Insulin shortages in the UK after Brexit
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Just be aware that us oldies can remember a time before the EU when we traded as normal. The EU is just a short-term aberration.....
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sally and james
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and we can live, work, retire anywhere within the EU, take our money there (who remembers the £10 cash limit and other restrictions), we benefit from lots of work place rights, fresh produce IS fresh in the shops, there is peace in Northern Ireland, we can drive throughout the EU, get medical treatment ......
To return to the OP's question, if I used insulin, I would certainly try very hard to make sure I was not about to run out at the end of March next year. None of us know what is going to happen, so it's up to us all to make our own contingency and emergency plans.
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...and pay £150.00 for a tv licence each year for the privilege of owning one.Yeah, but we have got colour TV now
Bluetit1802
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They fund the BBC, which has no boring adverts for funding. I'd rather pay and be advert free on one channel at least.
It's the same here the ABC which is technically the federal governments property, is advert free as well.
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I'm not sure what the BBC or owning aTV has got to do about taking insulin. I had a steroid injection in my swollen knee yesterday, blood sugar was 10.0, at night not unusual for me I took my usual 11 units of Levemir and woke up to Hi this morning I took 18 of Humalog tested again at 0930 it was down to 31. Testing again now having put in another 18 units down to 26 so what do I do now?
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Hi @wiffywyerf , and welcome,
You're not sure what the BBC and owning a TV have to do with insulin, but that's most likely because you're posting in a thread about a slightly different topic than what you're wondering about. No problem, happens regularly. (@Juicyj , @DCUKMod can you help? I'm not at home with insulin much aside form what my cat needs, and others who are knowledgable might miss this here, and some help would be nice. I'm kinda useless with this).
As for steroids, they signal your liver to dump glucose like crazy, so this'll probably last a little while. For me, my BS went up for a day or two after I got one in my shouder, but I heard some people's rise lasts longer. I'd say, test like there's no tomorrow, I think for ketones too, and get in touch with your doc about it. It's temporary, but still something to keep an eye out for.
Again, welcome! Hope you'll feel better soon!
Jo
If you visit any of the EU countries after brexit it will cost you €7.00 for a
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46564884
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Same for Australians I believe. The €7 permit lasts for 3 years and no limit on the number of visits, so hardly expensive.
It used to cost me $20.00 for my Australian permanent resident visa in my UK passport.
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Regarding travel (rather than living and working) we have always had to show our passports when entering the Schengen area, now we have to get a sort of permit like the US ESTA. This is a new security measure introduced by the EU and applies to all the 61 countries that don't need visas. I don't see this will restrict travel.
