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My son is 6 and lately both myself, my husband and also my son's Grandmother have noticed his increased thirst and increased trips to the toilet. He also has had a few accidents in the night and some slight accidents in the day, having been fully dry and trained since he was 4. My husband has...

Hubby banged his toe. It's turned black so probably broken I'm guessing, due to that and the pain it's causing. Now, I know they do nothing for broken toes really but should he be doing anything specific in light of being diabetic? I know they're twitchy where feet are concerned so wanted to...

Hubby is see-sawing with his levels, he feels pretty rubbish lately too. He's tired all the time (he has OSA anyway which makes him tired at times) and cranky and often has the shakes. For instance, when he got in from working a night shift, at 9am, his level was 10.5 (he'd had a Tesco Healthy...

5.5 year old. Frequent headaches (every other day at least). Had a few accidents at night but not an every night thing. A few little accidents recently in the day also. Has complained of not being able to see properly on occassion, thought it was tiredness at the time even though it was a...

Hubby has had the shakes before and takes it as low BS and eats to bring it up but doesn't test often or when he has tested at those times, it's not low per se but probably low for him as he's used to running higher than is recommended and experiences hypo symptoms at a higher level than what...

Hubby randomly tested this evening and his level was 20.7, with ketones flashing on the meter. He does have high levels sometimes when he tests but usually in the 11 odd category, his level when he was diagnosed was 21 so this is really high for him. Anything to worry about or just a one off...

Hubby has a hard ball of skin on the heel of his foot, and has said that it is tender at times. Question is, does he just tackle this himself or should he see someone professional? We realised we have no idea! Knew you have to be careful where feet and diabetes are concerned but that's it.

When someone who is not diabetic but who is on 1500mg of Metformin, eats pasta. What *should* happen to their BS reading? Should it shoot up? I mean, non diabetics not on Metformin don't shoot up after eating that do they and since she is not diabetic, she shouldn't either, right?? I'm asking...

Really wanted hubby to get onto a diabetes drug trial (more so he could get some decent control and monitoring than anything else) but his hba1c wasn't high enough to be eligible but during their tests, they did find that his hba1c has jumped from 6.1% to 6.7% since December and they found a...

In plain simple English for me please. :D GP refuses to believe (well that's the gist we got) that my husbands BS levels are all over the place. Because his test was 6.1% in December. His meter is calibrated and functioning correctly. So how can his test be 'perfect' and yet we regularly see...

Husband has had vision problems lately (BS are all over the place), GP told him to get his eyes tested which he did and the optician said his eyes were fine. So, if his eyes are fine but his vision is still bad, what does that mean? I guess we both expected his eye test to confirm the problem.

Hate to repeat as I know I've asked questions before so a few might already be familiar with the situation but just incase to save anyone time having to ask. Hubby has Type 2, his BS are usually higher rather than lower. He is on Metformin 500 x 3 every day. He has a bad diet, little exercise...

At what point do Drs consider moving onto other medications to control diabetes? I know it's a difficult thing to answer since everyone is different but just generally I mean. I mean, a Dr can't force someone to eat better, cut carbs, exercise and generally look after themselves but that lack...

I've read in a few places that you can get Byetta on private prescription? Can anyone explain to me how one would go about that? We plan to approach my husband's GP about prescribing it first though. Thanks for any advice!

Hubby had to go to the GP today about another problem non-d related. I usually would go in with him (I'm the medically minded, always got nose on a site/in a book, one) but we had the kids with us so he went in alone. I asked him to ask what his last HBA test was and the Dr said it was...

Ok, hubby is Type 2. On Metformin 500mg x 3 per day, Simvastatin and asprin. Cholesterol went high (it was normal at diagnosis) after 20mgs of statin and was increased 2 months ago to 40mgs. Blood test showed it was doing the trick. Hubby has not altered his diet since diagnosis. Few reasons...

Hubby Type 2, grandmother Type 1 and daughter undergoing testing for possible diabetes - that's the background. I am not madly randomly testing my kids, honest! :mrgreen: So my son saw us testing our daughter's sugars and being the nosey 4.5 year old he is, he has, on occassion, wanted to...

Husband was diagnosed Type 2 middle of last year. Put on Metformin and asprin and Simvastatin. He has had 2 check-ups with the practice nurse since then. Had some diet advice in a folder and has had his BP and HbA1c taken and the feet checks done. That's pretty much it. He works nights and as...

Hi, I'm new here and my first post is a long post I'm afraid but I'd really appreciate any advice/help/opinions please! My daughter is 2 years and 8 months. She has had issues with reflux and with what we think is milk and is currently being intolerance tested privately after our useless GP...