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Haven't been on here for a good while & of course related to that I guess- I've fallen off the wagon. Was diagnosed nearly 4 years ago (week of my 50th birthday) Type 2. Following support/ information on here I halved my Hba1c in less than 6 months & was doing great. I have complicated...

Please don't have a go at allergy sufferers. Many people with nut allergies don't have to eat them to have life threatening reactions. I couldn't sit in an airport lounge because if someone did eat nuts in there it could kill me- or at least I would have to use my epipen & go to hospital in an...

Just need to respond to ElyDave. Please don't have a go at people with allergies!! People with nut allergies can have it so badly that they don't have to eat them to have a life threatening reaction! I cannot go on aeroplanes at all because of my severe allergies. If someone ate nuts & then came...

I know this is an old thread - but you can get your GP to refer you to the Dental Hospital. I did. Hope you are better & have managed to sort things out.

I get Pompholyx on the soles of my feet & hands too.(I'm Type 2). It's a type of excema. It usually blisters then dries & cracks & peels. Some people find it terribly itchy and sore- mine never itches though. It does need seeing / diagnosing & treating if it is that - but treatment is...

Had my first 3 month Diabetic review with GP today. He said if he gave out stickers to adults I would get the biggest best one ever!! I've got my HbA1c down from 103/ 11.6% to 51/ 7.0 in just over 3 months whilst on steroids & with Exercise Induced Anaphylaxis!! I know I've some way to go but am...

Well done Sandra that's brilliant!! Hope I can do as well - my diagnosis level was 11.6!!!- retesting due in a couple of weeks. Well done.

The strips are about £26.50 but again you can get the VAT back. If you search VAT exemption form there is a form there you can print off & take with you. Apparently they should have them but looked totally blankly at me!! Yes some needles do seem to bend occasionally but then others I re- use...

Hello. I have got the iBGstar & really like it. I have 4 sons in their early 20's & they persuaded me to buy it because it was cool & they like gadgets of course!! It's the first monitor I've had so nothing to compare with as I was only diagnosed in April. I like the fact that it's so small, I...

That's brilliant!! Well done.

Sorry you're having such a tough time Mistee. There is a major drive to get everyone off disability benefits - basically they are stopping almost all of them when time comes for review & hoping most people won't appeal. Don't get me wrong - I don't believe in a benefit culture but some people do...

Arghh!! - don't tell my son because it's looking like it's me then!!! Thanks anyway Grazer.

Can't really help you with the aches & pains. I'm type 2 & do get some but have other conditions going on too. Just wanted to say how terribly sorry to hear about your recent ordeal in hospital- must've been SO awful. Here's hoping things start looking up for you healthwise. Best wishes Sunny

I access the forum on my iPhone, when I want to look at New Posts it comes up & asks me to login, which I do. Then if I want to Post it asks me again, which I do, then if I want to preview my post it asks again & often seems to mislay my post when I try & go back for it(?!!) then when I press...

Natalie, just been reading back through your posts in total disbelief. Something else came to mind though- interesting that when you rang the General Medical Council they said they couldn't help but could give you numbers so that you could complain about all of their colleagues, nurses...

Hanadr- sorry to hijack post but I also have Exercise Induced Anaphylaxis - that's what happened to me this morning - was walking the dogs in the woods, it started to rain so I stupidly took a short cut up a steep hill!! Had to use my epipen & my son had to come & find me. Have slept since & am...

OMG!!! I can't believe how badly you were treated. The list just goes on & on!! You could show your email to PALS - save you writing it all again - the staff should be made to read it too & see just what you went through. I have serious allergies (as I've mentioned before) in fact I've had an...

Allergies to Oak & Sycamore have high levels of cross reactivity to tree nuts- especially hazelnut & to a lesser extent almonds. It is quite common to react to other things in the same 'cross- reactivity family' & it does tend to get worse if you continue to have them. If you read up about Oral...

Hello Scoop4 & welcome. I too have been medically retired from the career I absolutely loved (midwife) - although not because of my diabetes but other conditions. So hard to cope with at first - hated my body for letting me down so & felt so useless when previously I felt as if I made a...