Recent Content by yingal26

I got stuck once and had to buy advantage 2 test strips which cost me £25. I had to buy them but I was so appauled at the price! Hope you get a better deal green! Yingal26

Branding and Tattoos :lol: Just as well we don't get branded with a hot iron when we're diagnosed! :shock: I have been contemplating a tattoo for a long while now but I keep worrying about how painfull it will be! This is coming from someone who has peircings lol. How painful is it to get a...

Ah man, I have no resolve. I just couldnt get out of bed the last couple of days I havent done a bloody thing! I feel like I have no energy... :( I feel like eating my weight in glazed ring donuts! Grrr argh. Yingal

I'm just curious. Why hasn't my doctor (or the clinic) advised the low carb idea? Are they just slow with the uptake? I was looking through some old papers I'd kept when I was a teenager. I found a peice of paper that came from an old clinic I attended as a teen. It said that at age 16 my Hba1c...

Not that I am a particularly "good" diabetic lol but from my point of view when starting on insulin take it seriously from the get go and you should be fine. I ***** about with mine when I first became a type 1 and it went to ****! (excuse the language lol). Good luck with the insulin! :D...

Thats good! Sorry I had to ask its just I know what I was like at that age when I was newly diagnosed. I hope you get some answers soon. :) Yingal26.x.

I hate to suggest this but I know when I first became Diabetic (when I was 12) my Dad supervised my injections but I used to sneak naughty foods because I was trying to rebel against my new diagnosis and I was upset. Im also on Lantus and Novorapid and Ive been advised to try a different kind of...

Thank you for all your welcomes and support. I feel so much better already knowing that I have you guys (and gals) to talk to now. I've always felt rather isolated where my diabetes treatment was concerned. Even though Dad was a type one, he didnt care about it and so wasnt much help...

Wow I didnt expect to get so many replies! Thanks so much. I did go to see my doctor a couple of days ago and he put my dose of Cipralex back up to 20mg from 10mg. Im also on Simvastatin 40mg and Ramipril 2.5mcg. It all started going downhill when my Dad died 3 years ago because up until then I...

Hi I just joined today. Ive been a type one diabetic for 13 years and I just feel like I cant deal with it anymore. Ive had nothing but problems from the start. At the moment I am 18 stone 8 pounds, on antidepressants for anxiety and depression and on Novorapid and Lantus insulins. My Hba1c is...