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New to insulin for a week now (novirapid & Levimir) and just wondered if it is a coincidence or can insulin trigger headaches, about 30mins after injecting i get a funny dull headache and a few times it got quite bad. Now i'm guessing it could be the stress or just that my body is new to the...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I work for myself so not too much of a problem :) My bloods are mainly around 16 after a week on insulin but thats down from as high as 27 in the last few weeks so getting there slowly, my nurse said we will continue to increase slowly to avoid hypos, we have...

Hi Wig, Thank you for the reply, as i have been diagnosed for some years now I already use the charity eye screening service so that is covered. I did fill in the DVLA form today and it said have you had any periods of Hypo's i put yes although not for almost 8 months now, not sure if i should...

Hi, Thank you for the reply, i should clarify, the district nurse I have now is fantastic it was the nurse at the doctors surgery that wasn't very good!! I have not seen the specialist and not even been given an appointment date so maybe this is something i need to push for? Many thanks...

Hi, Yes we seem very simialr in our cases. I am yet to get an appt with the specialist but the nurse has already increased 3 of my 4 daily doses of insulin so i guess it is finding the right balance now!! Thank you for replying :D Christina

Thank you :)

Hi All, I am knew here today and thought i would see if any one else is in my situation: I will try to sum this up as short as I can!! Was never really overweight, fell pregnant in 2002 and got VERY sick, in and out of hospital during pregnancy and diagnoised with Hypermesis Gravidernum (SP?)...