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Re: Stress from household members and diabetes - please help Hello again. Thank you for the reply. Sadly I'm alone in this country with no friends really, but that doesn't bother me. I do question why I stay but when I am away, I miss him and our cats very badly, they're my family now as silly...

Hello again all. I know I've been a pain in the butt asking questions on here before and not really being able to answer too many myself since I'm new to all this, but I'm in somewhat of a tricky situation and I'm not sure how to approach the problem without making it worse. As I've mentioned...

Hi all. I am glad to report my levels are now stable since starting Humulin M3. I've worked out that 5 cartridges lasts me about 50 days. Now my problem is getting it abroad. I absolutely cannot afford to register over there at the moment, as my boyfriend is a student and we barely have money...

I don't think my insulin even worked this morning. 2 hours after All-Bran I was at 20.7. Then 2 mins later my other machine told me 17... I took 14 units of humulin M3 30 min before eating. 10 units almost covered dinner + pudding last night so what gives?? It seems the Humulin I worked better...

Oh! Sorry I forgot to mention, I questioned being LADA or MODY today and my specialist pretty much ruled them out.

Hi all, today I have been taken off of Glic. And switched insulin to Humulin M3 twice a day. I am ecstatic to report that my ketones are completely gone! They were at level 4 last week, then 2.4, now 0.2. So my Humulin I was working, but I still have high blood sugars after meals. Today though...

Hi again, thank you for the replies. I'm having a very emotional day today. I don't have the most supportive parents in the world, and I'll leave it at that. The doctors are currently waiting for GAD antibodies result to come back. They said I could be a 'slow burner'. I'm not really bothered...

Oh and by the way Whit, is that your cat? He/she is gorgeous. I have 2 cats in Holland and I miss them so much. :( And you are a nice person, as Rob said. :) x

Hi all, thank you so much. I feel so much better today already. I got my first single figure reading today ever. I stayed up very late last night and had some All-Bran and cheese at 8:30 this morning despite being at 14 blood sugar. I took 12 units of my insulin again. I slept pretty much until...

Sadly, I get the abdominal pains even with regular walking. It's not actually WHILE I exercise. It usually occurs when I walk down to the shops nearby to me. It's about a 10 minute walk. I start to feel unwell when I get to a shop and stand around a lot. This doesn't usually raise my blood sugar...

Diagnosed 14th June, still no info on which type. I am now on Humulin I, long acting, once every morning. (or afternoon since I seldom get up before noon). Started on 6 units. Have to slowly increase dose until it works. I'm at 12 units now and I still haven't seen my fasting below 10. This is...

Bumping this because I would like to know this as well. I know you CAN post insulin abroad, but it has to be an overnight service, and it's rather expensive. I'm in Holland and I know for me, UK to Holland overnight is £25. You also run the risk it might freeze or get too hot.

I was diagnosed a few weeks ago and put on 2x500mg of metformin a day, and then 1 80mg Gliclazide tablet a day as well. Yesterday that was increased to 2x80mg Gliclazide a day. My levels are still very high after 2-3 weeks of changing my diet, exercising, etc. (doctors don't know if I am type 1...

Hello all. Sorry this is a bit long but I hope you take the time to read it. I was diagnosed 1 week ago (not in A&E, picked it up on a doctor pregnancy test) and put on Metformin 500mg a day, then up to 1000mg starting today. I have no side effects so far apart from farting like no tomorrow and...

Hi Grazer. I am changing my diet, yes. I am reading everything and watching the carbs. My specialist told me that I may have insulin resistance and metformin should help the glucose get into the cells when used in combination with a healthy lifestyle. But it's mainly a trial for 2 weeks just to...

Well, I'm not quite sure about the ketones. I think it was darkish purple on the little chart. I can't be in that bad of a state because I had a simple doctors appointment for back pains. (I thought it was a UTI). They did a blood test and simply referred me to the diabetes clinic later on that...

I was only given Metformin yesterday and only took my first 500mg this morning so I don't know if it works or not. It's a trial period.

Hello. I am 22 and I was diagnosed with diabetes just yesterday. (after losing 3 stone, bad luck eh!) They don't really know which type I have, because all of my symptoms suggest type 2, however I had ridiculously high ketones in my urine. My blood sugar yesterday morning was 37.2 and I felt...