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    Chemotherapy sending bloods up

    Three weeks later. Thanks for the good advice. The amount of insulin I need is going up and up! 30 units and rising. I have got my blood into the...
    Post by: spendercat, Jul 16, 2021 in forum: Type 2 with Insulin
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    Chemotherapy sending bloods up

    I have been a member for ten years, diet controlled with some success. Now I have breast cancer and am undergoing chemotherapy. The doctors seem...
    Thread by: spendercat, Jun 23, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: Type 2 with Insulin
  3. spendercat
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    Bleeding after injecting insulin

    Thanks for this discussion. It reassured me .
    Post by: spendercat, Jun 23, 2021 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
  4. spendercat
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    COVID vaccination

    My mother went to train as a children’s nurse in 1946. She nursed little children dying of things like scarlet fever, polio and whooping cough, on...
    Post by: spendercat, Nov 19, 2020 in forum: General Chat
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    COVID vaccination

    A lot of people feel like that, including my sister, who is 60, diabetic, obese and asthmatic (just like me ,and younger to boot)and she is a vey...
    Post by: spendercat, Nov 19, 2020 in forum: General Chat
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    What are you doing to keep covid out of your home

    We are retired so do not need to go out. We live in a region that has been lightly affected. I put supermarket deliveries in the garage...
    Post by: spendercat, May 7, 2020 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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    COVID-19: are you wearing a mask?

    Masks are better at preventing a Covid positive person spreading the virus. They don’t work very well at preventing a healthy person catching...
    Post by: spendercat, May 2, 2020 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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    Could it be T2? Please help me xxx

    Sounds like anxiety to me. I have seen exactly these symptoms, including hypochondria, in a bereaved person who lost a sibling to cancer very...
    Post by: spendercat, Apr 18, 2020 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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    Diabetes worse with Covid 19

    My whole extended family had this virus simultaneously in February. That’s seven of us. Two of us diabetic. Can’t guarantee it was Covid because...
    Post by: spendercat, Apr 18, 2020 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  10. spendercat
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    Government food box?

    Computer hiccup from the sound of it. Maybe it was for next door?
    Post by: spendercat, Apr 17, 2020 in forum: Ask A Question
  11. spendercat
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    I am 56 and diabetic, and CKD 2, with high BP. Iam a nurse do not want to go to work as frightened a

    Speak to your line manager.you need a risk assessment, and should be working as far as possible from the Covid 19 wards. If you are dealing with...
    Post by: spendercat, Apr 1, 2020 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  12. spendercat
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    Covid 19 - are we in high risk?

    Lots of medical staff are diabetic you know.....
    Post by: spendercat, Mar 22, 2020 in forum: Newly Diagnosed
  13. spendercat
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    Covid 19 - are we in high risk?

    You are right, diabetics have been removed from the vulnerable group on today’s updated webpage. Unlikely to be a mistake. Puzzling
    Post by: spendercat, Mar 22, 2020 in forum: Newly Diagnosed
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    Covid 19 - are we in high risk?

    I believe the advice is that diabetics are at risk for the same reasons as people over 70. That is, less effective immune systems, which mean you...
    Post by: spendercat, Mar 17, 2020 in forum: Newly Diagnosed
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    Pickle Juice. The new best thing.

    By Pickle juice they mean the liquid of naturally fermented vegetables. Not pickled in vinegar. It is pretty good for you in moderation, it...
    Post by: spendercat, Jan 24, 2019 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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    Worried there is something wrong with me?

    You are very slim, and some of your problems could be down to undereating. I think you should talk to your parents at Christmas, maybe see the...
    Post by: spendercat, Dec 7, 2018 in forum: Ask A Question
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    Vit D shortage

    Personally I do not avoid the sun in Summer, but do not use sun creams - I am fair skinned, but do not burn. From October to March I supplement...
    Post by: spendercat, Sep 7, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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    Hello and question please

    Hi there, it's called anosmia. The NHS website lists diabetes as one of the causes but does not say why. I developed it after taking Metformin....
    Post by: spendercat, Mar 24, 2017 in forum: Greetings and Introductions
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    Hypoband for sale

    Well, the doctors told her she was Type 1. She was admitted to hospital with DKA. I am not going to disagree with anyone because I suspect a lot...
    Post by: spendercat, Jan 28, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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    Hypoband for sale

    If anyone is interested I have put an almost unused Hypoband onto eBay with a starting price of £50. It is no use to me as I am Type 2, it belongs...
    Thread by: spendercat, Jan 28, 2017, 6 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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