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Whatever you do don't give up your UK doctor. If the brown smelly stuff hits the fan and you have to come back to the UK access to health care is one thing you don't want to have to worry about.

Same here, I have hundreds of those 10p bag for life bags at home because I keep forgetting to pick up the ones I remember to get out of the cupboard under the stairs

Same here. My shopping trolley would usually contain an array of chocolate biscuits and sweets etc. Now, a year post diagnosis, I don't miss them. However the wife does still sometimes find me in the chocolate isle of Tesco saying hello to old friends

A friend of mine swears by cinnamon as an aide to regulating his BG reading (he's not officially diagnosed as a diabetic) and for helping with maintaining weight loss. I can't find anything to substantiate his claims. Even online medication sellers say that there is insufficient data about...

I've been on Atorvastatin for just under a year. My last 6 monthly diabetic review showed my cholesterol was down and the nurse was no longer worried. If it stays down they are either going to reduce the dosage or take me off of them. Can't say that I've had any side effects, but in the grand...

I don't weight everything, but I do measure portion sizes. When I'm making up meals to take to work I use a measure to keep the portions a constant size. This helps with my attempts at weight loss

Not related to Diabetes meters but on the subject of warranty, I have had some good experiences recently. I use a Leatherman Wave multitool at work. It saves my bacon an awful lot because it is convenient etc. Sadly it broke recently so I emailed Leatherman and explained that this tool had...

Thank you for the support on my weight loss and the improved readings for Hab1c etc. It's encouraging when others help me along on this, otherwise I sometimes fell "why bother"? I don't know what to make of the readings being that low to be honest. They were about 2 months apart and if they...

I had a 6 monthly check up with the Diabetic Nurse todsy who ran her usual checks (blood pressure etc) and then asked if there was anything I wanted to ask. I raised the point of my recent low BG readings (1.2, 1.3 and 1.9 mmol/l) and said that this confused me. She was quite emphatic that I...

Saw the Diabetic Nurse todsy and raised the issue about my feet. She tells me that when the body tries to dump surplus sugar through the body this action annoys the body's nervous system. The feet are particularly sensitive to this hence they react more than any other part of the body Hope this...

I'm currently back home in paradise (that's Malta) where a friend of mine was recently admitted to hospital for back surgery. Fortunately the courier from the UK who was supposed to bring the instructions for running a "National" public health service got lost and never delivered the...

https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/03/woman-died-from-diabetes-after-refusing-medical-advice-as-she-didnt-do-needles-7907534/ OK, I know this is in the Metro so read between the lines, however I can't help but get the feeling that if she had a genuine fear of needles there must have been something...

The DVLA website says....... Diabetes treated by tablets or non-insulin injections Car or motorbike licence Check with your doctor or nurse to find out if your treatment means you need to tell DVLA. If you do need to tell DVLA, fill in form DIAB1 and send it to the address on the form. Bus...

Yes its true. Ive just checked the Spirit Health Care Website and they are now shown as being in stock and available to order

Absolutely you must complain and take it the full distance. What they did endangered your life. The next person to receive this abuse might not be so lucky to survive Complain now. Start with the duty superintendent at the station concerned. If that gets you no where take it direct to your...

Just been to the Spirit Health care website (08-08-2018) and the TEE2 Test Strips are still out of stock

I'm also type 2 diabetic and initially used the TEE2 system as the meter, Lancet, USB lead, Software and battery were all free. Test strip were £7:75 for a tub of 50. However the Code free test strips work out at £5.98 if you buy 5 or 10 tubs a time with the discount codes shown. Given that I...

I've been getting the same feelings. Ranging from a feeling like I've been wearing socks that are far too tight upto a feeling like someone is sticking a needle into my foot. Likewise it has on occasions woken me up. I waiting to see the doctor about a diabetes related matter and will bring...

Fully sympathize with the Dawn Syndrome complex. My readings always seem to be higher (by varying amounts) in the morning. So much so that I am beginning to discount doing the morning BG test. The trouble is I am a shift worker and sometimes the morning test is actually at the end of a...

Hello Maitai, welcome to the forum. False hypo's are a thing, I have 2 of them recently (see my post at https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/incidental-low-bg-readings.154453/#post-1846316) Make sure you seek your doctors advice on them as he or she will be the best person to advise you