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I'm an ex nurse, every time you inject yourself with a needle you blunt it, there is no harm in using a needle twice as long as you resheath it after use. however it will hurt more the second time around as it's already blunt from using it the 1st time. if you use syringes and needles you...

Re: type 2 dx yesterday now a T1 I got rushed into hospital on Tuesday with 40mg of keytones in my urine and my bs 20.5, went on sliding scale insulin, and now on insulin bd mixed for a couple of weeks to get me started, after blood tests etc they changed my dx from T2 to T1 so i'm still in a...

Sorry if being a pain and asking all these questions, was this a liver dump, my bs when I went to bed last night were 10.4, I did eat from 3pm, and then this morning fasting they had gone up to 12.9. bit afraid to eat breakfast now as I know they are going to shoot up even more. I'm trying to...

What happens at the rapid assessment unit and what insulin regime is the best to start off with for a type 2 diabetic uncontrolled, I've heard the basal/bolus is the best but unsure any advice appreciated please,

Re: type 2 dx yesterday I haven't been on here for a while, so just thought would update, I had to come off the metformin after a week, tried glipzide, that didn't work for me either. my then diabetic nurse at the practice said just stick to low carb diet and they wouldn't try anything else...

Re: type 2 dx yesterday i don't think i am really accepting it, i need my chocolate, :cry:

Hi i'm mai newly dx yesterday, Went onto steroids high dose new years eve due to blurred vision and swollen optical nerve, the steroids were reduced but have bought on type 2 diabetes, 2 consecutive Mondays of fasting bloods 9.7, 9.8. but my dr was ignoring this until I came off steroids until...