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Good Evening. Can anyone please confirm if there is any truth in the fact that Fastclix Lancets have a nationwide shortage, I now take to insulins and I also take Ozempic and I have been told by my pharmacy that there is now a nationwide shortage of these lancets, I have just been given a mobile...

I ound Diasend i am registered severe sight impairment and it is ok for me

Hi Dont know if it is me but i have gained 4 kilos whilst on this medication my sugar has stayed the same and i have now had metformine and Forixga added to inuslin as well

Good Morning all and Good Evening /Night to Sucre Bleu All excellent suggestions but i need to make sure that my Nurse will supply me with the strips for whichever meter i get, i have been able to apply for the one touch plus on these forums and that one looks good, i called into my Gps and the...

Good Evening Dancer That Verio looks nice i hope my Nurse offers that one the Next is pretty much like the one i have now and i am struggling with it Cheers Stillo

Just to re iterate i am not suggesting you stop Statins that is for you and your Dr to Decide it is a personal choice that i stoped Stillo

Hi it is very apparent that i need statins but unfortunately they cause me a great deal of back and thigh pain to the point that i become immobile, Dr as agreed to monitor me but my Cholesterol is alays high, i will never take a statin again Stillo

Hello Can anyone please sugest a Meter that i may use with a Visual Impairment, i have a genetic condition which means i gradually lose sight and eventually will be legally blind, at the moment i have a contour Next USB and it has been great but unfortunately i am now unable to see the small...

Good Morning all I too am an overweight type 2 on insulin and i also take 34 different tablets for different conditions, it was decided by my gp to put me forward for bariatric surgery and i am currently seeing the dietician at leeds general infirmary, she decided to put me on nestle build up...

Hi This morning 12 its the same every morning

We'll nearly two weeks on insulin and still high levels,although I do feel better in my self,nurse says no increase in dose until June at next blood test Cheers stillo

Hi Noblehead I have an appointment with her on Monday hope we can resolve the problem Cheers Stillo

Hi Crimsonclient We have a Diabetes clinic at our Doctors, i have only started it on Monday so i know there is plenty of scope for increasing it,but i thought i would have noticed something, thank you for your reply Stillo

Hi all New insulin user here Type 2 on Novomix 30, im a little concerned that this Novomix may not be the right one for me or am i being a bit premature, i am taking 320 mg of gliclazide plus 6 units of Novomix twice a day and i am saddened to see that i have no improvement in my sugar levels...

As the title says thank you all for the very useful help and advice i have been given by all who answered my questions, i have at last got my nurse to rake me seriously about my ever increasing sugar levels and i am to start insulin on Monday,She still says i am a type 2 and i have no reason to...

Hi Just as an afterthought i seem to be getting some pains where i think my pancreas sits that radiate to my back, these will not be connected will they? Stillo

Thank you for your replies I would like to ask one more question if i can, is it worth paying for a Gad and C pep test doing ? i am more than willing to pay for them both, has a little experiment this morning i decided not to eat anything until 1 o'clock today to see what happens when i take...

Hi A little update yesterday morning felt extremely unwell and when i came home from work sugar level was 24.4 and that was with nothing to eat for at least 5.5 Hours phoned 111 NHS a DSN phoned me back they were fantastic told me i must see the Dr today and to change Dr as soon as possible she...

Afternoon The answer to this question has probably been answered many times but i seem not to be able to find any answers to what is happening to my blood levels, i am at the moment taking 240mg of Gliclazide with absolutely no movement in levels apart from upwards i am now at a fasting level...

Hi Catherinecherub I am under no stress whatsoever i am as cool as a cucumber, i have requested an appointment with the community diabetes team in Leeds and they refused to see me, i asked my GP to refer me to an endocrinologist and he said no, i asked to be referred privately and he said no...