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I live in Birmingham and I want to tell you what happened to me at Heartlands Hospital Yesterday. On Sat I got a swelling in my gum which went larger on Sunday and got an emergency appointment on Monday for the Doctor an got Antibiotics. Later that day after a sleep I awoke with my face swollen...

I went for my yearly check at the local hospital, I was not feeling well but they are not to happy at canceling appointments at short notice so I attended, I was in getting an eye test and I felt funny and was ready to pass out I ended up dizzy on the floor and it was decided by the staff not to...

Ok its been six weeks but Ive ran out of strips for the Accu Chek. When I was told that my repeat prescription was getting changed the Nexus RX i did some research and I read that it gave false readings, well this is untrue in the six weeks I have tried it. When I first opened it i liked the...

I got a letter today informing me that my prescription has been changed to a Gluco RX Nexus, a bit annoyed at first till I did some research, Diabetes could bankrupt the NHS within 20 years and in 35 years could swallow the whole budget. Something is causing diabetes and we need to find out...

I changed my meter from an xceed to an Accu check aviva 2009-2010, I just noticed on their website that they changed from whole blood to plasma in 2010, Now on the exceed if my blood read 4.7 then I assumed if I got 4.7 on the accu check it would be the same, but now Im a bit confused by this...

My latest result came in and the nurse asked me to list my diabetic medecation, insulin and vit D. She practically called me a liar and refused to believe that i was not on statins, inhibibtors (spelling) and a host of other medication. She honestly could not accept I was on just insulin, My...

I have constantly stated that I smoke because I cannot find proof that backs up the stop smoking propaganda. to show you how the anti smoking brigade just put out figures and don't check them you don't even have to leave this site. There is a smoking calculator on here and here is what I put in...

Sorry to bring this up again. I cannot for the life of me see how the pump is any better than the pen, I take an in injection at meals and then the lantus at 7pm every night and thats me till the next day a couple of finger pricks 9pm and 11pm. That leaves me every night to have a normal ( as...

Ok I Know that im supposed to go every 6 months but find it pointless as all the doctor says is the same as the last time, take 20 units of lantus instead of 18, this time take 18 units of lantus instead of 20. I only go for my eyes and blood, ok blood last year 5.9 this year 5.8 i wake up with...

Diagnoised type 1' two and a half years ago saw diabetic nurse and then had habc1 done 3 months later then 6 months and six months again for habc1. Last appointment was in Sep 09, doctor said I'll see you in 6 months, appointment came in for april 2010, now I asume they must be using a mayan...

Why Not, i look at my stips and wonder why i cant dip them in a solution and re-use them. The only thing that stops this from happening is they are programmed one use only. I can understand the use for one use needles as they get blunt after one use, but cannot for the life of me figure out why...