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Thankyou for your help. I’ll try and get to see a doctor before Xmas holidays.

Hello, I saw a GP in August, she prescribed an antibiotic cream, which was no help. I went back and saw a different GP who prescribed antibiotic tablets. Since then I’ve had telephone consultations and sent him photos of abdomen, each time Flucloxcacillin was prescribed. I think I’m on my 4th...

Hello, there is no seepage, it’s dry flaky skin, looks like 3 squashed purple grapes, looks very angry. Have you any idea what causes this ? Unfortunately, I have in the past used the same needle twice, also probably the same injection sight.

Thankyou for your response. Has this problem been caused by using the same injection sight ? also I stupidly used needles more than once, could that be the cause as well ? Do you think I should try and see GP ASAP ?

Thankyou for your response. I haven’t tried compresses etc as it’s quite a large area, and as I’ve said it’s got no definite head. It now looks like 2 to 3 squashed purple grapes on my abdomen I’m on another course of Flucloxcacillin, when that ends, I’ll be in touch with my GP again.

Hello , thankyou for your response. Unfortunately, what you had at the top of your leg doesn’t sound like my problem. I’ve been prescribed Flucloxcacillin each time. Is there any difference between that and Metronidazole ? When this course of antibiotics ends, I’m going back to my GP...

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It’s a while since I’ve been on here, but I would very much like your help and advice. Since August 2020, I’ve got an abscess on the right side of my abdomen. It’s approximately two inch circle of red , purple inflamed skin, it’s also painful. It’s swollen underneath the skin...

Hello to both of you who replied. Thank you so much. I take Novo Rapid the dosage on what I’ve eaten. Detemir my dosage varies but usually 20 units morning, and between 10 to 12 at night. I take 2 metformin in the morning, then another 2 with one Atorvastatin in the evening. Thank you for...

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes in 2002, I was advised to change my diet, which did’nt help. Prescribed metformin, then advised I should go on insulin this was a gradual process following diagnosis. My parents then informed me that both my great grandmothers had diabetes, so...