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Tried phoning Accu-chek first thing this morning, ended up with a recorded message :"All our operators are busy, please press 1 for a call back to the number you are calling from". Was still waiting at 4pm so rang again and got straight through to a human! [emoji41] After explaining the problem...

I went to a pharmacy today to try and get a new pen, but they didn't have any. However, to tide me over until Monday he sold me some single use finger prickers - accu-chek safe-t-pro lancets. Have ordered a new pen that uses the Fastclix lancet drums from Amazon, should get that tomorrow <touch...

Yes, Ellie. I tried half a dozen, but something is preventing them clicking on to the pen. They just drop out again

Thanks Pipp, in the end I used one of the needles for my insulin pen. Either I need more practice or never try that again! OW! [emoji41] Typically it's happened at the most inopportune time as accu-chek are fed until Monday %~( Guess I'm going round pharmacies tomorrow to try and buy a...

I've just gone to change the cassette in my Accu-chek mobile finger pricker. The new cassette will not click in when I tried to insert it. As a result I can't test my BG before I inject my insulin. Does anyone know of a fix please?

It's similar here, Libby doesn't say what area of the country she's in, my comments apply to NW London. My council, Harrow, have a specific area on their website in the household waste section. Your council may publish similar information online. The company I have to call is called Essentia...

My local council have a contract service, I just have to phone and arrange a pickup, usually on a Wednesday, so leave the box outside my front door overnight. Even though my block of flats has controlled entry, there are young children living nearby, so I put it out after 11pm.

You can get small syringes to squirt liquid into their mouth, I've got a 5ml one I used to use with my cat. I got it from my pharmacy.

I used MFP in conjunction with a Fitbit Charge HR, principally using the calorie values from each to reduce my weight. I managed to lose around 2kg over 4-6 weeks without adversely affecting my bg levels. That the Fitbit and MFP connected seamlessly on my smartphone helps. Most recently, I...