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    Dizzy and feeling sick all the time for 3 months

    I had the same problem and my blood pressure was ok but the doctor suggested stopping one of my blood pressure tablets anyway. I have been back to the doctors after 2 weeks and my blood pressure is still ok and the dissy spells have stopped.
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    Glucose monitor would not work because of low temperature

    Hi, I was camping in my motorhome last weekend and when attempting to check my blood glucose level I was getting an error which looked like 1lo. Thinking there was a problem with the meter i tried to do this on my spare meter but it gave the same message. I eventually figured that it was...
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    Diabetes burnout, anyone?

    I struggled for years with coming to terms with how my diabetes made me feel both physically and mentally. Eventually when I asked for help I was put on a Daphne course and this helped me a great deal but led to me being off work for over a month as I realised just how depressed I felt. A...
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    Hi I've had type 1 diabetes for over 10 years and am always struggling to manage my insulin

    I am as always dreading the yearly check as I never seem to get below 8.9. Now my doctors has informed me that I have to go and get a test meter and test strips from them as they are following a NHS directive by proving a specific meter. I am fairly worried that I will only have 1 meter. I'm...