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I don't think I've ever confused my Lantus and Novorapid but I have certainly done a lantus injection twice (late at night and possibly too much wine). Long time ago and equipment more primitive then and no way of telling if you'd had your dose or not. Of course my sugars were way down for 24...

I am very concerned that it will become much more difficult and expensive (for the NHS) to supply insulin and testing strips as well as many other drugs because they are all manufactured in Europe, not the UK. I have had problems before getting hold of strips and insulin because, according to my...

Well - it took 2 weeks for me to get a telephone consultation with the new Diabetes Nurse at the GP Practice. She has worked in a hospital clinic for a long time (in fact it was the hospital at which I was diagnosed and has an excellent record on treating "juvenile" diabetes) and at another...

Great walk down memory lane. I remember clinitest and I remember being loaned a reflolux when attending pre-pregnancy clinics and once I got pregnant continued using it. Had to return it when my son was a few months old but decided to buy one. I think it was £60. He's 31 now. I remember the blue...

I have been on insulin for approximately 53 years and so far have not got kidney failure, blindness, neuropathy or gangrene. But I need to do blood tests to avoid side effects. After a lot or arguments at my GP practice, I managed to get back onto hospital appointments. Earlier this year I was...

I have been insulin dependant for 52 years and saw blood testing first come in 32 years ago. I have been using a glucose metre since my first pregnancy 30 years ago. My HbA1 during pregancy was 6.1% and I was told not to go lower than that. I have 3 adult children, all born full term, nomal...