exhausted. I know in the end it will all be worth it, but sometimes it's still hard to not fall back into that 'well I feel alright so why would I go through all this struggle'attitude . [/QUOTE]
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