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    Taking wrong insulin

    Yes I was at work as security doing night shift and i was alone. Was the scariest thing ever
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    Travelling with diabetes

    I just took my repeat prescription slip with me... I've traveled to pakist 5 times and dubai once with no problems
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    Diabetes of hormones (women)

    OK I have to let this out.. So with us women our hormones go up and down every month and with me during certain times of the month like just after my period my blood sugars go on a mad one and most of the time can be high and about 2 weeks after that my readings then become perfect...so does...
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    dvla question 3b hypos

    so if i have a normal hypo and can spot it and treat it myself ..like the question says... Have you had an episode of hypoglycaemia? ...should i put yes but i have never passed out or had to have any emergency treatment because of one like the other question Have you had more than one...
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    dvla question 3b hypos

    i know what a hypo and the symptoms is... but if i have a normal hypo and can spot it and treat it myself ..like the question says... Have you had an episode of hypoglycaemia? ...should i put yes but i have never passed out or had to have any emergency treatment because of one like the other...
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    dvla question 3b hypos

    so im reading the dvla diabetes form and on question 3b it says Have you had an episode of hypoglycaemia? Yes No If you have answered NO, do not answer questions 3c, 3d, 3e and 3f. Go straight to Section 2: Special Controls (see overleaf) what exactly does it mean... im confused
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    Telling dvla about diabetes

    So I passed my driving over a year ago and just started thinking about driving as my husband are i doing different shifts and he is sick of picking and dropping me to work, so I think the main thing they are worried about is hypos and I've been diabetic for 6 years now and I never passed out...
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    Unexplained morning highs

    It happened to me so I changed my levemir from 8pm to 10pm and it has made a huge difference
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    Hba1c gone up doing ivf fet

    They did say I might need to go on pump if I do conceive. And I did look into going on the pump. But personally injecting is just fine for me
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    Hba1c gone up doing ivf fet

    I have my next appointment in 2 months and the last 2 weeks my blood glucose levels have been good so I have to wait and see
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    Hba1c gone up doing ivf fet

    Because I was on night shift my levels from 9am to 0130pm was high it would go up to 16 and the night was ok. So I think it has gone up cause of that.but for 2 weeks now I have changed my levemir from taking it to 8pm to 12 midnight it has made a difference it's single digits when I get up. I...
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    Hba1c gone up doing ivf fet

    So last year my hba1c was 9.2 and it went down to 7.3 and I just got my latest results today and it's 7.5. My blood sugar levels have been excellent past 2 weeks. I am doing medacated frozen embryo transfer and I am half way through it. So do the drugs get your HbA1c up. I'm feeling a bit gutted...
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    Hba1c gone up doing ivf fet

    So last year my hba1c was 9.2 and it went down to 7.3 and I just got my latest results today and it's 7.5. My blood sugar levels have been excellent later. I am doing medacated frozen embryo transfer and I am half way through it. So do the drugs get your HbA1c up. I'm feeling a bit gutted as I'm...
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    when to take levemir (slow acting)

    Thanks for the reply everyone. I actually took it 12 last night. So what was 4 hours later and when I got up my levels was 6.7. Which is very impressive for me
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    when to take levemir (slow acting)

    I did speak a diabetes nurse about changing my levemir to day and she said I don't need to cause it working for 24 hours. Which I think it's not true