Recent Content by kay64red

Thank you for all of your lovely responses it helps me feel and know I'm not alone. All of your replies are really encouraging. Thank you!

I go under the name Kay64red this was the name of the daughter I lost tragically in 1964 and her favourite colour was red. However now I am a grandmother of 4 grandchildren to my eldest daughter who are all now married and great grandmother of 3 children one a girl and two young boys. I am...

I'm on M3 Humulin. Fast and slow working. I have to make sure they are mixed well and look like milk when done. What is the difference.?

Thank you for your information. Yes I have a One Touch Select Plus, which was given to me by the Diabetic Nurse. I am still having problems getting my readings anywhere near controlled. Lowest in the mornings but still higher than my given range. Still I will keep perservering and hope it...

After 25 years being on tablets I am now on insulin. I have been left to get my levels down myself. Is this usually what happens? I am in the range 6 - 10 but still showing high in some cases. I am now on 18 units in the morning and 16 at night. Be glad on some clarification on this, I...

I was concerned about taking Metformin and it causing kidney problems which I discovered I had. I spoke to my doctor about this and he agreed that I should come off Metformin for that reason even though it was keeping my blood sugars well controlled. I was taking 3 a day 850 along with 3...

I have had pains in my right leg now for some time and have put it down to sciatica which I have endured for seemingly a very long time. However I also have swelling in my ankle with considerable pain, my leg in places feels very tender and the back of my knee is so painful when I sit down it...

I sent a message in July were I stated that I had found out I had started to have kidney problems. I am Type II and have been taking 3 full strength Metformin tablets now since I was first diagnosed some years ago along with 3 x 2mg Glimperide tabs per day. I heard on the grapevine and...

Hi this is my first time asking a question on Forum and 'hello'. I was diagnosed with Diabetes 2 when I was in my fifties and now I am 73 years of age. My sugars are not always as stable as I would like them but the doctor continues to tell me that my 'sugars' are fine when my blood test...