Recent Content by margamandan

Yes, i intend to do the dafne. I've heard it's a gd course.

Well so far not for me. Maybe one day. I Always have a high hb1ac, or been having lows trying to hard. Finally just started to get lower, but only after changing hospital and meeting someone who takes a little time to help me with decent advice. My background bolus figure was wrong, so I had no...

Hi Gary 61, eating anything you want, when you want, how does that work? I miss those days, prediabetic.

How are you bg levels on it?

Have you picked it up yet? Hopefully it works for you

I have dates on my meter for later this year, which will be interesting for my averages I wasn't impressed in honesty. They updated the app since then, it seems more stable

Sometimes I'm OK, sometimes I get down. I find work difficult at times, but that's the physicality of it really. I try to carb count, but it's not always accurate, and if I'm away with work it's a nightmare guessing. Have you started counting? It's a gd guideline to use

I'll call them tomorrow, thanks. Glad to hear there might be a change coming too, hopefully it'll ripple through to my trust

Hi Carl, I hope the dsn offers you some alternatives. I have found you need to be persistant in your requests. I've attached a pdf outlining some of your rights. Have a read, see if it helps in your approach to your needs being met. Hope it goes well

Hi razzamuffin, yes mate. I didn't know for a long time https://www.diabetes.org.uk/how_we_help I typed in diabetes uk local groups and my county https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.diabetes.org.uk/in_your_area%3famp The second link is regional and can help you find your local group and...

I've definitely dropped mine, many times.

Hi Carl, I'm a type 1 diagnosed in May 2016, so still a newbie. Sorry to hear about your complications. I'm with you on lantus, Pretty early on I pushed to move away from it, it felt so wrong. Being so inexperienced it was hard to be listened tooo, but one nurse was amazing. I've since been on...

Hello fellow type 1. Welcome to the forum. It took me a while to come and join, and even then, I'm not always here. I recently started attending a diabetes UK local group, you should see if you have one local to you. Hope you enjoy the forum

Hi elliw, welcome to the club! Did you give some blood samples? My thinking is, Could they be waiting for the results, so they can confirm the type? I'm sure it won't be long until you get a more definitive result. Then you will get into the right treatment plan. hope it goes well...

Hi scarletti, welcome to the forum. you've obviously done really well getting your numbers down, persist and improve if you can? The last few numbers can be the toughest sometimes