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Thank you so much, I really did want to hear from someone with Type 1 who had had Covid. I am glad you weren't too ill with it and it has helped to put my mind at rest . Best wishes

Hi, great advice thank you. Especially about the tests the day before, which I am going to ask them to do. Then just a case of being very careful as i have always been. I am a real worrier and I worry about having my diabetes go beserk if I do catch it, even though I won't get seriously ill...

Thank you so much for your advice. My daughter wants him to have the test but as she says she can't force him. None of us are happy about it but there you go. we are actually staying in a hotel nearby so that is a bonus. I have decided to go, i could not do that to my husband because if I...

I wondered if anyone could give me some advice please! I am Type 1, and also in terms of Covid classified as clinically extremely vulnerable. I have had both my jabs. I understand that the jabs don't PREVENT you from getting it, but it means you won't get it seriously. I just wonder that if...

Hi Unfortunately if you already have some retinopathy then laser is in my experience the only solution to seal up the leaky blood vessels. I am a prime example of what can happen... I had loads of laser and ended up with lots of scarring, had 2 vitrectomies to clear all the **** left in my...

Hi, I appreciate your honesty about it but I am willing to try it, it is all new to me and I want to remain positive about it for that reason. If it helps in SOME way, then all to the good.

Ok thanks very much, wow this is all a bit mind blowing for me after 40 years of finger pricks!

That's very kind i do have one question at the moment...do you have one of these permanently or is it just to identify a pattern in sugar levels? Just that it says sensors are for 14 days?

Thank you very much for the heads up

Great idea, thank you

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My diabetes nurse has just told me that if I complete a questionnaire and do an online course for this then I can have it subject o all being ok their end. She is going to email me this. In the meantime Where can I find out about this, all I know is that you wear a sensor and you scan for your...

Thank you, these articles are very interesting and helpful. I didn't know Metformin could help the heart so perhaps I was prescribed it as both my parents died of heart failure...I don't know. I am overweight and take statins so i am thinking i should go back to 2 tablets!

I have been Type 1 for 40 years and have been on metformin for for about 25 years. Why would that be? Why would I be put on it when I was 30 as well as insulin? I am prescribed 1g of Glucophage a day, 2 tabs of 500 in evening. For the past month I have been taking only one because Iwas...

Hi, that's really helpful thank you :) I have been getting nasty cramps and having to be quick to the loo. Yes the only way I will know if it's the metformin is to stop it and obviously if the stomach thing carries on I will have a good idea that it's something else! And to see if it is...

Hi, thanks for replying and for explaining that. I have tolerated metformin for all these years so I am a bit confused if it is the metformin causing the stomach issue. But yes it is a good idea to reduce the dose and see what happens :angelic: