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I have big issues with GP's and prescriptions. It has taken me a long time to get them to put 3 boxes of test strips per prescription. Before they would only prescribe one a time (50 strips) and I would use them in just over a week. So was forever at the docs putting another repeat in every...

You're not disgusting and doing it is not disgusting at all, and let's face it - how much blood do u actually see when doing a finger prick. Not a lot. Some people don't think before they speak. Or they say things that they don't realise will hurt other people's feelings. Us diabetics have to...

I'm seeing DSN next week- so will ask her. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I am in exactly the same position, o got issues with one when I was 16 (19 years ago for me) I have no ide where the card is, and have never been asked for one, until last week. The chemist is the same chemist I have used for years, and they said they are clamping down as when they put the...

I use my arms, stomach and legs (same as you) never tried my waist. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I often worry about people giving me insulin in the case of a bad hypo too. Some of my own family members (my brother for example) still doesn't understand the jist of it all, and that is after having it for 30 years - and it is so important to get it the right way round - as it really is a...

Hi @Miko I have been through exactly what you are going through right now. And it was probably around the same age as you too. But I got through it - and u will too. I always asked myself why me, just as u are right now. But as everyone else has said, you will eventually feel more...

Hi @anxious parent You have already had so much sound advice in comments above. All to which I would agree with. Hormones around the ages of 10 onwards play havoc in diabetics lives. I was diabetic from the age of 5 - and as stated before, your daughter may also be snacking and not telling...

It would be interesting to see how a real life conversation went down between two people during a double hypo lol wonder if we would understand each other Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Hope your stomach settles soon. I'm a type1 - but with regards to the BG meter, there are so many out there to choose from, but u can buy big standard meters from boots for around £20. They usually come with a few testing strips to start u off too. Mine is more advanced, as it tells u what...

Age 5, now 35! Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I have had paramedics before, and each time they have recorded the bg results. So hopefully they will have them recorded. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Hi @billmoira I have occasionally has bloods that high before. And it is a horrible feeling. These are the symptoms I experienced when I got them - total weakness throughout my whole body and severe lethargy, I felt sick and really thirsty. And the main symptom I get which is a give away for...

Couldn't agree more @himtoo is one of the kindest, caring, helpful and thoughtful person I've met through this forum! Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

And as I was writing that I was having a hypo lol apologies if it's a garbage Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

If I said I found living with the dreaded D easy I would be lying. I have had it since I was 5 - and don't remember not being a diabetic. (Now 35). I went through my teens not really caring and thinking 'it won't happen to me' I wanted to live a normal life like my friends and family did. I...

Hi, Sorry to hear that your son has recently been diagnosed with T1. How old is he? A few questions, is he doing insulin injections now? And does he test his blood sugar levels? Diet is an important part in diabetic control, but he will need to be testing regular his blood glucose levels to...

Ohhhhh I love those foam bananas. I don't use hypo stop - but once I went unconscious through a hypo, and ended up in an ambulance. My BG was refusing to raise. I'd had a glucagon injection and lucozade also, but went in to another hypo in the ambulance. They gave me that hypo stop. One taste...

I don't mind lucozade (wouldn't chose it as a drink to quench my thirst like some non diabetics do tho) I do get sick of it tho. Are u a jelly babies kinda girl for hypos? I think my problem would be - I probs wouldn't stop at 3/4 like others say they do, as in hypo u know u just keep loading...

I agree - I would have used that if it had not been pointed out to me. I have heard a few people use jelly babies - think I might give them a try @Juicyj :) Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app