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  1. Rokaab

    Disability At Work Act

    Its a link to a BBC news story
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    Statins on NHS?

    Yeah, it seems to be that once you're over 40 (ish) as a diabetic you'll be offered statins. Luckily my diabetic nurse at my docs (she is awesome and knows a lot of stuff) had already decided I didn't need them unless I really wanted them when she first mentioned them to me (she had to...
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    Alcohol and diabetes?

    I know if I go out for the night, I have to have about a 10 carb snack (that value was worked out by trial and error for me - so could well be different for you) when I get home otherwise I will be woken up by my pump beeping at me at 2am/3am - my pump does have auto-correct for if high but it...
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    Type 2 Diabetics wake up at 3:00 am ?

    I know I don't tend to wake up at 3am - unless I've been out drinking and either dehydration or the need to go to the toilet kicks in - but thats more related to the vodka and diet cokes rather than anything else :)
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    Type 1 Diabetes

    If she is now being treated as Type1 she should be taught how to use insulin and how to carb count by the doctors or hospital (or both), and it will be best if she takes their advice whilst at least learning what she needs to do everyday (ps. just using a blood test meter or needing insulin does...
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    Statins Again

    I know at my last doctors diabetic yearly checkup my nurse had pretty much already put down that I was declining statins (as my cholesterol is always low) before even asking me if I wanted them :) - she said that generally that they would be suggested for me given my age (ie over 40) but she...
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    Carbs that sugar>

    You need to use the carb value (if you're in the US you will have to minus the fibre I think but not entirely sure) If the amount of sugars is high though it may hit your system a lot faster - so you may need to consider this for the timing of your insulin, but a carb is a carb (any carb turns...
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    Type 1 Do the Diabetes Clinic know when you upload your pump?

    I know I have to specifically tell my hospital clinic that I've uploaded my data to medtronics site (as I have a medtronic pump and sensors) - my consultant normally says to let them know a day or two before my appointment
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    Blood sugar Testing Machine

    To be honest you will just have to talk to your diabetes team (docs or hospital), as your doctor will have a list of what they will prescribe - and only a letter from the hospital clinic/consultant can make then prescribe anything else in a lot of circumstances ie you do need to talk to your...
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    Signs of diabetic maculopathy found in recent eye screening

    I know a few years ago I got a similar letter and omg I was in a hell of a panic as well. It may just be that stuff like that cannot be seen at the regular optician thus them not seeing it. As for me, I got sent to more often checks at the actual hospital for different screening that I normally...
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    I think I'm stumped for a low carb sub (haggis)

    CHO is the carbohydrates btw (yes I couldnt remember why it was carbohydrates but knew it was, so googled it)
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    Lada 1.5 / Coeliac Disease

    I'm similar to Tony337, been T1 for 46 years, Coeliac for nearly 19
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    Angled cannulas

    I know Medtronic have a couple of options - the Silhouette (20-45 degree) and Mio30 (30 degrees) I think, I was using the Mio30 for a while (as I couldn't use the 90degree ones on my stomach til I put on a bit of weight
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    Sudden uncontrollable blood sugars, please help !!

    Some fridges most definitely can, I know when I got my current fridge I had to put it down to 1/5 to stop everything in the salad drawer freezing, and even on that if I have something touching the back or sides for too long it does freeze - maybe its just nota great quality fridge - but if he's...
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    Sudden uncontrollable blood sugars, please help !!

    Just as a query - the insulin he's using could it possibly have not been stored properly in a fridge and either frozen (in the fridge), or just run past its 30-days of non-fridgerated time. ie has he ordered and tried completely new insulin rather than stocks he's had for a bit
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    Constantly needing more insulin

    People need what they need, not everyone is the same, For example, whilst I'm not as skinny as I used to be (I'm now in the middle of what my weight bracket sorta recommends for my height - ie not underweight anymore - I was for a long time), I'm on 1:5 in the morning, 1:7 at lunch and 1:8.5 in...
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    Well this is a shock!

    Yep that was pretty much why I got one (in 2020), admittedly also mostly helped by the fact that the old consultant retired so I got a new one who immediately saw that I needed one given the above
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    Novorapid results.

    Do also note that Novorapids stated working time is 4 hours not 2 (though for some it can take longer than said 4 hours to all seemingly work- the reason I ended up changing form Novorapid is that it often kicked in a load after about 4-5 hours - and not much before then (this was just me...
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    Diabetes T2 and shingles

    And I'm joining the club now as well :( (well I'm T1 rather than T2) - found a rash yesterday, docs said it was shingles this morning - have now got antivirals - so far its only a really annoying itch (that I'm desperately trying not to scratch), and what seems to be an on and off mild headache...
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    I had my first real emergency today

    I have definitely had ones like that before - they can be absolutely terrifying at the time Last one I had like that was about 12-15 years ago, was on my own, knew I had to phone my best friend for help as I was on my own, but couldn't work out how to use the phone, I was also convinced that...