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Classics I've had (some have already been mentioned): • which one is better to have? • why don't you do that low carb thing so you're no longer diabetic • can you not just take a tablet? • did you get that from eating too much sugar? • offering me a chocolate then pulling it away saying "oops...

This sort of problem occurred to me on a Diabetic ward!!!! They then asked me what I needed! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I've been getting the same thing, I've been describing mine more as a fizzying (not quite pins and needles) rather than numbness. It's in my hands/fingers on a morning, I tend to notice it when I'm in the shower so I've put it down to a mixture of warmth and movement. It comes and goes so if it...

Hi, I'm just looking for some advice, I eventually (after 5 years of asking) got my very sexy pink Medtronic MiniMed on Monday (08.09.2014) and I'm currently just running saline through it to practice using the settings etc but I am due to go live on Tuesday coming with insulin. I've read a few...

Does anyone know when (if ever) IBG Star are going to release a monitor to fit the not so new iPhones? I've been using the software to record my results but could really do with the monitor now. The last I heard it was going to be out December 2013. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I eventually got an answer for this last year. I can go from relatively good levels to sky high >25! From what I understand your body goes into reserve mode and saves up your glucose for energy because it doesn't know how long your going to be doing the intense exercise for. So when you finish...

Panic over, my ketones have gone back down no negative which is good. Thanks for your opinion jopar :) . i phoned the NHS direct line and they told me if i have any more concerns just ring my emergency doc. I think my body must just go into a bit of a frenzy whenever i have an infection. but...

Hiya, i only ever seem to write on this thing when i'm having a dilema and never seem to return the favours by helping others; so i apologise. anyway heres my newest situation. I've been feeling rotten for a few days now with 'flu like' symptoms even though i was a good girl and had my jab about...

Hiya I think Cugila has pretty much summed up what I would say. A history of diabetes in your family does increase your risk, but try not to worry yourseld too much. There could be lots of other reasons, various foods release their energy at different times, have you been eating anything...

Hiya, The chances are is that it has alot to do with puberty, you should make an appointment at your clinic to see what can be done about it. A change in insulin might be a possibilty, what type are you on now? I was changed to Basal/bolus when I was in my teens to help cope with the stresses...

Hi I found out I was diabetic on a holiday in Turkey at the age of 11, and after a bit of drama when we landed I was driven straight to the RVI in Newcastle by ambulance from the airport with a nurse who had came over and met me out there. I then spent a week in hospital over here but wouldnt...

Hi, I'm from Newcastle, yes a geordie through and through .. although cant wait to get out! :) Shell

Hi, I'm sure most people you know are sounding quite patronising talking about your age and 'being a teenager' and if I'm honest it possibly has got something to do with it. I found out I was diabetic at the age of 11 just before starting comprehensive school so I spent my entire teenage life...

yeah thanks ma5on and everyone else for posting, it has really helped! :D this whole forum i think is going to be an amazing thing for me (shame its taken me so long to actually register ha ha) i find that sometimes being diabetic is ten times tougher just because there is no support system...

Thanks for the reply, its good to know that people seem to rebel against it as I tend to do. My clinic is mainly full of 50+ people who all seem to have it sussed out which can make me feel even more alienated. I've hopefully turned a corner with it now like you did a few weeks ago. I've checked...

HI I've been diabetic now coming up to 10 years, and as long as i can remember i've never had an Hb1C under 10! I always seem to have an excuse for my high blood levels, like, 'because its winter and I never really get the chance to go out' or when its the summer its 'I have loads of work to get...