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I’ve just started the Omnipod 5 first 2 days weren’t to bad sugars were going up but coming down since yesterday it’s just been a nightmare sugars have gone high glad to say they are coming down a little now as I am letting the pump work rather than trying to correct at 3 hrs while there’s still...

so after a very long wait i finally have a pump start date i have a physically demanding job and i am on the go a lot so have people gone sick from work when starting the pump as when i started injections 12 years ago i did go sick then as was all over the show and couldn’t not do my job then...

has anyone ever raised a issue with pals i have been jumping through loops for the last 5 years to get a insulin pump and have now been told after 8 months after the assessment that the nurses at the hospital have suspended any new start date training as they don’t have enough staff i’ve had...

I have been going through the process of getting a insulin pump Have finally got to the stage were I can see daylight Have been offered 3 pumps Omnipod5/medtronic780g/t slim2 Been looking at all the information on 3 pumps and must say I like the sound of the omnipod 5 What are people's...

after some general advice or just seeing if anyone else has had this problem im type 1 about 4 week ago I was sent to hospital as my bloods were all over the show high blood pressure and had low red and white blood cells and a very high plasma 224 after tests they told me it was a infection and...

have just returned from the docs feeling very dissapointed three month ago had a reading of 8.3 and was given 1 meterformin a day this has come down to 6.9 although have beteer avgs on machine also my collestral was 5.0 the only reason i can possibly think of for my collestrol shooting up is all...

since last november wen a very good freind of mine passed away have somewhat lost the plot got of tablets and got an hsblc of 6.3 have just completely lost it feel very stupid and am kickin myself last couple of wk have started to snap out of it and have started checkin bs again am very...

i dont want to waffle on about myself this is just a question in general why is it every time you go for a jab say like the flu jab 3 or 4 days l8r your bs always seem to rise and stay up for about 3 or 4 days and stay up even though you feel fine ive just had tetnus hepitits b and typhoid and...

as anybody else had this problem diagnosed last yer was on 3 meterformin managed to get of them and last hsblc was 6.3 without the met however since then have somewhat losed my way not badly bbut are finding buiscuits cakes drink harder to resist and bs are spiking up more and more am trying to...

could anybody help and give me some info maybe just over reacting a little dont know and am slightly concerned went for my blood test on fri and my readings on meter have been weekly avg around 6.5 personally this does me however enter the xmas does went out wed lost it with food etc woke up in...

just changed my tester to a freedom lite and being over eager bought the wrong test strips for it (pretty stupid)anyway have 100 test strips for the freedom/freestyle or freedom mini does anyone know were i can obtain one of theese machines any suggestions would be appreciated thanku

i dont mean thiis post to come across the wrong way and hope somebody can use it as encourigment just feel that i have posted that much on here over last six month that i have to share my latest hsblc results that have come back at my sugars being 5.9 i feel this is very gd as have only been...

just wondering if anyone else has encourted this problem although try to maintain very tight bs control have today seriously lost it got some very bad news about a freind of mine and have hit the drink etc etc and just seem very down and cant get a grip aww well tomorow is another day and will...

i dont know if its just now that i do monitor my own bs that i have realised but why is it when you are poorly your sugars shoot up the reason i ask is that i have had still have a terrible virus bug whatever and since i have had it my sugars have been through the roof at one point upto between...

hi everbody have posted on this site before and found most info very helpfull i am now looking at adding vitamin tablets as i have heard theese can be beneficial as meterformin can decrease the level of vitamin b also theese can help with the management of diabeates does any body else take...

have been flicking through all the posts and cant find no info on alchohol im on meterformin it says avoid alchohol but sureley you can have a couple or not what about other meds cant you drink on theese

hi to everyone again sorry to seem like a windger but have been testing my bs regularly and last two days about two hours after eating at dinner time they have been 3.7 and today 3.1 is this an overdose of meds meterformin sr or is this normal when you start taking tabs thankyou

hi everybody and thanks for all your previous advice and info this has been a great help to me and i now have a lot more understanding i would ask to pick your brains again i have been on metformin slow release for under four weeks now i take 3 500mg tabs at night i have vastly changed my diet...

can anybody give any advice on what sort of foods you should try to avoid roughly i have recently been eating bananas potatoes a lot of bread and seen an increase in my sugar levels i thought all theese foods were okay for diabetics

please can somebody help me i have been a type 2 diabetic for 4 years dietry only and my readings have been superb 6.1 etc went to docs 2 week ago and was very suprised that my reading was 13.5 over the last six week was given tablets called damicron but after a week of taking theese felt very...