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Hi all, hope you all had a fantastic Christmas! I was unfortunately admitted to hospital last week with appendicitis. Had my appendectomy with no worries (although my recovery from GA was alarmingly slow and frightening, I was awake but unable to open my eyes or lift my arms/legs. Could hear my...

Has anyone experienced any malfunctions with their pumps? I've had 2 failures. The first was on my nursing placement. BMs were running high and so I was shoving temp basals and boluses in but nothing happening. Went home and felt tired so whacked another bolus in and went to sleep. Woke up in...

Am currently at university studying for a nursing degree. I love the course, and have some great uni mates. I'm currently working towards a first, which I am VERY happy about! However, they all like to go out drinking. I don't want to be stuck on the PS3 at home or reading medical journals so I...

This is going to be a long thread, I warn you now, need to get it all off my chest! I've explained most of it as much as I can! If you need something clearing up let me know. I've been a type one diabetic for 12 years now, since I was a child. It's never been stable. Sugar levels up, down and...

I'm currently doing my nursing training at university. In order to fund my luxury lifestyle of baked beans and Tesco Value notebooks, I work bank for a well known private healthcare company, in a nursing home. The knowledge of the nurses there of diabetes is appalling. There is a lady living...

Hi all, venturing back onto here, been a while! For those who can remember me, I started uni in March to do my nursing training, and it's been so busy it's unreal! Anyhoo, had a question and was hoping you lovely people could help me :) I have a UTI, but seems quite poss kidney infection and 3...

Firstly, ouch! I can't seem to grasp the fact that I have a sub-cut cannula in my stomach. The pump I'm using is an Animas 2020 which comes with a belt clip - simple enough, I put the pump in my front jean pocket with the belt clip on the outside, therefore keeping it attached. At uni/work...

If any of you have had peptic ulcers in the past, is there any chance you could tell me if it affected your diabetes, in terms of control or otherwise? I understand complications like perferations will obv affect it, but I mean in an everyday situ. Thanks :D

Wahoo! :mrgreen: After 4 years of begging, pleading and fulfilling every order from my consultant (which includes over a year of daily BM, insulin and food entries) I have been granted a pump! I don't know the exact model, but it's by Animas. They rang me today to let me know it's in the...

Help! Help! Help! I'm due to start my university course in September (Nursing). However, have just had a phonecall from the department offering me to start next Tuesday :shock: Apparently, the NHS have been researching and their statistics show that the number of qualified nurses will fall...

For those who have had diabetes a long time - how do you cope with all the needles, all the time? I'm really starting to struggle :( Completely on top of my diabetes now, but am starting to get down about the constant needle usage. All my fingers are hard, calloused and take repeated stabs...

Hi everyone, not been on here for a while! Hope you're all ok :) I'm still managing to impress everyone and am probably causing my consultants a lot of grief on the gambling stakes (I'd imagine they'd all have bets on me to crack and fail on my tight control :lol: ) My last HBA1C was an...

You guys have put up with me now for just over a year. Questions panicking about DKA, to being ill, to general confusion, to nearly giving up, to desperately seeking motivation. When I was first diagnosed, my levels were perfect. This was due to my parents watching my every move and making...

Hey everyone, I'm getting increasingly annoyed with my fingers atm - I'm doing roughly 6-10 BMs a day (BIG progress from, erm, 0 a day :oops: ) but am finding it really hard to get blood out of them now. I've tried alternating the strength/depth of the lancet, warming...

I had a leaflet through in November of last year entitling me to a free upgrade from my Compact Plus meter to the new Mobile meter. I was over the moon as I'd just put away £50 to buy one from Boots! :lol: I sent away the form the same day, but haven't hear anything since. I understand that...

Enter scenario! Monday night I was fine, I'd been to sort out the horses and was home at 9pm. BM was 6.5, had dinner, took Humalog, Levemir and went off to sleep. Tuesday, all day, is none existant to me. I woke in the early hours of Wed morning on the floor of my room. I had my duvet with me...

Hi everyone, been a bit since I was on here, my last post was me on a borderline Kidney infection/DKA. I did, as predicted, end up in hospital for 11 days, and with the usual DKA regime and I/V antibiotics recovered well. My short acting insulin has now been changed from Novorapid to Humalog...

Am possibly harbouring a kidney infection - lower right back very sore. Am reluctant to waste dr's time over bank holiday etc as it isn't preventing me from living and would rather someone needy was looked at. Pain started yesterday. Ketones were ++ to +++ yesterday, wasn't overly concerned as...

Doctors no good, internet browsing inconclusive! Please can I have some help in determining whether GP and DKA are related and is quite possibly a cause of some of my DKAs? In a GP flareup, I don't eat well, and when I do my levels rocket all over the place (ranging from 6 to HI). I always...

Another pondering over here. I've been diabetic for 11 years, and am 18 now. It didn't help growing up with it but I still feel like it isn't a part of who I am and that if I bury my head in the sand long enough it will go away! I've spoken to a few people who have had it 10, 20 and even 30-40...