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HI Have you spoke to your diabetic nurse about this? i think if your sugars run high for a long periods your body gets used to it so when it goes lower than your normal usual readings then your body thinks you are to low and shows hypo symptoms. I would definatley get in touch with your...

Hi Thank you for your replies, unfortunatley in Essex the school staff don't seem to go back into the school until 1 or 2 days before the kids go back, there is no direct e-mail to send and the headmaster left in July and no one knows who the new headmaster/headmistress is its seems to be kept...

Hi All My daughter was diagnosed type 1 diabetic 3 weeks ago she is 10 years old, she is coping really well and is doing her own blood tests and injections. The diabetic nurses have said that i need to get in touch with the primary school and get the school to call them to arrange for one of...

Oh sorry just looked again at your post and you are type 2 i am type 1 so probably no good listening to me, im not to sure about type 2 diabetes. tracey167

Hi Blondie blue I am also on levemir i was told to split my dosage in half and do half in the morning and half in the evening, i also have a snack about 8.30 - 9pm to cover myself through the night usually a small bowl of cereal does the trick. My levels before bed can range anything from 5.7...

Hi Yes i had 4mm on my repeat prescription then when i moved house in march and changed my G.P i told the doctor what i needed on my repeat including 4mm meedles and ended up with 5mm BD needles when i asked the doctor and the nurse in the surgery they told me that they don't do 4mm needles...

Hi Thanks for your replies, the reason i am not happy is my last appointment the diabetes nurse looked at 2 weeks of my record book and claimed my hypos are mainly happening in the morning and late morning BUT if she had turned back 1 or 2 pages more she would have seen there are hypos in the...

Hi This ATOS are terrible they don't even do a medical check on the person they just sit in front of there computer. I heard ages ago they classed a man with parkinsons disease (could'nt hardly walk) Fit For Work. For that job they should have Doctors or fully trained nurses accessing people...

Hi just wanted to know when you go and visit your diabetic nurse how far back in your blood glucose book does the nurse go back to check your readings, because the diabetes nurses here only go back 2 weeks which i think is not far back enough especially after not seeing them for 3-4 months...

Hi Rebecca My 10 year old daughter was diagnosed type 1 on wednesday evening, luckily i knew the signs as i am also a type 1 diabetic and have been for 30 years, but it was still a shock to us as well. My daughter was born with only 1 kidney and this also was my biggest concern when she was...

Hi All Thank you all for your replys, Lauren came home from hospital Thursday evening, she is dealing with it really well, and this morning she asked me if she could inject her own insulin which previously she was worried about doing so my hubby and myself done it for her. I am now trying to...

Hi My daughter Lauren aged 10 was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on wednesday night after my husband and myself noticed her drinking alot more water and juice than normal. I am also a type 1 diabetic and have been for 30 years , so i done a blood glucose test on lauren with my meter and to my...

HI Thank you for your advise , hubby has just got home, they have kept her in hospital they done another blood glucose test on her and it had come down into the 20's so i think her pancreas is slowly stopping producing insulin. I will keep you posted thanks again tracey167

Hi all My husband has had to take my youngest daughter of 10 years to A&E in an ambulance. Today my daughter seemed to be drinking more than usual and i asked her nan and grandad if she had been drinking alot last week while my 2 daughters were staying with them. I have always told her to drink...

Hi Good luck with the weight loss, you can do it the first few days are the worse but if you can get through that your half way there. I joined weight watchers nearly 2 years ago and lost 2 stone and since losing that weight i felt a lot better in myself, i just make sure now if my weight goes...

Hi My middle names Lynn don't really like that but to be honest not to keen on my first name either tracey167

Hi All thanks for all your replies, I am beginning to get used to the Aviva expert and how to use it, my dietatian set it all up for me, and I make sure that if I am doing any kind of walking or exercise I take this into account when I do a glucose/carbs. the thing that annoyed me no two...

Hi All Went to see the Diabetic Nurse on Tuesday ( the reason I say the Diabetic Nurse is because I never see the same one twice) and went through my sugar readings with her as I suffer with hypos and have no awareness and in the past week or two it seems the hypos are nearly every day probably...

Hi at the moment I am watching ' An Idiot Abroard ' its so funny it has Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington (which is who they send around the world to visit the 7 wonders of the world. tracey167

Hi have you been tested for cysts on your ovaries? this can cause missed periods. I wish I could miss periods mine are so heavy since having my kids and sometimes I only go 21 days been them. its best to have every avenue checked the worst thing is the not knowing his stresses you out more...