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Yes, It is best to have to much than not enough. Good luck

Hi Yes you definatley should apply for disability, when you send in your application attach any kind of letters from consultants, diabetic nurses etc.... as it really does help as this is the proof they want to see. If you can also send in a print off of your blood glucose readings for example 2...

Hi I went on weight watchers a few years ago and lost 2 stone it was great and now when i gain a few pound i do a week or 2 of it and the pounds come off. You have to have plenty of fruit and veg for snacking as they are free and u will find that u cos you are eating less carbs your insulin...

I agree that disabled people should not have to suffer with all this PIP and mobility cars/scooters being taken away, but there are people out there unfortunatley who fake there mobility and ruin it for the people who really need it. I see on the TV a man got mobility for having a bad finger how...

Hi All This is proabably for the females out there if anyone has had or is having the same problem as i am. I am 45 years old been type 1 diabetic for over 30 years and i have this womens problem. I was sterilized in 2003 after the birth of my youngest daughter and over the years my periods...

Just wanted to ask. My G.P has prescribed me a 10 day course of norethiserone tablets to take 3 times a day its a synthetic hormone as I am at present bleeding continuously and have been for over 3 weeks. I know it increases blood glucose levels like our bodies do pre mentrual, but has any other...

Hi thanks for your reply, I had to do a blind CGM with the hospital back in march for 7 days. I have lost all hypo awareness I go as low as 1.8 and I don't feel nothing and I know if it wasn't for my hubby It would be a short time and I would be unconscious. My consultant said there is changes...

Hi I have researched alot on CGM's reason being i have had type 1 for over 30 years and my hubby had to pack up work in 2009 to become my carer due to me losing all my hypo awareness and after trying on 3 ocassions to run high for several weeks to attempt to bring back my awareness which has...

Hi I have been reading through a few of your previous posts and am very interested to find out the new NICE guildlines for the CGM's as i have discussed with my consultant how benefical a CGM would be to me and he agrees, as i have erratic HYPOS and have lost all my awareness of HYPOS, my...

I go to Charing Cross Hospital in London for my diabetes consultant and diabetes nurse, but i also see the diabetes nurse at my local G.P surgery every 6 months

Hi I know that uncrontrolled diabetes causes havoc with periods, also rapid weight loss. I am having problems with my periods at the moment but not sure if its to do with my age im 45 years old i have 3 children and my periods have been as regular as clockwork for years every 28 days. But since...

Hi Just wanted to find out from anyone on the omnipod what hospitals fund them. I am currently under Charing Cross Hosp in London which i transfered to a year ago due to bad experiences with my local hospital in Essex. We are looking to move back to london in the near future as the London...

Hi Just wondering if theres anyone with the omipod tubless pump? if so do they know of any hospials in London that fund it. I currently live in Essex but had to change my hospital to Charing Cross because the hospital i was under in Essex was terrible to say the least. I asked my diabetes nurse...

Hi thanks for your reply, yes it is very wierd, theres nothing stating vitamins effect your monthly cycle. im gonna make appointment with G.P next week.

Hi All Not sure if i have put this on the right thread but i'm abit worried, i have searched the wed for 2 days now but am none the wiser. Back in March my Diabetes consultant put me on Adcal D3 tablets as my vitamin D levels were very low, but since starting them my monthly cycle in April was...

Hi Honeymonster, my daughter is on 23 units of Lantus of a night and she does carb counting for her novorapid. Levermir and Lantus are background insulins that cover over a 22 to 24 hour period so really your sons amounts are not that bad every diabetic is different some need more than others

Hi All my daughter of 12years went for her annual diabetes check in April and i was told NICE have changed the guidlines for the range there glucose levels should be its now between 4.0 and 6.9mmol, i find this asking abit to much to expect a child to stay within these level especially when they...

HI I was told by the appeal panel that DLA does not affect any other benefit and you can still work and claim DLA its the only benefit thats not means tested. So if you work you are still entitled to claim DLA.

Hi I have been T1 diabetic for over 30 years now and my hubby had to give up work and become my full time carer as i also have lost all my hypo awareness and my hypos are so erratic even the consultants cant work out whats going on because i have a tight control, i have lowered my insulin from...