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I am 71 and have been diabetic since 1995 when I was 49. I am not overweight nor ever have been overweight as I am 64kg only gradually getting to this weight since being on insulin for the last 15 years. Even on insulin I have very frustrating periods of highs for no apparent reason. I'll...

I was given a memory test when I went for my flu jab a couple of years ago. I was appalled to later read that back in 2014 the doctors were being paid different amounts if they did the test and found that a patient was showing signs of dementia. They were paid £55 per patient or even more...

I had been on Metformin for about 8 years, as well as insulin even though I wasn't and never had been overweight. Metformin is an appetite suppressant and while I was on it I didn't have much of an appetite so didn't put on weight. About a year ago I started to feel extremely tired and it was...

I've got two different insulins to inject and even after I've just done it I sometimes wonder if I've done it or not! My Novorapid pen is the Echo so I can see how much and when I did it but my evening Lantus pen doesn't have that option. One simple way to make sure I've done the Lantus is to...

I have had diabetes for 21 years, supposedly Type 2 but I wasn't overweight as I weighed about 8 stone when diagnosed and my father who also had it wasn't overweight and neither is my twin sister, in fact she weighs less than I do. Immediately on diagnosis I was put onto tablets and one of...

I am 71 and had been on Metformin for many years. During that time my appetite was never very good, mainly I suppose because Metformin is an appetite suppressant and aimed at overweight people. I have never been overweight, my present weight of 60kg, being my nine month pregnant weight, is the...

I've been thinking about getting one of these and am going to speak to my diabetes nurse tomorrow at my annual review. One thing I wondered was how far the "probe" goes in. I know you can only put it on the back of your arm but I don't have a lot of fat on my arms. I have never injected there...

I have had diabetes for 21 years and for around 14 years of them I have been on Metformin as well as insulin. I was diagnosed as Type 2 but I have never been overweight, around 60kg being my heaviest For a few months recently my appetite had been very bad, couldn't even eat a small "toddler"...

A few months ago I wanted to order some medication and needles online from my surgery but there was a note to say that the needles needed re-authorising. I have had diabetes for 21 years, 13 of those on insulin and have never had to have the needles re-authorised. I queried this with the...

Needing to wee quite often could also be a sign of a urine infection which is much more common in people with diabetes. You don't necesarily have to have many obvious symptoms but frequency is one of them. Is your urine smelly or dark or cloudy or does it hurt to go? As I said you may not...

I'm not quite sure what you mean. If you are saying that your levels are going down from 4 and lower then you are having hypos. There's the saying "Make four the floor" meaning try not to go below four but its not easy. I am also on insulin and Metformin and I sometimes have hypos. There are...

I've had this pen for just over a couple of months after using a Novopen Demi which gives half doses, as does the Echo. What I didn't know and also the diabetes nurse didn't realise, is that it uses Novotwist needles which are different needles to the Novopen . They only need half a twist to...

My friend and I were both changed over from our favourite meters to a Glucolab meter which was because the testing strips were cheaper than others that were being prescribed. It was supposed to make it better if everyone was on the same meter. From the start we both had problems with the...

I have two different types of insulin but the pen for Novorapid is in a hard plastic case with space for three needles so I can immediately tell whether I've given myself an injection, or at least I know if I've unwrapped the needle as I can't always remember if I've actually stuck it in myself...

I know that being newly diagnosed can be very frightening, especially when they don't seem very keen on giving you much information. I have found out far more about diabetes from searching the internet, magazines and messageboards than I have ever received from the medical profession. It's...

The reply from Daibell is almost word for word what I would have put so it saves me going through all that. I have had diabetes since 1995, diagnosed as Type 2 after just a couple of days of feeling extremely thirsty and with sugar levels of 22. They wanted to put me onto insulin straight away...

You didn't say how long you had been diabetic and what sort of medication you are on as you can have hypos with some tablets and with others you don't. What you have to remember is that anyone with regular very high blood sugar levels can feel hypo even when their levels are still quite high...

Plus, of course, there have been some incidents in hospital where a diabetic hasnt been monitored properly or has been given the wrong or no medication so they are probaby being very careful or, what's the saying, ah yes,they're covering their backsides!

I have had sharps bins prescribed by my doctor but it was only after I asked for one as I had been going for years without one. As they cost under £3 for the size I use so I dont mind buying one every now and then from the local chemist. I went for years without a proper bin after being told...

I've had diabetes since 1995 and have been on insulin for about ten years. Only once have I had any ketone testing sticks and have never been given any glucose injections. The reason I had the ketone sticks was because I have been through several phases of high sugar levels but they have...