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  1. Gingerchap

    Covid

    Type 2 with insulin. Just started Mounjaro yesterday. Tested positive for covid today !!! Is there any rules with insulin injections and covid ? Waiting to hear from diabetes nurse at my surgery.
  2. Gingerchap

    Type 2 Mounjaro

    Morning people x So my diabetic nurse has suggested I start Mounjaro. I’m type two on pills and insulin. She sent me the usual booklet with stats and stuff in but I’ve never heard of it. I’m just wondering if anyone has been on it and what people think of it. I’m a little unsure of what it is...
  3. Gingerchap

    Eating out

    Quick question…. Going out for a birthday lunch in a week or so. It’s my first time going to a restaurant since starting insulin injections. How do others do their injections ? If I inject before leaving the house it’s a half hour journey to the restaurant, then there’s the wait for food, or do...
  4. Gingerchap

    When should I expect lower figures

    I started insulin injections at the start of the year. Started on 8 units in the morning and 6 in the evening. I’ve had four reviews and each time the insulin has been increased. Last increase was 18 and 16 and told I can increase it myself if I think I need to after four days. But I’m still...
  5. Gingerchap

    Type 2 Diabetic Foot

    So…. Type 2 chap. But recently strange feeling in left foot, toes scrunched, nails stopped growing properly, very sensitive skin, very dry too. ‘Brief’ appt with doctor. He said it was diabetic foot and that I could get free shoes !!! Slightly flummoxed as to what I should be doing. I know about...
  6. Gingerchap

    Readings

    Type two. Haven’t been checked in a few years and not done finger pricks either. Feeling out of sorts for a while. Dig out old machines. One came back 29.4. The other came back 19.2. So confused. Help to understand the readings please
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