Recent Content by astle9

I am type 2 on insulin and i have been libre 2 for 6 months, my DSN told me you need to be on multiple injections and be using finger pricks several times per day.

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

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...

Thank you i will pop down to the pharmacist tomorrow and ask, i have enough for a couple of days.

Pharmacist told me saturday that they could not provide my insulin due a nationwide shortage, anyone else?

Thank you.

So are they genuine.

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.

Sadly over the next year or 2 the damaged caused to diabetics by covid will become very clear, i am struggling from november bout of covid and have been referred to a long covid clinic.

thank you for your responses i will give the aspirin a miss from now on.

cheers Wolfie any adverse reaction to stopping 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.

i have CVD and find the NHS very honest with its dealings, told that yes i have what is known as a tight valve and other issues but was then told basically check up every year and if needed they will operate between 5 and 40 years time, i am 50. lots of chest pain and shoulder blade pain, i...

Hello keep on the diet aspect for as long as you can, been on this medication for 7 months and have now decided that it does not work for me and the sooner i can get off it the better, never been so ill and i have lost any desire to do much, i plod along and get through each day at work but my...

so they are saying keep the plebs in the dark and they will not know what is happening to them, i am totally convinced that my joint issues are due to statins but due to heart problems i am loathe to come off them.