Recent Content by velcrohead

I've noticed this recently too, I also keep getting occlusion alarms and the pump stops delivering, It's very annoying.

I take the maximum daily dose of Metformin and I am probably one of the most chilled people there is. What are you BG's like? If they are high, that can cause mood swings.

I think the hardest part of coping with diabetes is the coping with it, no breaks from it, no holidays from it, no days off from it, no giving it to someone else while you go out, etc, etc, etc.

It's when I read stories like this that I am so glad the Hospital I was taken to at diagnosis is so brilliant. Not very good how you have been treated.

It might be worth pointing out to your boss that having you back at work while signed off would be illegal, you would not be insured for a start. Although from what you say it sounds like they are a butthole anyway. Even if you decided to go back to work, you would have to get signed back on...

I just contacted my clinic about getting one of these, They say they are £40 and they have no freebies left. 'PAY' for a glucose meter??????????? I've never paid for one, The way it normally works is give away the meter and charge a bit extra on the strips to the NHS. They can keep it until it's...

Seroxate (Paroxetine) is an anti depressant, I know one of the side effects can be weight gain. I had this problem myself, The only real way off it is to first make sure that whatever was depressing you or stressing you is no longer doing so, Then it is a staggered withdrawl from it, DO NOT just...