Recent Content by nikinrobbie

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    Insulin Pumps

    how does it work??????do we press a button everytime it is due????
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    Pumps fantastic!!

    i am starting pump therapy for 3 days in july.they have said in the letter i need to get my fast acting insulin for the pump.not to take my insulin in the morning and not to drive.does this mean i will b starting the pump then.i have tried to fone my nurse to ask but she aint got back to me yet
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    refered

    i am now in the process of getting the pump,i am going to change my insulin on friday,the doctor said we have to try this first,then i am goin to the endocrine ward to have blood samples and an injection of synacthen,then he mentioned about controlling my carbohydrates,how long does all this...
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    blood testing at chemist for diabetes

    hahaha no i wasnt trapping her at all,after my mate went and had it tested(not diagnosed)by the chemist and her blood being 9.1 and them not sending her to hospital to have tests,and she has now being diagnosed as type 1 diabetes i wanted to know why chemists was checking out blood sugars and...
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    blood testing at chemist for diabetes

    :roll: i am type 1 diabetic,out of curiosity i went into a chemist the other day and asked them if they could test me for diabetes,my reading was :roll: 5.7 and i was told nope you do not have diabetes,how can the chemist be looking out for ppl who think they have diabetes when they are telling...
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    I struggle to test my glucose levels...

    hi 76kid,i have had type one for 28yrs,i was diagnosed at age 7,for the first 16yrs i used to pretend to check my blood to doctors and my family,till i got found out 1 day and the doctor said my readings in my diary was excellent but my hb1c was 16.7 and i had no prick marks on my fingers...
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    dentist

    no not just the eye test, i got i think 40% off,if im not wrong because i am a diabetic.
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    dentist

    hi totsy and thankyou for the welcome,i o work yes but me and my husband do not get anything,i thinkd that if it is my diabetes that is causing this then we should not have to pay,if i was taking drugs i would get them free lol it makes you laff doesnt it,thanks for the reply :D
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    dentist

    i have had type 1 diabetes now for 28yrs,a few years ago i was angry that we had to pay for our needles you put on the end of our pens to inject,i wrote to a few people and after a couple of month i got a reply back saying that they are now available on priscription. :D .well now i am having...