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I had one women freak out about how she wouldn't be able to inject coz she hates needles i just said given the choice between injecting and dying I was fairly sure she would learn to inject ! ....as an opposite was on the tube the other day and had to inject and a guy sat opposite me got out his...

Hi Jane I had to give up on alcohol as it lowers my BS to the extent I hypo and then it ramps it right up it's a double whammy effect !.....last time I had more than a glass of wine I woke up to hear my neighbour on the phone to an ambulance !!! so easier not to touch the stuff ....i do miss it...

thanks all seems mostly positive will get the prescription tomorrow as the original one my nurse forgot to put my name on it !!!! Seem to be a little prone to thrush anyway when my sugars run high which is still most of the time ! fingers crossed it helps and I don't end up having to pee even...

Hi all just after some feedback as my diabetic nurse wants me to start taking the above alongside my novorapid (20,20 & 24 Units), insulatard (28 units at night), metformin (1000mg twice daily) and Ramipril has anyone used this before does it make you pee more coz if I have to get up anymore...

last HBA1C was 8.5 whatever that means !!! I am average size 14 could probably lose a few pounds but nothing serious love my veg and do try to limit carbs

I am the same don't care if I have to inject just want to be able to control BG better and feel good!!! shhhhhhh don't mention the Crimbo word I am trying to ignore it for a little longer !!!

Hi Pavlosn today for instance 14.7 before breakfast (ate last night at 630pm tested at 830am this morning) 14.5 2 hrs after (had porridge no sugar made with soya milk) 2 hrs after lunch (1 small wholemeal roll and some parsnip soup) 16.3 would try the low carb high fat but I have no...

Feel your pain EveryCloud, my BG is normally high teens and been told that sooner or later i will end up injecting doesn't seem to me like my meds are working at the moment and the Docs just keep increasing the doses and never mind that with permanent high BG you feel crud, headaches, tiredness...

Hi Guys Just wondered at what point do you seek medical advice when BG is high ??? I know how to watch and treat Hypo (had a few) but nowadays i always seem to be Hyper, Diabetes nurse didn't seem to worry and told me to only test 3 times a week at most, so went and saw the GP as I was feeling...

my 17 year old very messy son ..........."Mum you need to test your sugar" everytime I dare to nag about the state of his room ....or anything automatically thinks it's because my BG is bad not because he has done something that is nag worthy .....trouble is on occassion he has been bang on !!!

the sad thing is i have a meter and the nurse barely checks it so i am now over the next few weeks testing like mad at all different times and will take it to the gp instead

wow just read up on it I never even knew about it thank you Jack412 appriciate that bit of knowledge

excuse my ignorance but what is GB salt ???

I strive for a reading of 6.3 lol

Hi Jack412 I had a look at the link and it appears to be advising LCHF diet - unfortunately I would not be able to follow this I had my gallbladder removed so anything high fat makes me very ill as my body can not process fat :-(, that was an interesting time of life diagnosed diabetic and...

Hi Debbie have to say I read your post with a look of total shock on my face I am horrified at how you are being treated, I am very lucky have worked for the same employer for 12 years now which was long before I was diagnosed and have had nothing but support from them. I beleive as an Insulin...

mine tends to be around 9 on waking even though I eat dinner at around 7 the night before and wake up just before 7 so no food etc for 12 hours and still read high !! it just goes up during the day and most of the time I don't eat breakfast first snack or meal is around lunchtime which yes I...

Hi all thanks for the replies - I tend to stick to low carb low fat diet if I eat carbs it tends to be the complex ones ie wholemeal and brown, porrige oats etc don't take sugar in anything even avoid sugary fruit for the most part and don't drink alcohol (a hypo after 4 glasses of wine put me...

Hi all I am Type 2 on Metformin gliclazide and simvastatin was just wondering if other people get achy feet or pain in the toes I always seem to have restless feet nowadays my sugars are generally quite high as oppossed to low and thats with all the meds and a careful diet, not to mention the...

Hi I have it the other way round I was diagnosed in December last year, my 15 year old son is ADHD (amongst other things) and attends weekly boarding school he has now started to panic that I am alone in the house and worries that something may happen to me which has led to behavioural issues...