Recent Content by lotuslight

Creativity definitely helps with the diabetes blues & taking mind off them, keep painting :)

Thank you I did and I am back to my usual levels. It read 1.9 this morning but I doubt I’d have got out of bed! Now 12 which I know is high but working on that

Hi my Care Sens Duo has been playing up. I put new batteries in other day and it’s only giving me occasional reads and sometimes error messages. It is since it got colder , our flat is cold we don’t have heating on yet. Do you think it could be that. It gave me a scary reading today but must...

Hi just wondered if anyone has had hypos on these meds pls? Considering them at the moment.

Hi Tricia thanks for the reply. I’m missing a big bar of chocolate to be honest and chips & even my porridge. Daft I know. Also mainly the feeling of being a free spirit. I might go to Waitrose tonight and treat myself to something

Hi have you tried the food supplements This is food in chocolate flavour? I have that as a treat and it hardly affects my sugars and tastes amazing! Hope this may help a bit

So I unsuccessfully tried glyclazide, after two hypos , one which I thought was a heart attack, went from 11 to 3 in an hour. Severe severe tiredness , and my fingers are so sore from all the testing. So now back to square one. Want to try me on Jardiance but I am very prone to water...

Hi could anyone advise best monitor please and what the costs are likely to be? Thank you

Thank you

Hello I am being offered Jardiance but I am prone to urine infections. I know and accept it can give you thrush it’s the UTIS that worry me most. Has anyone else experienced UTIS on this led please? Thank you

Hope it eases I had one earlier terrible things. Eating something helps me

Hi I have started on gliclozide meds I am type 2. I am noticing I feel low anything 7 or below where it should be 5 apparently I went got a walk for 30 mins with a reading of 9 and planned to have lunch after. I think I had a hypo when I got back my reading was 5.9 but I was shaking ...

Hello I have started testing due to new medication I have to now.(gliclazide) My morning reads have been around 8 which I think is pretty good. When I eat they go up to 10-14 afterwards. Is this normal please? Am I right thinking ad long as my first read of the day is low I’m ok? Thank you

Hope it helps , so disappointing & frustrating when it’s for that reason

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