Recent Content by Tezmum

It turns out the pen has to be adapted for the cartridges buy they hadn't done it!! The chemist has just done it for me. Hope they bring the pens back soon. I'm on 62 and this pen only goes up to 21 so I'm going to have to inject 3 times twice a day!

Hello, I went to get my insuman last night only to be told they've recalled them! I was given an Autopen and cartridges but they don't fit the pen. I've got enough for this morning (I put this order through last Monday!) but that's it! I'm going back first thing but I wondered if any one...

I was under their care but as I was stable for years they signed me off. It took 8 months to get an appointment with them in 2003, gawd knows how long it will take this time!!!

Thanks all. Bit stuck until the doctors open tomorrow. It's lousy timing, by the time I was discharged on Friday it was too late to call the doctor so I've stewed on it all weekend.

I posted that first message nearly a year ago. I was scared about going on to Lantus but I'm please to say they've become a part of my routine and no problem. Accept it now seems they don't work for me any more. I was taken into hospital on Friday and my blood sugars were 18.3. I thought it...

...I'm Vicki, I was diagnosed with type 2 in 2003. To say I'm struggling at the moment is an understatement! I have a lot of health problems from a near fatal car crash in 2002. It badly damaged my pancreas and the next thing I knew I was diabetic. I tend to be stable for ages then suddenly...

After 11 years on Glucophage I've moved onto Lantus. I have injected myself in the past so that wasn't an issue. For me I felt I'd failed and Lantus was my punishment. Luckily I have an amazing diabetic nurse who helped me accept it because now 6 weeks later I feel better than I have in...