Recent Content by sue cope

I am type 2 but take Insulin. NovoRapid at 3 meals per day in my stomach. Lantus at night in my thighs, which does hurt, even if I split the doses. I have taken up to 96 units per night, although now only take 46 or 48, but often still split it. I can't reach my bottom or upper arms so just...

I have been Type 2 for over 20 years. For the last year or so I have Neuropathy in both feet - this has been confirmed. Sometimes my feet are painful, sometimes numb, sometimes the 'cotton wool' feeling, also pain in one big toe. I take 600mg Gabapentin 3 times a day, which helps. Neuropathy...

I was taking a very large dose of Lantus - 96 units at about 11pm. My Specialist Nurse suggested I change injection sites from stomach to thighs, reducing the dose, because it would be more effective in thighs, and splitting it in half, in each thigh at the same time. So far, working very...

How many Metformin SR are you taking? I can only tolerate 1 x 500mg, and am also on Insulin.

Just what I thought - what is 'chronic diabetes' ? To my knowledge, diabetes is diabetes. I am type 2, I take over 200 units of Insulin a day, but I am no more diabetic than someone who takes 8 units a day, or whatever.

I travel by plane (not Easyjet ) , regularly on holidays abroad, for 2 or 3 weeks at a time ,and always take twice the amount of medication I need, including large amounts of Insulin and needles. In fact my husband and I take a complete holiday's worth each in case of it becoming lost or...

I am on Metformin SR and can still only tolerate 1 tablet a day ! I am on very large doses of 2 kinds of Insulin. I now have a condition that makes being constipated a no-no......perhaps I should take more Metformin !!!

All medication should be carried in hand luggage, for safety reasons as well as the fact that liquids, e.g. Insulin would freeze in the hold and therefore be unusable. I carry all tablets, Insulin, lancets, test kit, needles etc. and just say I am carrying Insulin and needles. No problem. My...

I have to agree with most of the comments. Being a diabetic on Insulin is not that difficult to deal with (I'm not saying we have to LIKE it!), for example - injecting in public. As stated we don't eat 'diabetic foods' any more, and if carb counting can eat just about anything. My only grouse...

I had a milder version than you when on Metformin. Eventually I went on to Metformin SR (slow release) but can only take 1 per day instead of the recommended 4. I am Type 2, but on large doses of Insulin (NovoRapid before each meal and Lantus Solostar at night) as well as the 1 x Metformin SR...

Wizardinblack - if you look at my post (just a few before yours), I think you'll find the reason some people here have to pay fro test strips etc. Also I believe it depends where you live - some counties seem less inclined to provide supplies. I use an Accu-chek nano, but am about to be...

I am Type 2, on 1 Metformin tablet, 3 injections of Novorapid Insulin (approx. 120 units per day) and Lantus Solostar Insulin (84 units at night). I test approximately 3 times a day (but sometimes only once or twice a day) and at the moment use an Accu-Chek Aviva Nano meter, free from...

LancsCarol - how can a Novorapid pre-loaded pen last you 8 weeks? That's only about 5 or 6 units a day!!! A pen should only be used for 4 weeks, so no pen should be used for 8 weeks. I use one NovoRapid pen every 2 - 2.5 days !! I use 2 Solostar pens per week. I would advocate the use of...