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My mum has just booked her annual review with a nurse...after waiting for 2 hours to get a callback from our gp surgery! It's a phone consultation...but how can they seriously give patients proper care over the phone?? They can't check her feet, her blood pressure or injection sites remotely! I...

The doctor at the hospital said that her gp has agreed to fund it straight away, but they want her to do the education part first. The hospital was supposed to send the info in the post, but nothing this week. We don't know whether to check if it's been sent, or continue to wait and assume...

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Good News! My mum has been approved for a sensor. She's got to do the educational bit online, and the application form, and with the covid backlog, we're looking at the new year before she'll actually get a sensor. Disappointing in that respect, but at least we've got the ball rolling

Thanks for the reply. On the appt letter, it says she may be there for 2 hours...so we're thinking that they wouldn't say that if they weren't going to give her one. But she was discharged from hospital care and just had her reviews at the doctors surgery with the nurse. So possibly they could...

My mum, who is type 1, has an appt at the hospital Friday, to discuss getting a sensor. But she's worried that she won't meet the criteria. She does about 8 blood tests a day...but it was more a few weeks ago. She has arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome, which makes it painful or difficult to...

I was going to sprinkle them on some cereal, just to try. Have you really got to drink loads of water with them? What happens if you don't?

Do they help with weight loss?

I've never tried them but have seen they are good for a low Carb diet. Before I buy some....what do they taste like? Do you need to soak them first? Do they lower the overall Carb count of a meal? Thanks

Hi. This morning I had 2 weetabix. Yes I know it's not a good breakfast but it's all I had. I felt tired before I ate. My blood sugar was 4.9 before eating One hour later it was 7.3 Is this good/bad/too fast a rise? I'm just off to do a hiit workout now, which will probably deplete my energy...

Ah that's likely it! Thanks

I noticed some people mention cwc....is that a way of eating? I've tried searching about it but can't find anything

That's a good point. My breakfast is rubbish...I had 1 weetabix and some bran flakes. I felt hungry less than an hour later.

I had my usual for lunch yesterday...2 slices of seeded bread with cheese and a protein bar. I felt sleepy straight afterwards. Done my blood sugar 2 hours later and it was 6.3. I don't usually feel sleepy when I have this meal, so just wondered if it would've shot my sugar levels up too...

I'm finding it hard to lose weight on metformin...I did it before but it's not really working for me this time (I'm IR with pcos) . I read that thyroid issues can make it difficult to lose weight, but I don't have any obvious symptoms to go to the gp with. Granted I may not have a thyroid issue...

I forgot to check before lunch, but my sugar 2 hours after lunch is 5.7 I don't know if that's good or not?

Oh thankyou, this is a lovely reply. I get so confused and always think I'm getting things wrong...I should be eating this, not that...tell you what, I'll test before lunch and 2 hours after and let you know

I do test but not all the time (my mum is type 1, so lets me test from time to time) I have been eating the B Good chocolate and peanut protein bars. Another family member is type 1, and he finds the protein bars don't spike his sugars. I don't seem to experience a crash with the bread. My...