Search Results

Hello there, I'm just after some advice, I am going on a Choice course next week, that stands for Carbohydrate and insulin calculation education. I am hoping to get a pump, so I need to do this. Just wondered whether anybody else had attended a similar programme? I am a bit apprehensive, as it...

I have just had my diabetic review, and my doctor has finally agreed to refer me to see the hospital consultant for a pump. I know this is just the beginning, but would appreciate any support and advice, on anyone who has been successful in obtaining one. I am type 1, and although my control...

I have just been for my six month annual review, my cholestrol readings have always been normal, usually on 4. This time it was 4.7, so my doctor has put me straight on to statins. He has given me a perscription for 40mg of simvastatin, which seem pretty high to me. I don't really want to take...

Last night I went to inject my evening dose of lantus which is usually 16 units. I was kind of tired and not really paying attention to what I was doing when I realized that I had injected myself with humalog which is my daytime insulin. I had given myself 16 units of humalog by mistake, and...

Hi there, I am just interested in peoples opinions on injecting insulin in public especially eating out? I recently read a letter in a diabetic magazine from someone complaining that it was disgusting, and that it should be done in the toilet instead. I was quite shocked by this negative...

Hello there, I'm Louise, married with four kids aged from 18-6 years. I been insulin dependent for 15 years. I try to keep fit, and look after my diabetes, but it is hard sometimes, and my control isn't what I would like it to be. Still I try not to let it rule my life, I dont really know many...