Recent Content by JLowes

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    HELP!!!!

    Hi I have contacted DN and my appointment is 23 May. Its hard having to spend a month of spiking reads before insulin starts working 2 to 3 hours later.
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    HELP!!!!

    Hi thank you. The insulin pen has been changed and always kept in fridge before using for the first time so I don't think it's that. Checked with meter when it first started to increase and there was a slight difference but nothing to write home about. The insulin before meal is taken about 15...
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    HELP!!!!

    Thank you all I thought I was doing something wrong after being a diabetic all these years. Trying to get help within a reasonable length of time seems impossible lately with the NHS. I do understand the way things are but it doesn't help.
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    HELP!!!!

    Hi I was wondering if anyone else was having or has had a problem with insulin NovoRapid. I've been Type 1 for 54 years and been on this insulin for years. Lately, following receipt of my Dexcom G6 I've noticed that my insulin is taking 2 to 3 hours before lowering blood sugar levels after...
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    Insulin quandry

    Hi since having the Dexcom G6 I have noticed how long my NovoRapid is taking to work on my meals eaten. I have checked sites for lumps (i still rotate areas for injection). I have also checked that the insulin is still in date. I have spoken to diabetes nurse to seek advice and was informed that...
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    Struggling

    Thank you for your reply. It's just so hard after 53 years of not looking after myself and carrying on it is ingrained and so hard to get out of it
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    Struggling

    I have had Type 1 Diabetes since 1968/69. Things were a lot different then. Weighing everything, not allowed to eat many things, using wee and water with clinitest tablets to check sugar levels and many negative feelings about having Diabetes. 53 years I have struggled thinking that I could just...
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    Anyone been shopping yet?

    I have been shopping to a retail park and I wore my mask when entering shops but not whilst walking around. Most people were being thoughtful apart from when we were in a shop where there is not a great deal of space in isles. A man was pushing an elderly lady in a wheelchair, no masks on either...
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    What Goes Around, Comes Around

    Hi I am a type 1 diabetic and have been for nearly 50 years. The attitudes and comments I have encountered in most if not all of my working life is horrendous. I have been spoken to like a child and my last job I have just resigned from due to the harassment and bullying I received when asking...
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    Who are pumps best for?

    I was on an insulin pump for two years before being taken off for a new insulin (long acting) called Trsiba. What a difference this has made. It has no peaks which gives you better control
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    Pains in lower legs

    Hi I have had type 1 diabetes for 45 years and unfortunately when first diagnosed there was no help like there is now therefore even though I have developed many diabetes related problems the only thing I can do now is try to keep my diabetes under control. I find it really hard when being so...
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    HOLIDAY INSURANCE?

    I have just tried getting a quote from Fish Insurance and being a long term diabetic I have developed several complication which all were declared and the quote amount was £215.01 for 1 weeks holiday. Surely these insurance companies should be made to refund part of your premium if you do not...
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    Diabetes in the past

    Hi I've had diabetes for about 42 years. The times have been hard as I remember when I had to sterilise a glass syringe in a pan with boiling water and the needles were stainless steel and you didn't change them until they felt blunt Ouch!! The help I get now from diabetes nurses and doctors...
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    Diabetics shouldn't be allowed to get married

    I have never heard anything so rediculous in all my life. I have been a Type 1 Diabetic for 41 years and have two healthy son's. I have been married for over 30 years. I think you should take time and consider carefully how your comments may affect other people such as young diabetics who are...