Marikev

Thank you for this thread VioletViolet, my husband has been prescribed metformin for newly diagnosed type 2 , but won’t even pick up the...

Being honest with yourself is important, but being kind to yourself is too. Women of a certain age can be prone to weight gain, and...

They ask me how long I’ve had diabetes when I tell them 46 years they say you know far more about diabetes than us . That includes the...

I have a close relative who was told by a nurse in hospital that his injection procedure was "all wrong"! He replied that he'd been...

I told them I was going to self administer, I have been a type 1 longer than some of them have been alive, they could like it or lump it.

I've started taking insulin and never even thought if I ever have to be admitted to hospital. As the assumption (Stupid me) is that...

Very scary in a scenario where you wouldn't be able or have the energy to tell them how much insulin you want.

Due to my current illness I can’t administer insulin myself. It’s on my hospital prescription for meal times I can have 1-16 units and...

I had my insulin in my go bag and I had a fridge in the room I was in. I kept my insulin with me. The hospital didn’t have anything to...

In the last year have been in hospital on about 5 occasions and every time I was asked do I self medicate I sad yes ALWAYS. They all...

Thanks @Bill_St I dread the thought of having to be admitted to hospital because of issues like this.

I would hope everyone has a “Go Bag” prepared in case of a hospital admission. Perhaps worth having two preprepared letters in your Go...

Hi its been a hard day today. My apologies I'll correct if i can Monday April 13th

Hope you have a good trip!

@Marikev :p thank you for both suggestions . Quiche might be possible if I can get the ''egg filling texture'' correct. That has...