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I had an unexpected error - can’t remember the actual words but it said the sensor was too hot to get a reading! I had been lying in a heated pad for muscle pain.

People on this forum use lots of initials so I don't know what they are talking about! What is LADA please?

Please tell me what 'bf' is?

My surgery have asked me if I would agree to changing from an 8mm needle to a 6mm one for my daily Victoza injection.. They say it's cheaper! But they also say it can be more effective because the shorter needle means there is less chance of hitting muscle. The prescribing team lady told me...

Yes! I have just had a blood test result giving a very low B12 reading. I was told it could have been caused by taking Metformin long term. No endoscopy needed for me - just more tests to check for other conditions, and a lot of B12 injections. I read somewhere that 22% of patients taking...

I have had the statin fight many times. In the end I got a good doctor. He said the Govt had a checklist and doctors had to fill it in and send it off regularly to say how many patients in the 'at risk' zone were getting statins. They are very cheap. He said that though they may reduce...

I just cannot find a conversion chart that WORKS! I test often and get results such as 6.7 or 8.8. My surgery, after the regular blood test, gives me silly numbers like 71 or 75. When I look online for conversion charts and type in 75 I get the answer of 149!! I can;t find a way to make...

I was losing hair for about a year and didn't think it was an 'illness' so didn't see the doctor about it. When I eventually mentioned it during a consultation for something else, he said it could be the type of stain I was taking, as another of his patients with the same statin also had hair...

I've tried the converter thing and it makes no sense at all. I don't even know what mmol means? I've been given a 'score' of 77 but no idea what that means? I used to be 9.2 but they changed the scoring and now its just hopeless. Three months ago my score was 75, so I presume this 77 is...

I have just been prescribed this Forxiga. What I don't understand is that if it gets rid of glucose, will I have less energy? I thought all we eat is converted into glucose for energy? Please don't tell me to ask my consultant! I had a very stressful hour stuck waiting in a hospital corridor...

I honestly think you DON'T NEED to think about Christmas? Who says you have to overeat and over-drink at Christmas? The media say it, and the supermarkets say it by filling up their stores with 'extra' food! I am a veggie and I am always appalled at how 'Christmas nuts' appear every year. I...

Re: VICTOZA Yes I think you will have random nauseous days - read my post a few above yours and you will see I had nausea for 9 months! Its worth sticking with it though.

Re: VICTOZA I've been on Victoza for nearly 2 years now, instead of insulin. I felt very very nauseous for about 9 months. Of course that stopped me wanting to eat, although I had a good veggie low fat diet anyway. I lost half a stone. My consultant said the weight loss would not continue...

Re: STATIN QUESTIONS and ANSWERS I had been taking Crestor for years. I always felt tired but I take other diabetic drugs and all of them seem to list fatigue as a side effect. Then my hair started falling out. And not growing on legs and under arms etc. When I told my doc about it, he said...

Many thanks for that, and as well to Cugila for the conversion formula. I hadn't read your reply re Ketistix before I went to the chemist. I was collecting a prescription and there was a big queue. I just said 'Do you sell strips for testing for Ketones?' and was told 'I think we might do...

Thanks everyone - Phoenix - your Joslin link speaks of the dangers of exercise with high levels, but only mentions type 1 diabetes - and your second Joslin link gives the glucose levels in American - so it says 400 something is too high, but I have no idea how to convert these figures to the...

Wow! Is there any way you can give me a reference to that leaflet? I have a regular diabetic check with that nurse next week and would love to put the leaflet in her hand! ID it an NHS produced one, with maybe a tiny reference on the back page, such as 123/456ab(ii)? (Made that up but...

Its not so easy for vegetarians though! I phoned my diabetic nurse today and she said it was fine to exercise with high glucose levels! That keto oxi thing might only happen if I exercised with levels of 30+, and if I go that high I would feel to ill to exercise anyway! SO the advice is all so...

Thank you for all the replies and interest. Now I'm taking on board that I shouldn't be exercising with high glucose levels, can anyone tell me if I would have done my body and lasting harm by exercising for the last 3 weeks, 3 days a week, on levels above 14? And would a gentle walk on a...

Many thanks for that - I will read and absorb. I am not offended at all - maybe I've had it for so long - about th e same as you - that I've stopped really thinking about it - I just thought carbs were good and my diet was fine. When my levels were not ideal at the last consultant appt, I even...