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    Diabetic Backpack

    I'm travelling to Ukraine for 2 months and need a solution to carry all my diabetes gear and medication for the trip. There aren't many great looking options out there. I'm not particularly enamoured by the Sugar Medical XL but it seems like the only suitable option available in the UK. What do...
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    Foot Issues *Warning Graphic Image*

    Hi, This appeared completely out of the blue a few nights ago. The doctor has put me on a high dose of 2 antibiotics but begged me to go to hospital. The on-call vascular told her that if I don't attend hospital for IV antibiotics then it's fatal no matter what she prescribes. I have the...
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    Hospital Stay

    I was admitted to hospital a few weeks ago. I let stress get the better of me and took a stupidly large overdose. I was unconscious for the first 4 days having fits, convulsions and by all accounts quite harrowing hallucinations. My body was going through a ridiculous amount of unconscious...
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    Fluoxetine weird side effect

    I've been passed from one antiD to the other for years without much success. Sertraline brought on the WORST night sweats ever. You could literally ring out the duvet. Venlafaxine massively increased the frequency and severity of my suicidal thoughts. The others a less severve mix of side...
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    "It's pointless monitoring BG when type 2..."

    Just back from my GP and he gave me that pearl of wisdom whilst saying that my Hba1c is the worst he's seen all year (131) When I can afford it I'll go rogue and self fund them. He has prescribed me Trulicity "as a last resort before insulin." Got home from the pharmacy and they had given me...
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    Extreme Tiredness

    For the past couple of weeks I've been sleeping upwards of 17 hours a day every day. Has anyone experienced this with higher numbers or should I be looking for an alternative cause?
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