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      Grant_Vicat reacted to KennyA's post in the thread Feels like my life is over at 24 with Friendly Friendly.
      Hi and welcome. They might run a second test just to confirm diagnosis - ie to check that the first test wasn't wrong, they can be -...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to lovinglife's post in the thread Hi. with Friendly Friendly.
      Hi @helenb1979 & welcome to the forum :) Many of us felt like you when we were first diagnosed, yes it can be serious but it’s also...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to helenb1979's post in the thread Hi. with Like Like.
      I'm Helen. I'm from Ipswich in the UK. Actually very near to the football team which got promoted a few weeks ago. I was diagnosed with...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to septua's post in the thread Fibre glass like feeling on left leg with Agree Agree.
      I think OP is referring to the Time in Range so 70 - 84% in range means 70 to 84% of the time they are in the range of 3.9 - 10 mmol/L...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to EllieM's post in the thread Parenthood with diabetes with Agree Agree.
      In my experience, once you are LO it can be very very easy to over correct and then go HI, and then LO again and so on. In theory the...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to Lakeslover's post in the thread Parenthood with diabetes with Agree Agree.
      Im sorry to hear of the problems your partner is having balancing his blood sugars. I’m sure that is also very hard on you, especially...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to Ushthetaff's post in the thread Chronic Kidney Disease with Winner Winner.
      I have CKD and I’m currently on 3 day a week dialysis , I got scepsis 14 years ago following my first amputation , it took my kidney...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to LittleGreyCat's post in the thread Chronic Kidney Disease with Like Like.
      I have CKD and have had for many years. It doesn't seem to affect my day to day life. Mainly I note that it seems to take a long time...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to ElenaP's post in the thread Norovirus with Like Like.
      I have not had norovirus, but people react differently to viruses, depending if they have other (diabetic or non-diabetic) underlying...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to MrsA2's post in the thread Norovirus with Like Like.
      Friends are just back from one that had an outbreak. He got poorly , she didnt, even though they were confined to cabin for 2 days...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to EllieM's post in the thread Norovirus with Like Like.
      Maybe this will help https://www.diabetes.co.uk/norovirus-and-diabetes.html
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      Grant_Vicat replied to the thread Chronic Kidney Disease.
      Not since 2013 @Shortie13green , but tiredness was certainly overwhelming. Could the drugs also cause tiredness? Congratulations on...
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      Grant_Vicat replied to the thread Chronic Kidney Disease.
      Hi @Shortie13green and welcome to the forum. @Antje77 is correct in that I had Chronic Kidney Disease from 1973-2013. I had already had...
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to Mark Rawlinson's post in the thread High ketones with Like Like.
      ask on the NHS app https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/ there is a 111 section hope that can help
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      Grant_Vicat reacted to Lakeslover's post in the thread High ketones with Agree Agree.
      Hi, I think you’ve used the app to post so the actual numbers didn’t come through properly. What are your blood sugar and ketone levels...
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