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Hello! I wouldn't wait 4 weeks, please get in touch with the 111 to discuss, or take yourself to A&E (Accident and emergency), if a UK resident of course. I was diagnosed type 1 at 28.7! I couldn't imagine being that high again! I hope you get better very soon :) please update us

It's like getting blood out of.... well, a diabetic ! I mean stone of course :happy:

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I am wondering if they did an Internal Audit and found cases where they should have given medicine when they didn't and vice-versa and it came to that number, it's a lot of patients to be making errors with, and that's only diabetics

Hello there...At 6.8 theres an increased risk of health related issues due to diabetes, but it looks like you have reduced that risk by lowering it to 5.1... there are great tools on this forum which will help you keep it low

Ah insurance... one of lifes greatest pains for a diabetic. I understand.. I have recently purchased a home and decided to take out life insurance, which is double the price of my partner, which is fair enough I guess, I have a chronic condition. What I don't get is the critical illness cover...

That's a fantastic improvement compared to them being in the 20s! I hope you keep it up because it can prevent complications! And make you feel better of course :)! Well done

The human body is a very strange thing indeed! I would say i'm still fit and healthy, I just don't feel alive as I used too! I have noticed that, other than the odd cold I haven't been seriously ill except for a bout of gastrointeritus in 2016, I get ill less now though than before I was...

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Ah yeah thats the one... I have cut carbs a lot and I am proud of where I am at the moment, I haven't gone the full distance because I am type 1 and type 2s are different but I do understand the benefits, however because I am not insulin resistant and can carb count with my Novo Rapid, I can...

Best of listening to the healthcare team today and then come back here for hints and tips towards helping

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Hello again. Instead of eating normal carbohydrates, I now only eat wholemeal or refined such as wholemeal rice bread pasta etc, and for cereal shredded wheat and bran flakes. These are so my blood sugars rise slower than other carbs. I have cut my carb intake by 3/4 but the carbs I do eat are...

I was 56mmol/L IFCC, due to poor control, down to 49mmol/L IFCC, after wanting better control, started carb counting properly, eating healthier, eating slow release carbs when I eat carbs etc hope to be down to low 40s on next checkup, Mysugr app predicts 42, I hope that is it lol

Thanks @Tswa Youre right! Squeezing the blood out to quick and it squirts everywhere or a previous lancet wound reopens :playful: @kitedoc Great answers you're absolutely spot on with the driving one! Never been on a pump but can imagine the extra brain load keeping it sorted properly and to...

Not sure about the scientifics behind that image except it is from BD microfine website, however, I believe using a bit of metal 0.23mm wide more than 3 times stuck into skin membrane will definitely blunt it. If you want a more reliable source on the effects of reusing needles, you can read...

If you are really thin with little body fat its also recommended injecting while gently pinching your skin, and gently inject at a 90 degree angle, bin needle and use a new one each time if possible

Hello there, that is your problem, changing needles every 3-4 times, your supposed to dispose of them after one use of using them, obviously I know some people have to buy their needles and may not be able to do it that way so apologies if that is the case. youre using a blunt needle, after 3...

Great points so far, I personally hate how I feel now, I know before I got diabetes, even when I was 14, I felt great, I felt fine when I was in the honeymood period, when that ended and I had to start controlling it myself with more artificial insulin, I started realising how degenerative...

I find this with corrections, 2 units sometimes will lower my sugar, the next im having to take 4 units for the same sugar reduction in my bloods, so annoying