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plenty of places on the internet where you can get a monitor sent out free I was also given a couple by the nurse at the local Docs to try out who said she would even swap them for a different one if I didn't like it

have one of the tassimo coffee machines and enjoy some of the various drinks they do would any of these be likely to cause any problems the only one I don't use is the hot chocolate ones

To the people who set up this forum and the people that reply to questions and all the users As someone newly diagnosed trying to find answers to questions at the local Docs has been a nightmare But at least after finding this place its been good to find somewhere that a lot of my questions...

have had a Chinese chicken curry and probably too large a portion as well and always seem to get my lowest after meal readings same with Indian curry had a large Indian curry last night with a nan bread gave me a reading of 5.5 maybe I should only eat curry

only diagnosed a few weeks ago never had a problem with my vision apart from close up reading small print and the likes woke up a few weeks ago went out side only to find everything was blurred Made an appointment with my optician after testing there had been a huge change in my eyesight...

still awaiting my first hospital diabetes clinic or whatever its called but have been advised by the docs to test about 3 -4 times a day at various times so that when I do go the more info I have the easier it will be for them At the moment have only been testing mostly once a day around 2...

A quick very quick search on the internet shows that approximately 2.5 million people in the U/K have some form of diabetes I wonder how the powers to be would feel if all these people got together and threatened not to vote for the governing party if this carries on I'm sure in this day and...

wonder if posting about any old rubbish counts

Started using the test strip containers myself but now having swapped over to the accu mobile the lancets come in a cartridge so it now eliminates that problem as well as dropping the spare lancets everywhere, just a case of dropping the used cartridge in the bin don't know if that's the right...

Been back to Docs today and voiced my concerns at what has been put on here and was told there would be no problems getting the cartridges for my tester and they are now on a repeat prescription for me also said she cant understand why others are having problems getting them

diagnosed early January and told by the doc would get more info once there and referred to by him Received a letter two weeks later asking me to phone to make an app and given the 15 April to see the doc I mentioned that was quite a way off to be told teats no problem as I would need to see...

been off work now since early January due back in next week problem is that they keep changing my tablets and every time they do that my eyesight changes changed my meds again last Fri so now the temp glasses I'm using are now no good went back to the optician and was told to give it at least...

Probably like a lot of others on here diagnosed with diabetes a few weeks ago trying to find out what I should eat not eat and looking around the internet left me even more confused so at one of my many visits to the docs thought I would ask there only to be told just try and eat healthy for...

- Include a photo here if you wish to. - What is your name? Mick - How old are you? 49 - Are you male or female? Male - Which country are you from? England - Which city/area do you live in? Sunny Manchester - Are you religious? Non practising atheist - Pick three words to describe your...

Just recently diagnosed with diabetes and have spent the last few weeks backwards and forwards to the docs for various blood tests and the likes After about three weeks and various docs I was asked what my levels were a had I been keeping a check on them I then asked how I was meant to do...