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  1. Sarah69

    What do you like to drink with no carbs/very minimal carbs?

    I drink tea and no sugar squash at home, can’t stand plain water and lattes if I go out.
  2. Sarah69

    Is there a diabetes drug that doesn’t make you pee?

    I don’t pee anymore than normal 3/4 times a day.
  3. Sarah69

    Is there a diabetes drug that doesn’t make you pee?

    Hi, I’m on metformin, empaglaflozin and pioglitazone none of those make me pee.
  4. Sarah69

    Meducation for colds/flu etc with diabetes

    I don’t take anything for a cold just paracetamol.
  5. Sarah69

    COVID jab

    I’ve not had any Covid jabs since the 3rd one which gave me a banging headache for a whole week and I wasn’t able to move my arm for a few days after. don’t have a flu jab either.
  6. Sarah69

    Face-to face Insulin trainings

    I was shown by a very nice DSN at my hospital clinic. She explained everything and had something that I could use to actually inject into that would be similar to injecting into skin.
  7. Sarah69

    Latest hba1c

    Hi, my last HBA1C was in early December and it was 74, so it’s come down by 10 which doesn’t seem much for just cutting out chocolate.
  8. Sarah69

    Question to anyone who knows about workings of GP surgeries.

    I once had to cancel a drs appointment as I’d become unwell about 40 mins before hand. I rang the surgery to cancel I was about 15th in the queue and whilst I was waiting to get through I’d got a txt message telling me I hadn’t turned up for the appointment!
  9. Sarah69

    Latest hba1c

    Ok thank you for converting it for me. My last hba1c was in December and I really can’t remember what it was then.
  10. Sarah69

    Latest hba1c

    Hi, my latest hba1c is 64 can someone convert it for me as I don’t understand these numbers. Thanks.
  11. Sarah69

    Does it ever stop

    Yes that’s correct, I was talking about the time I was on novarapid. It made me continually hungry!
  12. Sarah69

    Trigger Finger

    Hi, thanks for your reply. Can you tell me what keying is please? I’ve looked it up but I can’t find anything. I couldn’t bend my finger back for an hour yesterday and when I finally did it was so painful I could have cried!
  13. Sarah69

    Does it ever stop

    Yes I’m on quite a few medications, metformin, empaglaflozin, pioglitazone and lantus.
  14. Sarah69

    Does it ever stop

    When I was on insulin I was hungry all the time. It was horrible and I gained so much weight too so the insulin was stopped thank god!
  15. Sarah69

    Trigger Finger

    Hi, I know I’ve asked before on here if anybody has trigger finger, but as the one I have on my right hand is very painful I contacted my dr via the patches system asking for some painkillers for it. I now have an appointment with a physio in a few weeks. Had anyone else been referred to...
  16. Sarah69

    Empagliflozin and pain

    Hi, I’m on empaglaflozin and I haven’t had any side effects from it.
  17. Sarah69

    Ozempic

    Yes it did.
  18. Sarah69

    Ozempic

    I was on this for just over a year but I had to stop as I was being sick randomly and I had a permanent feeling of like of fear in my stomach. It got my hba1c down from 119 down to 46 and I lost some weight too. Lots of people said they lost weight because it made them feel fuller and ate less...
  19. Sarah69

    BD Safe Clip Insulin Syringe Needle Clipper discontinued

    I use this needle clipper, I just requested 1 in my last prescription I didn’t get it but will ask why when I go into the chemist.
  20. Sarah69

    Sleepy

    No never affects me like that.