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Well i do have a DSN appointment coming up soon, hopefully they get something done

None, GP supplies me with repeat of test strip (for bayer contour usb) as it's the only one they supply, take it to chemist, they don't supply it even though they are both linked and next door to each other. The chemist then refer me to the hospital to get a new meter, but the GP surgery does...

I suspect i might have bipolar but doctor keeps saying "i don't deal with mental health issues, ask a welfare officer or i'll refer you to a consultant" and they just forget we even had the conversation so I just had to deal with the 5 days of depression, bad mood and anxiety a week with the...

no testing, eating what i want, when i want

im not in denial nor have i bordered on suicidal thoughts but i have experienced severe depression and can happen randomly. i know 22mmol/l is high as an average blood sugar but when i feel fine and test my blood, it comes up as high as 20, it's like i've lost the awareness of having a high...

my depression comes and goes, seems to happen randomly but it's not diabetes related although it could be linked to consistently high blood sugar like mine (22 mmol/l average on my meter), i think its mainly down to my circumstances such as: temporary accommodation, stressed about where to go...

I assume this applies to full driving licences? I had to pay the usual £30 to renew my provisional which lasts 3 years so I guess the full one would be no different except you need to have lessons and pass the theory test. Would be good to be able to drive but also increase job prospects to...

i eat any amount of rice or bread regardless of carbs, you shouldn't feel the need to limit yourself, just inject more if you want to eat a whole load of rice or sauce

i think its like people who have smoked all their lives and lived up to a normal dying age for whatever is the average in any given country and they never got lung cancer, heart disease or lung related diseases. Some people may have managed their diabetes as well as a non-diabetic but still have...

I found switching to a mixed insulin gave me more freedom but also only having to inject about 50 units a day, usually 30 in morning, 20 afternoon made it more convenient if you're not into injecting more than twice a day. Not sure if you just came out of your honeymoon period so it might be...

Mines expired for a few weeks now, but I am still eligible for free prescriptions due to low income, which does require a bit more paperwork, but i've not been bothered by the chemist, I tick the certificate option though still.

Since its not the only condition I have, and also as i'm on mixed insulin as opposed to injecting more than 3x a day for everything that I eat (binge eating and all), I don't think it requires to be capitalized unless you decide it rules your life and it's determined to make your life a misery...

Picture a deadly outbreak, who do you think will benefit from healthcare the most? most probably the rich, the people who have power, government, security, and lastly everyone else. So really it doesn't matter if an MP or PM has what you and I have, and many other things, they will always be...

I used to be on bd microfine ultra until it got discontinued in my area/surgery, but now use Agamatrix's TriCare 4mm needles (partnership with Owen Mumford) which are really good and flexible which are ultra thin, daresay thinner than bd microfine and had less bruises and bumps on skin whilst...

You can't beat the good old curry (prefer korma myself) where I used to just inject a high amount of insulin because I didn't know what I was going to eat, but also I would be really hungry before I eat and furthermore the insulin would make that even more evident. I would usually hypo before...

im a bit partial to KA drinks myself

i've been told cakes, pasta, starchy foods and chocolate won't help me put on weight because it's 'empty calories', although people who advised me to avoid these things aren't diabetic but have been round diabetics long enough. for me I think its an issue of burning more than I eat and also I...

I wouldn't worry, my blood glucose has been running consistently in the high 10s and 20s for the past few weeks that I have bothered to test as per the guidelines of my hospital, but i have slowly gone back into the habit of not testing again and just injecting when i feel like it

average 50 units a day on novomix 30, 30 units for morning, 20 for afternoon, dosage slightly increasing due to high readings plus im new on this insulin so I will need to experiment and see if my carb:unit ratio is what it should be

the old ones i used to be on got discontinued as i got a load of them all at once, about 6 boxes of 50x strips. but then I was given a new meter (accuchek mobile) which used cartridges instead of strips which i only received 3 of and the finger pricker also used different lancets, i told the dsn...