Recent Content by nclemale

I have been off for 9 weeks now. Luckily fully paid. Due back on the 15th june. Am 49 and been type 1 since I was 9. Complications started a a few years ago. I feel being at work helps me keep me physically better but if I get a chest infection it knocks me out so Coronavirus I think would get...

Received my free one the other day . Bluetooth connection problems . I managed to pair it after a fair few failed attempts . But now the issue is it won't sync anymore readings to the app and connect again . Anyone else got these problems and how did you rectify it . Am using Android samsung S5...

I presume your in Australia Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

2 years ??? Am confused at this . if I stopped taking my insulin I would be in hospital in about 2 weeks probably . and more the point you can't be feeling very well at all for the last 2 years . Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Can you put your hands together and your fingers touch together is if you are praying . if not then you may have diabetic hand syndrome . I have an appt with a hand specialist in few weeks for my hands . do you have bent fingers and can't straighten them ? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanks guys but I certainly couldn't go a full nights work without a meal of some sort as I prob would be hypo by about midnight . I think swapping meal times from am to pm and vice versa . Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi all . I am about to undertake a 3 month stint on night shift . I have previously done a long term night shift many years ago and I didn't cope too well with it . I am much more in control these days But just wanted some advice on how best to switch from days to nights on days off etc . And...

I have both of which you have won . the contour next is amazing I have charged it like twice and had it nearly a year . the other one I quite liked also the verio IQ . recently won a accu check mobile . don't like it . its not for me but it may suit others . Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I was 9 when diagnosed 2 months into emmagration to oz . am now 43 and back in UK after a year in oz . Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Good job pal . there's an article in the mirror today about diabetic specialists on the decline and how this will affect the NHS on the whole . figures are dropping dramaticly Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Yes but only when am really really low . other day I was a covering manager at a store and I mistook someone for someone else I even said so where's Paul even tho I was standing talking to him . your not alone also had the condition for 32 years Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Sometimes its best to be running low sugars when you don't test as often as you should that way if you feel slightly I'll or hypo your forced to put that right . as long as you don't have a major hypo and help is needed to recover from it . I personally didnt test as regular as I should of years...

Been diabetic for over 30 years so am well aware of what I need to do . it might just be a change in lifestyle as my work has slowed down since Xmas so am doing a lot more sitting about but also have been compensating for this with less food more insulin etc . got my annual review soon anyway ...

Hi everyone . has anyone had really high blood for no reason that you can think of . Couple times this week ave checked after meal and before bed and its been like over 30 Eating the same as I usually do . can't explain it . Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

i am in similar situation . eating lots of takeaways etc .i have cut all that out. been to see dietican and she suggested a few things i do .for example cutting down on my meat intake. instead of 6 sausages with a meal only have 2 and bulk up with veg. something i have never really liked was...