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  1. rebusuk

    Heart Attack

    Hiya Joyce I am a 60 year old type 1 who had a heart attack about ten years ago. I was stented and put on preventative medication (6 tablets). After a 6 week recuperation and cardio rehab, I returned to work and normal activities and have been symptom free ever since (touch wood!). Please listen...
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    contour next 'one'

    It took 3 weeks from request form to delivery. Used many many meters over the years. This one is a game changer. No problems getting the strips on prescription (in Wales).
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    How long?

    T1 41 years
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    Poll - side effects from statins?

    Was originally prescribed Simvastatin which caused terrible leg cramps especially at night. Changed to Atorvastatin and had no problems.
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    Are diabetics ...

    Angry,no. Mood swings, most definitely, until I was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy and prescribed Duloxetine. As well as neuropathic pain this is also used to treat anxiety/depression. To be fair it hasn't done a lot for my foot pain but I am now more laid back than I have been for a long...
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Horrible messy things
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    My first blood test meter took 3 mins to give a reading. Drop blood on strip,wait 1min,blot strip and put in reader,wait 2 mins. Messy and unreliable.
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Yes I had one of those. We haven't got it so bad today, have we?
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    All those times watching the test tube bubble and praying for it to turn blue.
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    The Clinitest set,I'd forgotten about that.. (That and the glass and metal syringe in a surgical spirit filled container). Those were the days. NOT!!!
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    Peripheral neuropathy

    Prescribed Duloxetine for neuropathic pain in feet about a year ago. Hasn't done a great deal for the foot pain tbh, but my irritability and habit of snapping at people when my bg was looping the loop has almost completely vanished!. Turns out that this drug is also prescribed as an...
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    Insulin smell strong or not ?

    Novarapid just stinks to high heaven, Lantus isn't too bad though.
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    How long have you been a diagnosed type 1?

    40 years , retina laser about 20yrs ago and a little bit of neuropathy in the feet of late.