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My elderly mum has early stage dementia and needs nurses to come in twice a day to inject levamere and nova rapid. We have noticed that randomly she has days when her blood sugar never goes down after her injection from the nurse and then other days its fine. The nurses have to use safety...

Hi all i am looking after my newly diagnosed Mum who is 82 and has Type 1. She has failed a memory test and after 4 weeks on Libre freestyle. nova-rapid and tresiba she still cannot look after herself and nearly gave herself a leathal does of rapid insulin the first night we trusted her alone...

Yes, and they are good but she is very very forgetful and a technophobe!

Thanks so much, she does have some great nurses and they did explain the twice a day system and said they may be able to get district nurses in. But from what you have said that would be good to avoid if possible. I hope that when her bloods are a bit more stable...like under 25! i am hoping her...

I am currently supporting my mum (who is 82) to get used to her Type 1 diabetes meds, Tresiba, Novo-rapid and Freestyle monitor and smart pens. She has been incorrectly diagnosed with Type 2 for the last 10 years, which no surprise has never been under control! So neither of us are completely...