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    Very worried

    Yes, my strips are about 3 years old, i opened the lid and used half back then, and it might have been contaminated, as my doctor mentioned that. So my reading is 7 not Hi, after he took my reading today, i will get new ones. I feel better he said it was 7.! Thank you for your help
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    Very worried

    Thank you for your reply, I replied on a message about it all just now, that explains more, but yes, it could be more about diabetes, I am confused at the moment.
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    Very worried

    Sorry i re read my last message, I meant doc, not dic...!
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    Very worried

    Hi i went to the gp, had the bloods taken, then i asked to see a doctor about my glucose, she booked me in this afternoon, i told him of my readings, i said about what the other dic said about my white cells, and leukaemia, si he told me not to worry, he explained alot, and it may be something...
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    Very worried

    I have diabetes 2, I have not been watching what I eat, etc,ive had diabetes for 3 years, I have metformin I take, but my doctor had ne in asap after my regular blood tests were done,. As. they have come back with too many white cells.. She indicated I could have Leukemia,. So that floored me...
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    Please help type 2 issues

    Yes I didn't think of that. I will thank you. I hate having diabetes.
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    Please help type 2 issues

    Also I've got constipation all of the time and itch like a rash but it's just like prickly heat, so I take antihistamine every other day for 2 years. It won't go away. May mot be anything to do with diabetes, I do remember camping and it seemed to start the so I gave it up. Though being allergic...
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    Please help type 2 issues

    Hi no but I will Monday, its just its me not really understanding all the ons and outs it's all too much information. I must go Monday. Not feeling so energetic in mind or body so I need to try to get myself sorted. I don't know what this is all doing to me as in damage. I can't hold my urine as...
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    Please help type 2 issues

    Hi I am type 2 diabetic, and have not really been keeping an eye on My diet or health as I have been signed off work for quite a while, and since covid being on lockdown my weight has hot worse, not excersing at all. So it's self inflicted all my issues I am having, which are that my glucose...
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    Diabetes 2 help please

    Diabetes 2 help please
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    Corona virus isolation

    Yes do it as i have now. The company i work for had a briefing prior to discussing it with employees and in turn with us . I have now taken 2 weeks holiday from the following year to help me with actually isolating myself. I would rather lose holiday than be risking it at the work place. But i...
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    Corona virus isolation

    Hi theyve said diabetics to significantly self distance. Thats as good as not going out and isolating if its significant enough to. Says that on bbc news this morning. I am type 2. Theres nothing we can do to totally protect ourselves if we work closely with the public as i do.
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    Type 2 why not self isolate??

    I heard it on tv now i am wondering if i did as no one can find the info on it ! I really am sure they definatley said about type 1 being in the 12 week isolation as they said type 1 in the higher risk catagory so maybe they got it wrong and therefore its not showing up. I just am fed up with it...
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    Corona virus isolation

    They said it over the weekend on bbc news. But i am looking now to find it. I just dont know anymore. This is making feel ill anyway.
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    Corona virus isolation

    They have just said the last couple of days type 1 to isolate. Type 2 is still on the self distancing. How can we do that in our jobs when we work with the public . I am in a supermarket in the tills handling cash. We need to know the actual high risk factors that are associated with this virus...
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    Corona virus isolation

    They said type 1 is in the serious risk group to self isolate . Nothing about type 2 even though we are high risk. . So we are supposed to self distance. What a joke. I work in a supermarket !!what they need to tell us is what would happen to people with type 2 if they get it as in the actual...
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    Type 2 why not self isolate??

    I see now that the specifics of who can self isolate are now given . So diabetes 1 is now to isolate. Diabetes 2 is to self distance. Hahaha what a joke.. i cannot distance i work in a supermarket. I work on the till. I handle cash of course. I am in my late 50s and have smoked in the past and...
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    Corona virus isolation

    I am type 2 and i am 59 . I do havd history of past chest infections and bron hitis but it appwars its type 1 that are to isolate not type 2. So then i read diabetics are at high risk .so whybis type 2 not seen enough of a risk to self isolate? I would rather be at work but i would rather not...
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    Having symptoms not sure what they mean

    I had a heart monitor for 24 hours a few weeks ago.theres been a letter sent to my surgery so said by the gp receptionist from the hospital but i have not been asked to come back in about it .i will have to go and find outas i expected a request to come in or at least something ! . My blood...