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I have nephrotic kidneys too. I also have an amazing 7 year old. I had to stop all my various pills whilst pregnant but all was good. Try not to worry too much as there isn't much you can do about the kidneys other than keep your BGs down. Enjoy being pregnant Claire Sent from the Diabetes...

I got tonsillitis pretty much monthly when I was 14 or 15. Each time I ended up in hospital with blood sugars over 30 and hallucinations. Not fun. Had them out when I was 16 and it made a huge difference. No more hospitalisations since then (22 years). Didn't take long to recover tho a bit sore...

My lips and tongue go numb. Sometimes that's the first indication I get that I'm low Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Queen - bohemian rhapsody ( in my pants) Followed by Avril Lavigne - bitching summer (in my pants) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

As westie2 says, sometimes practices have to close for these protected sessions. These are usually arranged weeks in advance with notices put up in surgeries to let patients know, as well as on their web sites. During these times the phones are rerouted to the local out of hours provider I...

Oh yeah. Had a lovely bubble that lasted about 8 weeks. Had to spend 10 days on my back staring at the ceiling. Thank god for audio books. Whoever invented them is an angel :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Think you all could be right about the protein. Just had pork chops cucumber lettuce and cheese this evening and it still went up to 12 from 6. Or maybe my levemir runs out a bit early. I usually take it before bed Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanks noblehead. All my ophthalmologists seem to have a different theory about what it is. Guess I'll just have to wait and see. Have had other side effects too (droopy eyelid now and enlarged pupil) which may or may not sort themselves out. I was hoping for everyone to say " don't worry...

Can I ask, what does the eye you had the vitrectomy on look like now? And how long ago did u have it done? I had one 3 months ago and my eyeball looks dreadful. I have a huge black mark that goes about 1/3 around my iris in the white part that is either: A bruise that will fade Scar tissue...

I'm trying to low carb for a while to control my sugars a lot better. However I think I must be doing something wrong somewhere. My BGs seem to keep rising steeply in the evening. For example, I had 2 sausages, a handful of sweet corn, loads of lettuce cucumber and cheese with a little Caesar...

Love it thank god I'm a woman Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

In response to the cramps can I ask if you have any thyroid problems? I have an under active one and take thyroxine am am told that one of the side effects is cramps. I too get them in my toes, foot arches and calves Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanks to an earlier post about this I phoned Abbot. I was held on their queue system for around half an hour before I got through to a person. He took my name address and meter serial number and promised to send out a new meter. This arrived this morning. So, thumbs up from me to Abbot just...

I called Abbott this morning as I use the Freestyle mini. The problem is the meter so it took them all of 5 minutes to get my name and address and tell me they were sending me a new meter (freestyle lite I think which means presc change for different strips). Great service apart from the fact...

This is so interesting. Until I went on an IMAGE course I assumed everyone was similar to me. 14 levemir before bed and around 18 novorapid throughout the day ( carb counting so sometimes a lot less). Ratio pretty much 1:10. Some people were taking 4 times that for the same carbs which really...

I ended up in intensive care when I was 16 with a reading of around 70mmol/l!I had tripped whilst running down a hill and concussed myself which apparently led my brain to release rather a lot of adrenaline. This was way back when hospitals didn't use meters, just the manual sticks to check the...

Not sure there would be enough carbs in it to worry about too much if u are ill but I always found it made me feel so much better when my sugars were high and waiting for my correction dose to kick in Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Yay. I can now finally drive again after 8 weeks! Gas bubble took 7 to disperse which was a lot longer than I thought but could have been worse I suppose. My vision isn't back to normal unfortunately tho as the dr seems to have gone space invaders mad with the laser and I have loads of scar...

Hmm. Think a little jaunt to Asda might be on the cards this weekend :-) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Where can I buy these amazing sounding things? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App