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    Diabetic gastroperesis

    I suffer from this as I am sick every morning but with no sharp pains and I am on a couple of tablets a day to help my gut push food through. My sister who is not a diabetic complained of the same problem WITH pain and it turned out to be gall stones, might be worth checking for this Sent from...
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    Coke Zero Cinema Advert

    Has anyone else seen this new advert? The one where people order normal full sugar coke and then told in the film that they are actually drinking coke zero !!! This has really got on my nerves as being type 1, I sometimes order normal coke if my sugar level is low to stop me having a hypo, and...
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    Procastination

    I think that my memory has suffered since being diagnosed, I use to have to speak in public, but now I struggle to come up with the right words to discribe stuff, strange eh !!! there must be some connection....... Also I used to be really efficient with my paperwork and stuff, where as now, I...
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    How many dextrose tablets??

    I find that Lucozade works best for me, It goes down easier and absorbs quicker, and some times its hard work to chomp the tablets if you are really weak. I once had a member of Doorstaff that had a hypo and never asked for a drink, and he passed out, he wouldnt drink or eat and no one even...
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    Diabetic eye screen

    Yeah, I am, just sat at home now waiting for the effects of the eye drops to where off as its hard to drive and makes you a bit short sighted....... :roll:
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    Diabetic eye screen

    Just been for one of these at Rotherham Hospital, everything is ok, no damage in the eyes and my sights normal :D
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    Amitriptyline

    I was on these and they completely zonked me out, Ive also tried Gabapentine and a new one called Lyrica which I tried to ride out the side effects and had to go on sick from work, side effects never went for me and cost me my job..... Now im on Tegratol (carbamazipine) which seems to help, or...
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    Air Travel

    Erm........I dunno, Ive always put it in a cupboard and never had any problems for the last 11yrs :oops:
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    Air Travel

    Ive just come back from Riga in Latvia and I carried my insulin pens and spare cartridges, needles etc in a a pencil case in my hand luggage. I never mentioned that I had them, but did carry my repeat perscription sheet just in case.... Had no problems at all
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    Exercise & Insulin

    Im having a spot of bother at the moment, Ive just joined Bannatynes Gym where I live in Rotherham, and not wanting to have a funny doo, Ive not took any Humalog with my meals and only took Glargine at night and Ive been having hypos at about 8 in the morning !!!! so looks like Ive got to start...
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    Read the label and get the book

    which Bernstein book is it that you all refer to? I need a copy !!!
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    type 1 age 10 - ski holiday

    I went snowboarding in bulgaria one year and got seperated from my mates, no one was about and I felt a hypo coming on....... thank heavens for lucozade tabs, sat down in the snow for about 15-20 mins and then i was ok, so carried on to the next cafe, had a snack and was ok for the rest of the...
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    Went to Doctors today !!!

    I have finally woken up and smelled the coffee so to speak, ever since I lost my job as a wetherspoons manager and am currently on incapacity benefit (£63.50 a week) because of very painful diabetic neropathy in my feet and I have even had to move back in with my folks and hand my car back as I...
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    Went to Doctors today !!!

    As i've said in my induction post, I have a terrible habit of only taking insulin in a morning and before bed and either forgeting my pen or just plain forgetting to take insulin with meals during the day, as a result my hba1c have been shocking with my last 12 and one before that 16 !!!! So...
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    Went to Doctors today !!!

    Yes as the title suggests I went to the Dr's to tell him how I'm getting on with the Humalog50, and due to having to wait over 2 weeks to see him (he was on holiday & long waiting list cos of this) I ran out of the Humalog50 and had to revert back to my old Lantus/Humalog regime. To be honest...
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    Fake Hypo Symptons

    Hi Fiona, no question on here will ever be seen as anoying, to you its an important question and thats all that matters. I get the same symptoms too, Ive been told that its because your body is used to running on high sugars and it doesnt like it at first when they get in the normal range...
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    How would you know

    I use dog tags too, Another tip is as these come in pairs,is to take one off and put one on your keys as you always take your keys everywhere and your pockets is the first place that untrained people will look for ID, Also be aware that dog tags will set off metal detectors at airports etc and...
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    GMTV Scare!!

    Well when I was in hospital my blood sugar was checked with the same kind of meter as my home one, so as long as its regulary calibrated using the control liquid that comes with the meter I think you'll be ok. I suppose its like saying that your bathroom scales arnt as acurate as your...
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    Has anyone heard of the Hyp(al)?

    I can see where you're comming from, but wouldnt he be able to tell that is is having a hypo by the fact that he is sweating really bad ? Its hard to explain it to a non diabetic person, but by the time the sweats come you are really bad, feel very week and certainly know that you're having a...
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    Has anyone heard of the Hyp(al)?

    Personally I find this device a little worrying, I'm quite lucky because I can detect a hypo at around the 3.9mmol mark and I have had the "cold sweat" but not until well into the 2's which personaly is cant stand up territory for me!!! Ive been on top of a mountain in Bulgaria on my own...