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I did go down the 111 route, got given a walk in Centre to call, they never called me back, as i was 22 in the queue at the time and you could set up a call back when you get closer to number 1. I gave up, plodded on, thankfully it subsided after a few weeks, since then i've had my annual review...

I can see this post is a good year old, but i am curious, what was the outcome? i've literally just got over suffering from real bad thigh pain, i tried to seek help many a times but i could never get an appointment, thankfully it has eased off now, but went on for a good couple weeks.

Hi, I had mine together a few weeks ago, my flu arm was sore the first day, then the Covid arm the following day, but did not effect my sugar levels one bit, didn't feel rough either. Hope that helps :)

Thank you for your reply, I have been in contact with my diabetic team since i wrote this post and this lovely nurse was very helpful and possibly the first person who actually made sense to me. I am understanding it a lot better now, i log everything in my Libre app, doses, carbs and put what...

Hi Jat1, Thanks for your reply, so Trurapi isn't really fast acting after all then? lol I had those sausage rolls today at 12.30pm took 5 units, i was already sitting at 15.5mmol (thats just from a coffee) and it is now 7pm and im finally in range. I'm not used to being in range anymore, so...

Hi Antje, Thanks for your reply. I always log my before and after my blood glucose, not always the carbs though as i do remember what i had eaten, yet i haven't been bolusing for it. It's been a while actually that i might drop my diabetic team an email, they're very good at replying or even...

Hi guys, i have a question regarding Trurapi. I thought fast acting insulin was supposed to work, well fast? My control has been shocking, i am like 6% in range. I take my Lantus every morning and i was given 1unit for every 30g, that didn't work at all, so we now changed it to 1:20. Also...

Thank you all for your responses. I take 6 units of Lantus in the morning and it seems to keep me steady overnight, unless i have a snack in the evening of course. I think I'm a little worried that I'll get it wrong and the fact the odd injection does sting and i really don't look forward to...

Hi everyone, wasn't sure what to call the subject of this post, basically i was diagnosed April last year hba1c of 50 - Type 2 for pretty much a couple weeks before i got my GAD positive results and have been on Basal pretty much since then. I saw my Endo in January, she thinks i should start 1...

I get Palpitations when my blood sugars go up, that's my way of knowing when to check.

Hi everyone, Just wanted to ask if anyone else blood sugar does this, an hour after eating i can go from being in range then go past 13, then i will check again say 30minutes later and they would of dropped to lets say 12, then my alarm would go off at the 2hr mark and inform me I'm over 14...

I haven't been told to do that or explained how to do it, after I posted the above I went up to 17.2 and am now on 13.8.

Hi guys, I've noticed 2hrs after food I spike, I can go from 5, 6 or 7mmol before food then end up about 15 or higher 2hrs after food. It can differ some days, like a roast won't spike me much but 2 slicess of toast will, so I've been abit worried about taking fast acting insulin. I contacted my...

I have a Samsung galaxy 4 watch and it alerts me high or low, I just made sure I ticked notifications in my watch app settings. It doesn't tell you the reading or let you scan using the watch but let's you know high or low. Hope that helps.

I use lloyds direct. Get everything delivered, they're really good.