Recent Content by sharonlmartin

4.9 for me this morning

I'm type 1 and have been on statins for years, they've never messed with my glucose levels. Both my parents had heart conditions and my mum sadly passed away from a stroke, so I'm taking them to hopefully help protect me, I take Atorvastatin.

After routine blood tests I was found to have a B12 deficiency, more blood tests Auto Immune Profile, Intrinsic actor antibody, all came back normal and I don't have pernicious anaemia, my serum vitamin B12 has dropped from 230ng/L to 77ng/L, my doctor said this is just below the 'normal'...

Type 1 diabetic 10/8/1972 BG Sept 2020: 71mmol BG Feb 2023: 47mmol

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I had one back in March 2022, first and thankfully the only one in 50 years of being T1, but I know what caused mine, although never before had a seizure. When I finally came round, two of our daughters, son, 2 paramedics were standing next to me. I was taken to hospital via ambulance and...

I've had cataracts both eyes and had ops on both, I no longer need glasses for reading or distance, first op done nearly 10 years ago but one of the new lenses has slipped slightly, so think in time it will need replacing again, this was picked up at my diabetic eye screening.

I always inject before meals, been type 1 for 50 years

Slightly different as I'm a female, type 1 for the past 50 years, no family history of it, we have 4 children, now 33, 31, 29, 27 and none of them are diabetic, we also have 2 grandchildren both free of diabetes

Can't find it on the apps search on my iPhone, do you have the link please?

My husband is on Trulicity, this is his 5th week on it, no problems at all, he's lost 18kgs!! He's just started on the next level, so fingers crossed no side effects.

My husband has been type 2 diabetic for many years, not on medication as he's borderline now due to controlling his diet etc. but he suffers constantly with pins and needles in his hands, is this related? He's had numerous GP appointments and no definite answer as to what it is. I'm type 1...

Bit low this morning at 3.4 at 7.24am 6.7 before bed at 11.30pm

I don't eat fatty foods as I can't eat it due to getting tummy pains if I eat anything really fatty, it doesn't matter what I eat it still happens, I will have a look on google to read up on dawn phenomenen, thanks.

Novorapid and Insulatard, take both at 7am and again at 6pm before my evening meal