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Thankyou for your replys. Yeah at the moment, im testing at least 5 times a day and getting in the habit of doing it after meals as well i started taking strong folic acid today :D i went to my doctors yesterday and said to him what had happened with the doc (it was my specialist diabetic...

hey. just an update really. basically went to the diabetic doctor and he gave me a prescription for folic acid tablets to take. but thats it. my last hba1c was 8 butttt that was 3 months ago, so my hba1c should be in its 6's or 7's as ive really stepped the control up. but ive done so much...

i've been diagnosed with diabetes type one coming up to two years. Me and my partner have been together for four years and in the last two years have been talking about having a baby. Ive done hours and hours of research and know all the risks, my hba1c has been between 5 - 8% for the past 18...

Hi, although ive been diabetic for over a year now, ive not been able to work because of neuropathy and pending operations. I now have a job as nursery nurse. because its my first job since being diagnosed i dont know what kind of levels i should be at. its 8.00-6.00 5 days a week and im...

i actually got told about DAFNE by my diabetes doc, but told me i wasnt allowed on the course till i was 1 year into me being diabetic. i was fed up of always guessing and getting high levels nd having a hba1c of at least 14 so i spoke to one of my friends karl who was diabetic 1 year longer and...

my diabetic never gets back to me, i rang my nurse on the day of my operation as i was having a hypo and obviously i couldnt eat or drink. rang to see what she could suggest got back to me 6 months later asking what was up.... my diabetes doc is good though, she talks to you like you are human...

a few months ago, every month my docs would say i had protein in my urine, they test me countless times for bladder infections but it always comes back clear.. should i just leave it?

i hate being called 'diabetic girl' :? i remember when i got referred to A+E i was in the waiting room and i remember a nurse shouting reallllly loudly!!!! we got the results of the diabetic girl yet? and i was just there thinking oh right. so i am diabetic then thanks for the confirmation!

hey, you have desribed practically what happened to me! my doc refused to test me for anything and just thought i was annorexic with the weight i lost. i went to tesco pharmacy and they phoned the A+E and i really dont know what i would of done either, my doc refused for years so it took me...

hi my names hannah-louise and im 19. ive been diabetic since 2008 on april fools ironically! i was 18 when diagnosed and it has been quite a hard run so far. docs reckon ive had diabetes since i was 15 and i had my suspicions around 17 years old but was scared i suppose. but eventually 6...