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go on with head held high it's your body not you, I felt the same i thought people were judiging me and that maybe I wasn,t telling the truth about my life style and some how it was my fault I was diabetic, I attended a course that made me realize some people become diabetic without any related...

When I ended up in a day unit having tests and more to be told at the end of the day that medication wasn,t enough and that I needed insulin a five minute instruction with a pen and fake gel pad and told to go home and start the next day, from using this forum i was less apprehensive about...

Hi I was is the same position 3yrs originally diagnosed as type 2, then changed to lada then as things got worse over the months i was started on slow release insulin in November 2018 and finally as of three weeks ago type 1 and taking fast releasing insulin as well before my breakfast and main...

Hi I had thrush that would not clear up which led me to the doctors and thus diagnosed with diabetes i was prescribed Canasten duo a box which contains tablets and cream to fight the infection from the inside as well as the outside and it worked for me

please do not beat yourself up i like you thought once I was diagnosed and o n medication that would be me for years to come but since being diagnosed 3yrs ago my diabetes has.been all over the place despite me eating healthly hospitalized twice due to keotosis and many blood test later I was...

Hi I was recently told by my diabetic nurse that you can inject any where left to right from the belly button to the bust line and your thighs though like you i worry about my thighs so they only get injected at the weekend

Hi like you 3yrs since diagnoses was told lada November 2018 latest news blood results not good DN disscussing case at next GMC meeting with top consultant may have to go from slow releasing insulin to fast reacting twice a day was told initially would become type 1 eventually was not prepared...

I have been diagnosed for 3 yrs and all my colleagues know about my condition and are considerate when I have a hypo they know that I keep jelly babies and coke in my locker and that I wear a sos necklace and when someone new sits by me I always ask if they are ok when I test myself and I never...

Hi I am post menopausal aged 56 and diagnosed type 2 three years ago last year high sugars saw me in hospital and after 10 weeks of changing medication to lower my readings nothing worked and I was out on slow release insulin Nov 19 it was a big step and I didn't get a lot of guidance , left to...

Hi diagnosed type 2 at 53 Nov 2016 Re labeled type 1.5 LADA Nov 2018. Now on slow release.insulin Saw diabetic nurse today latest bloods show pancreas getting tired and on verge of packing up, going to bring my case up at next GMCD meeting with top consultant to discuss best way forward for me...

I was diagnosed type 2 three years ago my first year my levels were uncontrollable not that I was doing anything wrong my medication was changed several times in that year the second year things were going fine for the first six months and then my levels went high and after 10wks of back and...

I have been told if you diagnosed in your later years you are automatically diagnosed as type 2 like me if things change in the first two years then your diagnoses is reevaluated like me i am now classed as type 1.5 lada and on insulin for a year , I have been told as I get older and my...

Hi diagnosed type 2 three years ago last November after 10 weeks of endless changes in my medication and a stay in hospital because of keotosis i was given a insulin fast forward to may this year and I was given a test to see how much insulin my pancreas was producing , the result was my body...

I had infectious hepatitis aged six some 45 years later im now have LADA and use insulin i was told at the onset that this is the only link they can see why I now have diabetes

I was told when I went on insulin that I am technically type 1.5 , since having the c peptic test the consensus is that as I age i will become type 1 eventually , my pancreas is making insulin but because my antibodies are killing it off my pancreas will tire out over time , I was diagnosed...

Hi I had high readings for ten weeks last year over that time my doctor tried adjusting and increasing my meds I had mild Ketosis for that time and was eventually sent to hospital where they put me on insulin seeing my community nurse 3 months later she could not believe how quickly my levels...

I watched it through my fingers and kept telling my husband to tell me when the horror was over

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9.7 last night 9.3 this morning

Hi I have also been on insulin for a year over that year i was weaned off glicaside and had my insulin lowered in July in accordance with my community nurse but I have just come out hospital after 3 days due to high readings and it was suggested i up my insulin and start taking gliclaside again