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I dont want to bias the convo so i wont tell you with way round these are but one of these is what i first got prescribed by the hospital and the other is what I've been swapped to by my gp because its cheaper. What recommendations/experiences do you have of either needle? The new one seems to...

***copied from my facebook page*** Calling all doctors/nurses/diabetics..., I need some help understanding a result I've had. So ive been part of a medical trial for my diabetes. To get on the trial my pancreas had to be working to a specific degree or better. They were measuring c-peptides, i...

I consider myself to have olive skin, it used to take a lot to burn and would go brown really easily. Only diagnosed in October so this is my first diabetic summer, only been in the garden on n off for about 2 hours this morning, so it was quite cool and I'm really burnt already... :( anyone...

I don't normally get nose bleeds, just the occasional when I overheat. I've only been diabetic since October and haven't had once since diagnosis, But today at work I had one that wouldn't stop for over 15 mins and I was bleeding from both nostrils, which has NEVER happened to me before :S...

What is it and what does it mean other than "a summary of the last three months..." I just had my first results back and I got a reading of 6.0 or 42, Any help digesting what this means would be great thanks

Hi all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! So yesterday I spotted quite a large lump on the inside of my thigh where I inject my levemir, I know to rotate injection sights and I thought it had been, but it's about 2/3 inches long by an inch. So this morning I injected in the other leg on the outside of my thigh...

Before I was diagnosed in October, I was in a pretty healthy routine, gym 3/4 times a week, since diagnosis I haven't been at all... I'm a bit worried about the fact that the injections hurt less and are more efficient in fatty tissue, anyone got any hints or guidance on how tone up n loose...

I'm currently sat on a train on my way to Guy's in London, got my final screening test tomorrow to be entered onto a research treatment trial, anyone else done any of these in the past? How did you get on?

I'm sat here in my staff room looking at my lunch and thinking holy **** this is gonna be a big injection I think my highest fast acting injection was 16 for a chip shop dinner but this lunch is gonna creep up there with that, home made soup 35g rolls 30g each, gingerbread man 45g and I also ate...

They say the best way to keep control is knowing what your eating... anyone else out there make meals from scratch in bulk and freeze them (writing the carb amounts on top?) Would love to know what everyone else is eating and how they're getting on...

http://www.thecanary.co/2016/11/11/still-recoiling-trump-branson-quietly-buys-biggest-chunk-nhs-yet/ This just popped up on my Facebook news thread. It got me thinking atm as a diabetic we get our prescriptions free. If we eventually have to adopt the American style system, will we then have to...