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1st to write is that post diagnosis care starts straight away. while in hospital the diabetes nurse and nutritionist come to see you. you are taught injection of insulin. you r taught the basic concepts of the fact that it is life long illness/disability. it will not go away. you have to manage...

you need to ring your local health authority, ie nhs local office. someone gets paid to accept your sharps. whether its a pharmacy in some areas. or in many cases your gp surgery. you should not be paying to dispose of them

you need to give the manufacturers a ring. The novopen echo's are guaranteed or have a warranty for 3 years. if they are playing up i'm sure they would like to know, to exclude any manufacturing issues or design faults which could have caused this.. Plus they will replace them with new ones for you.

if u are not carb counting, what sort of food is your son having. it may have allot of carbs so will increase the bg level. plus if his blood glucose is high regularly this will impact his vision so may be struggling with his eyes.having to focus more therefore causing headaches. also if bg is...

been told by consultant that abbot are in negotiation with nhs about libre being available on nhs within nex 12 months.

what we do is use the wholemeal version of chappati flour this will automatically lower the carb content of the chappati. plus increasing the fibre content. therfore reducing the net carbs further. if you want to go further. then add butter into the mix (ie make a paratta) this will slow the...

you need to report it to the manufacturer. it could possibly be a faulty batch. the pens should not be sucking in blood as designed to just expel. or it could be an issue the manufacturer has had reports of before and they could just reassure you.

is common with very low glocose level. nausea and in some cases sickness

tee2 is as far as i know the cheepest with regards to the test strips. £7.50 for 50 test strips. plus can order the machine for free online from spirit healthcare.

the fact that you do allot of exercise will no doubt help and be playing a factor in the need for no insulin. ( as exercise uses allot of energy which is provided by glucose/ carbs.)

sounds like what was happening to my son, we reached a stage where we went to missing off insulin for a lot of small meals/ snacks he was having (we were liasing with our d.n. regularly). but like she said you have to be aware that we don't know how long the phase is going to last. and it...