Recent Content by Marfmama

Yeh my friend has just done it and it has made her so happy!

Thanks. Major headache so not much of that made sense but will get other half to read it!

Hey just wondering what level of ketones requires a call to medical team? Im on the pink (o.4? Just above trace) this bug is no where near as bad as my last one, i ended up in A&E last time cos my sugars kept rising, ketones and blacked out at some point. This time am drinking plenty of water...

Its a dull ache...er, don't know the correct terms for where exactly, just all around my ankle? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Now my head is filled with stuff about gout and charcot foot and all sorts haha. There is so much to diabetes, you could pretty much blame any bit of discomfort on it! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I have had a fairly painful ankle for a few days now, googled "diabetic ankle" and scared the hell out of myself now! Ugh. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

My son will be four In april - im fine now! When he was tiny I got very down, mainly through lack of sleep and feeling isolated as I didnt have any mum friends so spent too much time in the house alone! When he was 11 months old I trained as a breastfeeding peer supporter and then a volunteer...

I was going to say something similar as above, it seems overwhelming but taking control of blood sugar will in turn help weight loss surely? .. there are some.great low carb recipe books that even have meal planners in the front advising what tp eat for each meal over a few weeks - quite nice...

Levemir 10 units at 9pm, throughout the day 3-4 u its of novorapid each time I eat Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

*needed levemir that day Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Similar problem for me; a while ago I had a batch of dodgy insulin pens, I was turning the dial to the amount I needed then it would get stuck and wouldn't push down to release the insulin - as a result I ran out a lot sopner than expected, went to pharmacist with my repeat prescription, she...

Last 4 days in a row I have had a hypo at about 5.30am, but frustrating as I have to get up at 6.30 so cant really get back to sleep! They leave me feeling quite sick for most of the morning - should I be reducing my long acting that I take before bed or my short acting for evening meal? Perhaps...

Star bars are amaaaaazing!!!!!!!!! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Oh great cheers! I have had some trouble in the past with my pharmacist - hopefully this will be fine Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I have a prescription just I have seen others on here having trouble getting enough strips from gp - I have gone through one box in two weeks, I will try asking for.more but if they wont agree I will buy some Sent from the Diabetes Forum App