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  1. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    Sorry I'm getting confused between hypo and hypa haha I do get hypos when my sugars are low.. I get dizzy feel sick and hot..I know when they are low but I'm always high atm but my insulin needs tweaking because I was low this morning ( I took all my insulin yeatersay )
  2. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    Thank you I have all that wrote down now!! X My sugars are more high than low but I don't really have hypo's I recognise my low sugars... But not my high..
  3. sally_x

    Difficulty drawing blood.

    Do you have one of them presure ones? Its like a clear head for the pen... I use that when I have difficulty on the skin of my palm the bit under my thumb
  4. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    That would be brilliant I have some of the stuff on paper at the min about the tests that I need and the one about the carb stuff
  5. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    I'm guessing that's something I have to learn with the pump...if I was to get one it's only an idea I don't really want it if I can help it but it's just an option I may have to think into Thanks for your questions and help x
  6. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    My idea is if I was given a pump I think i know its there attached to me kinda thing so when I'm out shopping I won't forget by the time I get home (one problem with insomnia is I'm so forgetful) I remember them at evening meal and bed my mum just normally asks if I've taken them so if I...
  7. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    Yeah I only test when I remember to take my injections I've taken 4 outta 6 today so getting there but I do this for a few weeks then just forget my mum takes hers every 4 hours and she does remind me at tea and bed but alot of the times shes in bed because of her medication... So morning...
  8. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    The appointment is with my consultant at hospital... Yeah I know the problem I have is a rare condition apparntly its a large red ring on my shin I really can't remember the name of it but it brakes out in leg ulcers... And the only way is the sterioid stips it's like a tape that I have to wear...
  9. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    I just hope this new doctor listens it feels to me like they just don't see it from my point of view I'm going to right down everything I wanna know So I'll add this to the list ive been diabetic for 5 years and I still don't know what type because I always belived I wasn't type 2 just...
  10. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    Nope never been asked to do anything like that... I have asked about tests before because obviously I need to know what type I am... But they said they couldn't do any
  11. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    Trust me I think about that all the time I'm 24 I care for my mum who can hardly walk... Which means I take care of bills take care of shopping go get medications take her to every appointment she has On top of that I have my family's children I also care for when needed my family do help...
  12. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    When I was diagnosed I was t2... But they are 'unsure' if you can believe what type I am!... When I was diagnosed properly I had the lucozade test... I had to carry on asking every time I visited the docs for a test because my family ( mum is t2 my dad is t1 and my brother was t2) id not have...
  13. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    This was when I was first diagnosed when he said it was my mum's fault for feeding me wrong as a child now my mum always blames herself. I was 18 and just been told and that's what I was told I asked the hospital and they said my name had just dropped down the list.. Its like we have diabetic...
  14. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    I was told I need appoinments every 3 months they haven't seen me in 8 months... The first hospital doctors I saw... Blamed my diabites on my parents Saying its their doing... And they just don't seem to ask me how I am they see my results they see my diary book and that's it.. They just...
  15. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    I'm trying just so difficult...
  16. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    I have an appointment at my hospital on the 16th of Dec but they are really bad I haven't had an appoinment with them for 8 months... Just don't seen to care..
  17. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    I have before tried setting alarms my problem is I also don't really eat during the day I'm always so busy with everything I don't normally eat alot or if I do it's sandwich or a little something.. So then when I do take it I feel yuk... I also have bad side effects to the insulin where I'm...
  18. sally_x

    problems with forgetting

    Hi I've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes since about 2009 At first I was on tablets but my sugars would never come down I was then put on novo mix that didn't do anything I'm now on Novo rapid 3 x a day Lantus 2x a day And victoza 1ce a day But I'm really stuggling to remember to take...
  19. sally_x

    Cough, sugars and what to take.

    Robitussin Sugar Free Cough Syrup good stuff hun can buy it from any chemists x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  20. sally_x

    Weight Gain Taking Victoza Injections?

    Iv had this problem :( everyone else in my group meetings said they lost. I put it on and I watch what I eat :/ Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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