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I recieved a dexcom one sensor as part of a trial, I attatched it to the underside of my arm. The app threw up an error and told me to remove the sensor which I did. However when I looked at the sensor I notices the wire had broke off and wasnt on the table where i was sitting. Has this...

Ok so I have been on 2000mg of metformin sr per day for a few years. They always come in the 500mg tablets, 2 in the morning and 2 at night. So i put them out in the pill box for the week then its done. Tonight I was putting out my tablets and noticed the tablets seemed large so I checked the...

just got my A1c results back and it isnt good, let me give you last years results first. BP:(2018) 119/79. (2019) 118/81 a1c: (2018) 43. (2019) 89 KF: (2018) 77. (2019) 77. Chol: (2018) 3.2. (2019) 4.5. Now I am not trying to maje excuses but its been a ****** year, what with the cancer...

Hello folks, As th title says it's been a while since I last posted, Mainly because I had been managing pretty well until March last year. I went to the doctors feeling exhausted and my legs became numb after 10 yards walking. I suspected there was a blocked artery or something. My GP took blood...

So, a couple of weeks ago I went to my GP feeling overly tired, short of breath and irritable. After the blood test, it was determined i was severely anemic with a count of 81/140. Off i was sent for a Gastroscopy which I had a week ago, this came back clear, so next on thelist was a Colonoscopy...

Hey guys, Its been a while since I posted on this forum but I am always here reading up. I just wanted to share with you a recent experience. Last week I placed an order with avidlite who I have always used for my low carb stuff, and they have always been very good, I took the parcel off the...

Hello folks Fell off the wagon about a year ago, and have half hearted attempts to get things under control. I had managed to get my level down to almost reversed, dropped a couple of jeans sizes and felt good. I have been dealing with a lot of stressful situations lately and took my eye off the...

Hello everyone, I havent posted for a while as things have been very busy. For the last few days I have had an ache in my right hand, when I try to open a bottle top or jar lid I get intense pain and some weakness. Sometimes when I raise my arm, I get pain in my upper arm. My blood sugars...

Hello folks, it has been a very long time since I last posted here, I was doing so well lost a lot of weight and brought my Hba1c down to almost normal. However I fell off the wagon, a lot of factors contributed to this. I am a full time carer and my elderly mum was living on her own, so we...

Hi folks. Its been a while since I last posted here. I have been looking after my elderly mum. She has been taking fluoxetine 20mg twice a day for a year. I have noticed that soon after she takes her evening dose, she becomes more depresses. last night she forgot to take it and seamed to be in a...

Hello folks, Although its been a wee while since I last posted on this forum, I am constantly on and reading posts. I just wanted to as a quick - ish question. I have manages to reduce my Hba1c from 62 to 42 since diagnosis with low carbing. I still test before meals and 2 hours post meal and...

Success nourishes Hope. I just found out my HbA1c test results back today and it was 42, down from 62 back in July 2013. Since initial diagnosis in July I have; - Reduced my HbA1c from 62 down to 42. - Gone from 186lbs down to 158.8 (as of this morning). - lost 2 inches off my waist. It has...

Hello folks I do a lot of reading to help me relax and I have had reading glasses for a long while now. I seam to have developed red marks on the bridge of my nose and the last few days it has been extremely sore to the point where even after a few minutes I have to take off my glasses. They...

Hello folks I have a next usb meter that was sent to me I used it until the strips ran out but when I checked the cost of new strips I knew that I couldn't afford to keep buying them. Using my codefree meter at the moment and have an accuchek nano for backup with a pot of test stips that dont...

Hey folks I was talking to a friend today who was recently diagnosed with type 2 and is on meteformn twice a day. She said that she heard that she could suffer from reactive hypoglycemia. I havent heard of it, can someine please enlighten me? Mark Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hey folks I have been on a lowish carb diet now for 3 weeks (60g ish carbs per day) and in that time I have lost just over 10lbs and dropped an inch from my waist. I have two target weights to strive towards, the first is to lose 28lbs which will take me from obese into the overweight category...

I have a small collection of empty test strip containers now, and apart from recycling them in the usual way I was wondering if we could come up with other ways of using them, just like the wombles of old (very old). To start off I have a few suggestions. Emergency shot glass Fishing hook...

Hi I purchased a couple of gammon steaks foe me and my mum cause she loves em and the carb count is good for me. I want to cook them in the oven cause out grill is next to useless but the oven works a lot better. The steaks weigh 125g each and I was just wondering how long to oven cook them for...

Hey folks. I care for an elderly and arthritic parent full time, as such I don't get much time to myself for exercising until she has gone to bed. I am concerned that I don't get enough exercise so I was thinking of getting one of those wee steppers and maybe using it for half an hour per night...

Hey folks Sometimes when I try to access this site and forum I get this pop up, this happens no matter what browser I use. Does this happen to anyone else?