Recent Content by Lowcarb 2

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    Covid vaccine and T1D, what are your views?

    Working from home type 1 had Covid hospitalized for 5 days and had both jabs
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    COVID vaccination

    having had Covid and giving it to my husband who was so poorly with 5days in ICU and I got a phone call to say he might not make the night , he survived but suffered mini stroke, blood clots and has long and short term memory loss i am all for it, been 6 months and getting there, been told could...
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    Type 2 Covid snd type 2 diabetes

    I contracted vivid in Jan 2021 am insulin dependant and ended up in hospital for five days.because it played havoc with my levels, took the recovery time of 3 weeks to really get it back under control
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    Diabetes, manic depression and breast cancer

    light at end of tunnel, here is a positive story my former neighbour got breast cancer just before her 50th birthday, a week after diagnosed was sent letter to come for first breast screening, went through surgery treatment and hair loss, she looked just as pretty without it. She did not like NH...
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    Blood circulation - still not too good.

    My husband had clot in left calf gone from blood thinning injections to tablets but still having problems like you they now think he has a circulation problem narrowing of the vein awaiting appt with nurse for dopla scan
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    High blood sugar

    Sounds familiar to me, I was healthy and suddenly developed thrush which would not clear, noticed I had lost weight and was really thirsty and a blood test I was diagnosed as type 2, a year later my sugars became incredibly high ended up in hospital o st the weekend, they managed to get me down...
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    Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?

    I too was told to stop testing and ran out of strips 2 months later over a weekend felt really bad got on to GP and managed to get more strips upon testing i found my bloods were in the 20's this went on for a few days and I ended up in hospital because of it never been told never again and...
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    How do you treat hypos right before a meal?

    I eat three jelly babies or try a small can of coke or if you feel fine eat your meal and then do your insulin so it has something to work with
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    Stress spike

    Yes I had a phone call to say my husband may not make it the night as he was in ICU having been sedated due to Covid, after 21 days he is home and recovering, but my level on going to bed that night was 31.3
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    Just diagnosed LADA (help!)

    Hi I like you was diagnosed aged 52 as LADA and although I was doing everything i could to keep the situation under control, within the year I was on slow release insulin, and two years later i had fast release insulin added to the mix. I kept thinking it was something I had done as no family...
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    COVID vaccination

    Thank you, just thought post needed reality check
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    COVID vaccination

    I am recovering from having experienced Covid first hand and have been offered the vaccination but on advise of NHS 111 have been told to leave it at least a month since being diagnosed. My husband is currently in ICU fighting for his life, I am all for the vaccination because I never ever want...
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    Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?

    In 2018 after three HBNC1a tests over 9 months that within a good range i was told not to test anymore, I had.ran out of test strips and the nurse would not renew my prescription. 3 months later I began to feel really unwell and felt is was to do with my levels with no way of testing i rang my...
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    How Do They Diagnose What Type Of Diabetes You Have?

    I was told they class you as type two to start off with and if your bloods settle with medication then they just see you for regular check ups, in my case my bloods did settle for three months and then I needed more medication this went on like this for a year, after a bad time with keotosis...
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    Stored Insulin in the Fridge

    do you keep the pens in the carton they come in as this might make a difference