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Hello, it's been a long time since I posted on the forum. I was going add this to another thread but that was for android apps and at the moment this is iPhone or iPad only. I have tried many apps both paid and free, most are a waste of time or badly written. The one That I think is 95% perfect...

This might seem an odd request but I need to know the correct translation for Insulin Dependant Diabetic - I need sugar In French, Spanish, German, Italian and Turkish !! I tried the free translators on the net but I have had problems with these not translating the correct phrase. Your help...

As there is a lot of posts on meters at the moment I thought it would be a bit of fun to find what you want from your meter. Maybe the cretins who design them may take notice. :lol: My ideal meter would be one that has built in testing no strips you just prick your finger with the built in...

Just when I thought I was getting everything sorted, I had a letter this morning from the Doctor who says he thinks from my last blood test that I may have an underactive thyroid and wants me to start taking 25mcgs of thyroxine a day. :shock: I have no symptoms of underactive thyroid, but my...

Hi everyone, Since changing from the Levemir onto Porcine I have felt so much better and have everything under control except at night. At 11pm I take my Porcine 16 units, and depending on my BG I will take a correction dose of Humalog, the last two weeks I have woken at 4am and checked BG...

I have blagged two Bayer Contour meters and as I have no use for them they need to go to a good home. I would prefer they went to someone who has no meter or has an old one. Please PM me your address etc. All I ask is that you donate the cost of the postage to your favourite charity. :D...

At last I found a Doctor to listen well actually it was his assistant. :D As some of you will know I changed from Lantus after years on it, to levemir and have been on that for four weeks, in that time I have put on 7lbs, :( blood pressure has increased for the first time ever :shock...

Reported in the Sun today, 8) http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/2691965/Atkins-diet-makes-your-brain-shrink.html

Did anyone else see this in the News of the World http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/542001/HEAL-Paul-Jacksons-dog-Tinker-tells-him-when-he-has-a-diabetes-collapse-coming-on.html I have asked my wife if I can get an 18 year old blonde that does the same thing. :lol: She suggested a...

I have been sent an Accu-Check Compact Plus glucose meter, http://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/products/metersystems/compactplusgt.html Its of no use to me and is free to the first person to contact me. Do not put your details on here PM me. Prefer it to go to someone who has no meter or...

Hello, On Wednesday I changed from Lantus to Levemir, the good news is I actually feel better in myself. The bad news is I can't bring my BG down, I started off taking the 10 units evening and morning same as Lantus now I am upto 14 units and still high. Even not eating all day and taking...

I have been on Lantus for at least ten years and over the last year I have felt, tired and how can I say .. not in the best of health. I am healty but just feel kack. My BG although never perfect has always been relativley stable if not a bit higher than it should be, but since having a really...