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i wasn't happy with the type of cannular i had- although i have a different pump. I found that it fell out too easy with the slightest knock. So when i ordered new cannula i had a look at what they did and got 3 different boxes and gave them all a good try. Now i am happy with the one i have...

I am not a chap but you may find this will help him http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Living_with_diabetes/Sex-and-diabetes/

my son had a problem with bad breath which wasnt down to his diet, he isnt diabetic but i am, he had a simus problem. They gave him a nasal spray and after 2 weeks the problem had gone

would ove to do it too but i am starting my ILM in spetemeber which is quite intensive. Done think 2 would be a good idea.

Hi I have been diabetic a long time but am newish to pump treatment. i have a sickness and diarrhoea bug and cannot get my bloodsugar down. I have not really eaten today so know it is bug related. I have been increasing the % of insulin given by day and am now at 100%. I have changed my site-...

Hi All, i have been diabetic for 40 years and so over the years have had many many meters. Being a bit of a collector i still have many of them. Is there a charity that reuses them for third world countries as it seems criminal to throw away such a valuable commodity when some countries...

hi it doesnt matter whether diabetic or not - first pregnancies are always scary. when i had my first my control was terrible prepregnancy and i didnt know until i was 6 weeks or see anyone until i was almost 12. my HB was well over 10. i wasnt taking folic acid. i was drinking too much my son...

I contacted my mp- who phoned them and suddenly I have a license. However they wrote to the mp and the story they gave was very different from the events that occurred.

hi- I had to fight for my pump as I was on pig insulin but I meet all the criteria and so in dec I started. I got on so well I have now changed to apidra and am very happy - my control has never been so good. What I wanted to tell you is that I have a waterproof one. I have recently worked on...

my doctors and pharmacy refuse to dispose of them so I use the council. The doctors only have small ones on prescription but for disposable syringes and pen needles and finger prickers they are fine. Since I have had my insulin pump they will not provide those the pump company does - which...

I can only speak from personal experience - I had an injury and hurt my shoulder which needed surgery. I would pass out with pain regularly - I was a nurse so could not work. I was asked for an assessment of benefit just a few days after my shoulder surgery and had a letter from my surgeon...

Hi, I have just been on a childrens activity holiday and have recently moved onto a pump. before- what I would have done is lower my long acting insulin and my short acting. the long acting will stop the unexpected low blood sugars from the general exercise and the short acting will stop the...

Hi, I have just been on a childrens activity holiday and have recently moved onto a pump. before- what I would have done is lower my long acting insulin and my short acting. the long acting will stop the unexpected low blood sugars from the general exercise and the short acting will stop the...

Hi, I have just been on a childrens activity holiday and have recently moved onto a pump. before- what I would have done is lower my long acting insulin and my short acting. the long acting will stop the unexpected low blood sugars from the general exercise and the short acting will stop the...

Hi, I have just been on a childrens activity holiday and have recently moved onto a pump. before- what I would have done is lower my long acting insulin and my short acting. the long acting will stop the unexpected low blood sugars from the general exercise and the short acting will stop the...

I am having problems right now. My license ran out may 24- I got the renewals in march which I filled in and sent back. I realised in may I had not had it back - would usually have been done. so I phoned and they said that they did not have the form only my license - the both were obviously...

my middle name is Claire- initials can be funny in what they spell. I had to be careful as I married and became a giles. wanted to call my kids david oliver or Daniel oliver so that was out and helyn Adriana or Bethan Adriana. I had a friend in school whose names was Abigail Sunly- Smith and...

hi we all have times like that - for some of us it take longer than others to get through it. I have been a badly controlled diabetic for many years and then one day I had a doctor who listen and understood and didn't think I was just being bad. I went to see the clinical psychologist who...

I remember as I child I went to Cobham hall for a childrens diabetic holiday camp age 9. was the first time away from my parents. I met a wonderful woman who was in charge of my room called sue and she wrote to me for years and was a dear dear confidant as I grew. she got married and I never...