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  1. leoricketts

    Unexpected highs due to heat???

    Yup! I've had some very high spikes in the last couple of days - 17 & even 23mmo/l! No dietary or exercise changes. I had a routine meeting with my diabetes nurse this morning and she confirmed that most of her patients over the last day or two have been reporting the same sudden sugar spikes -...
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    Sharps disposal in Haringey, North London. Advice please!

    UPDATE Having spoken a couple of pharmacies in Haringey, it seems that Haringey policy changed a year ago, and now all needle users must use the Veolia-run council service, which as I've mentioned, is awful. If anyone has any other information, please post here. Thanks. And yes, I'm...
  3. leoricketts

    Sharps disposal in Haringey, North London. Advice please!

    I'd be interested to hear whether or not your bin is picked up by the regular refuse collection. I assume that the clinical waste collection service (such as it is) exists to minimise the risk of infection to waste collection staff dealing with clinical and hazardous waste.
  4. leoricketts

    Sharps disposal in Haringey, North London. Advice please!

    Hello all. I'm a Type 2 on insulin living in Haringey Borough in North London. It seems from my enquiries that the only way to dispose of my full sharps bins is to use the collection service operated by Veolia on behalf of Haringey Council. I'm loathed to carry on using their service as it's so...
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