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Hi @keishamarie You are definitely not alone with this. I suffer from depression and have type 1. I often feel a but guilty because I know all my friends and family have been very supportive about everything but I still feel alone and feel they will never really understand. Depression is very...

@azure My hospital is no longer offering the meter at all. They say they have been told that the NHS should not be giving them out. It might be a Scottish thing.

I know this is a pain but can you test during the night using your normal meter? I know it's not ideal but I am currently doing a reading every night at 3am because I think I suffer from dawn phenomenon. It's unfortunate that there doesn't seem to be a way to get access to a libre meter if you...

This forum has quite literally changed my life. Thanks to this forum and the advice I received on here I am now working with a new consultant and diabetic team, have learned how to carb count, reduced my hba1c from 119 to 53 in 7 or 8 months and I am now expecting my first baby. I cannot...

Hi @JTenzo I'm afraid I haven't found them any cheaper than that. I spoke to my DSN about it and she said she wasn't aware of any other cheaper sources. I'm afraid I just resorted to testing a lot more using my traditional meter. Sorry I don't have anything more useful for you

Hi @Pilzy-89 Thanks for your post ☺ Congratulations!! I am on injections. I was told a while ago that I might need a pump as I seem to suffer from dawn phenomenon but I wasn't eligible for one because I hadn't taken the adapt course yet. I was originally told I would have to wait 2 years for...

Hi @azure Thanks! I am excited just worried now. I am on injections. I was told a while ago that I might need a pump as I seem to suffer from dawn phenomenon but I wasn't eligible for one because I hadn't taken the adapt course yet. I was originally told I would have to wait 2 years for a...

Hi there, I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling this way - but I can assure you that you are not alone! I spent years feeling about the same as you. My friends were always out and about, meeting up, having a great time seemingly without a care in the world and I couldn't join in. I felt...

Hi everyone, I recently discovered I am pregnant. I am 27 and have been a type 1 diabetic for 10+ years but I have had extremely poor control for most of the time I have been diabetic. About 8 months ago my hba1c was 119 and I was really ill but I got a new consultant and man aged to reduce it...

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I agree that changing your needles may not be a massive deal, but I personally find it disconcerting when I am told one thing by one health care professional and then given conflicting advice from another. This may just be me and my insecurities but each time I am given conflicting advice it...

I reuse my needles and the only adverse effect I have experienced is it tends to hurt more the more it's used...BUT given that they are single use needles coupled with the fact that I have also been told to change each time (I appreciate this wasn't necessarily the case for everyone but it was...

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Hi Daibell, I am attempting to follow a low carb diet at the moment so hopefully my weight will get better. Unfortunately my consultant has said if I want to see her it needs to be done in conjunction with the dietician and will not see me until after my appointment with the dietician. I am on...

Hi, I have active retinopathy on my left eye and have had 2 sessions of laser so far and haven't found it too bad...I will admit I that the rtinopathy came about due to my own mismanagement of diabetes and was due largely to me not getting checked. I have been told numerous times that if I had...

Thanks everyone - I'm glad this isn't the norm. I'm hopeful the consultant was having an off day and this isn't going to become an acceptable level of care. I think I will see how things go next month with both the consultant and dietician and hope things are different. Obviously if nothing...

Diagnosed at 17 or 18. I can't remember exactly...

Hi, I haven't been on here for a very long time but feel kind of stuck and I wondered if anyone else has experienced something similar.... I was diagnosed many years ago incorrectly as type 2 then correctly as type 1 and found everything very daunting. Initially I went to my consultant...

'You're diabetic? But you aren't fat?!' 'You shouldn't be eating that' (ref to glucotab mid hypo...' 'I would be mortifies if any of my kids ended up with an illness like that because they were lazy and ate too much Didn't your parents teach you how to eat a balanced diet?' 'Do you know how...

I was put on a split levemir dose initially equal 12 and 12 morning and night but this has now changed to 16 in the morning and 14 at night. It has been increased to combat high bs in the morning, however u am still finding I am getting really high readings in the morning (generally 16-19)...