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Hi Last July I was rushed into surgery for a twisted bowel, I have never come across this before or heard of anyone having it. I have googled it to find out what can cause this to happen but all I get is Crohn’s disease and bowel cancer which I have neither. It was a awlful experience and 4...

Hi I haven’t been on the forum for a while due to health issues. Last summer I was admitted to hospital for emergency surgery for a twisted bowel and 4 weeks after was re admitted for a bowel obstruction caused by adhesions from 1st surgery, I am now worried about getting constipated and I know...

Hi all It's been a while since I've been on diabetes forum. I got my CGM from the hospital nearly a month ago now as I lost all my hypo awareness in 2006 and it's is doing a great job I am so pleased with it. I had my driving licence revoked in 2010 for having no hypo awareness and just wondered...

hi all We are currently appealing a dla decision for my daughter, she had been recieving dla for 2 years them before her 13th birthday had to re-apply and was refused even though the circumstances had not changed. Applied for reconsideration which also was refused then took it to first tier...

Hi All This is proabably for the females out there if anyone has had or is having the same problem as i am. I am 45 years old been type 1 diabetic for over 30 years and i have this womens problem. I was sterilized in 2003 after the birth of my youngest daughter and over the years my periods...

Just wanted to ask. My G.P has prescribed me a 10 day course of norethiserone tablets to take 3 times a day its a synthetic hormone as I am at present bleeding continuously and have been for over 3 weeks. I know it increases blood glucose levels like our bodies do pre mentrual, but has any other...

Hi Just wondering if theres anyone with the omipod tubless pump? if so do they know of any hospials in London that fund it. I currently live in Essex but had to change my hospital to Charing Cross because the hospital i was under in Essex was terrible to say the least. I asked my diabetes nurse...

Hi All Not sure if i have put this on the right thread but i'm abit worried, i have searched the wed for 2 days now but am none the wiser. Back in March my Diabetes consultant put me on Adcal D3 tablets as my vitamin D levels were very low, but since starting them my monthly cycle in April was...

Hi All my daughter of 12years went for her annual diabetes check in April and i was told NICE have changed the guidlines for the range there glucose levels should be its now between 4.0 and 6.9mmol, i find this asking abit to much to expect a child to stay within these level especially when they...

Hi All Just wondered if there is anyone who has been on the DAFNE course and felt like it did'nt really help them and they did'nt really get much out of it. I went on a 5 week DAFNE course back in February 2014 and even though i learnt a few things about like what to do with your sugar level...

Hi All Just wanted to know if anyone has got a CGM (continious glucose monitor) ? I have recently changed hospitals due to the very poor care i recieved from diabetes nursed and the bad attitude of a diabetic consultant and besides putting in complaints about how i had been treated they still...

Hi all Not sure what to do i have a small cut on my right index finger which i noticed a week ago, but yesterday it became quite painful and red and swollen i put savlon on it with a plaster and it was still painful today i managed to sqeeze a small amount of puss from it and relieved the pain...

Hi All My daughter was diagnosed type 1 diabetic 3 weeks ago she is 10 years old, she is coping really well and is doing her own blood tests and injections. The diabetic nurses have said that i need to get in touch with the primary school and get the school to call them to arrange for one of...

Hi just wanted to know when you go and visit your diabetic nurse how far back in your blood glucose book does the nurse go back to check your readings, because the diabetes nurses here only go back 2 weeks which i think is not far back enough especially after not seeing them for 3-4 months...

Hi My daughter Lauren aged 10 was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on wednesday night after my husband and myself noticed her drinking alot more water and juice than normal. I am also a type 1 diabetic and have been for 30 years , so i done a blood glucose test on lauren with my meter and to my...

Hi all My husband has had to take my youngest daughter of 10 years to A&E in an ambulance. Today my daughter seemed to be drinking more than usual and i asked her nan and grandad if she had been drinking alot last week while my 2 daughters were staying with them. I have always told her to drink...

Hi All Went to see the Diabetic Nurse on Tuesday ( the reason I say the Diabetic Nurse is because I never see the same one twice) and went through my sugar readings with her as I suffer with hypos and have no awareness and in the past week or two it seems the hypos are nearly every day probably...

Hi all I brought myself some of that new tea they have advertised on T.V Tetley best of both (Original tea & Green tea) it tastes really nice , I know green tea is supposed to have some good health benefits was just wondering if this best of both tea would give the same benefits. tracey167

Hi all A couple of weeks ago I came down with some bug which put me in bed all day my stomach felt awful it was gurgling and I felt so sick, I couldn't eat nothing only drink water, I couldn't actually be sick even after drinking water just reaching. I didn't feel right for the next couple of...

Hi A while back i went on the waiting list for the DAFNE course by the diabetes nurses at the hospital, i went to see a dietrian a couple of weeks ago and she sent me a list of the dates the courses are running. I then rang and agreed to go on the DAFNE course in February 2014, i then recieved...