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    Medication

    The attitude I got back from chemist when they couldn't get my needles was a joke , like I was taking the mick for complaining, I am some type of type 1 my endocrinologist isn't sure yet , every time I eat my sugars spike up and won't come down without insulin, the tablets like metaformin...
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    Medication

    Hi has anyone on here been having trouble getting there meds insulin , needles etc ,been having a nightmare recently put my repeats in takes over a week to process then when I go to pick it up they are telling me nothing has been sent through , when I phone doctors I am getting same scenario...
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    Unusual diabetes

    Same here bud lost faith I had no other tests prior to being diagnosed so how can they claim I am now type 2 that's what bothers me and going 20+ years before getting diagnosed, sadly it's getting more common my partners auntie had advanced bowl cancer she was going the GPs for months kept...
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    Unusual diabetes

    I have the letter it was my endocrinologist saying between 1 and 2 ,I have suggested that it's either another type like mody or one linked to autism they just keep saying it's this and take what we tell you which I don't as every time I take the set course of insulin I end up bad,I take it as...
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    Unusual diabetes

    That's the problem they don't listen its there way or none it doesn't help that every time I go for an appointment its a different DR one of my endocrinologists under studies who all have different opinions I've told them numerous times and my GP that I've had it for years they won't acknowledge...
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    Unusual diabetes

    The one I've got specialises in diabetes they just don't want to do tests for what ever reason I've had same issue with the chronic pain department they discharged me because none of the meds they were giving me worked, at the time I was buying CBD oil this worked a treat tried to get it on...
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    Unusual diabetes

    Hospital changed it
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    Unusual diabetes

    Sounds about right as most of the time I could control my sugars by diet and exercise but every know and again I'd need insulin before every meal or I'd end up in a mess then it would settle down again been like this year in year out before diagnosis I'd have a few weeks or month where I'd be...
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    Unusual diabetes

    Sorry it was hospital that changed it ,when I questioned it I ended up having massive row with the diabetic nurse who told me a week later received a letter stating I was somewhere between one and two ,the endocrinologist who I am under at the hospital said what I had he had only seen twice but...
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    Gliclazide is it that bad?

    This is the issue I was diagnosed with LADA now they are trying to tell me I am ketosis type 2 or summat despite no further tests being done received a letter from hospital stating I was some where between 1 and 2 what kind of diagnosis is that,I have been reading up on it there are rare forms...
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    Unusual diabetes

    I went the GPS around 15 years ago was in a right mess lost 5 stones in 2 weeks was constantly peeing and drinking could hardly stand up I was that weak had a blood test that supposed to test for everything came back couldn't find a thing wrong with me it was like this year in year out till I...
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    Unusual diabetes

    They never tested my blood sugars just sent me for blood tests 2017 when I saw the locum doctor was first time I had sugars tested ,once I was on insulin my headaches etc went away I was under ENT clinic for the headaches put it down to neuralgia I now know its to do with my sugar levels I only...
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    Unusual diabetes

    Hi has anyone else experienced similar,basically I have been going the doctors on a regular basis since my early teens with the same symptoms bad headaches,always thirsty,always peeing and random weight loss I have had countless blood tests which always came back as they couldn't find anything...
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    Libre 2 running out of steam towards the end of 14 days

    I have noticed this aswell my latest one doesn't want to give me a reading keeps saying error then after I've scanned it about 10 times it will read,I fitted one before Xmas it only lasted 2 days then said it had expired,not convinced by them to be honest some of the readings don't look right to...
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    Gliclazide is it that bad?

    I was put on gliclazide the other year it stopped working for me after a few months know I find it harder to control my sugars,the longer I was taking it the harder I found it to keep them where they should be,I eat pretty much the same everyday and take same doses of insulin but my sugars are...
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    Low blood sugars

    Hi i was diagnosed may 2017 with LADA diabetes i was put on insulin straight away nova rapid and lantus after about a month i got my bloods under control but soon after i was getting hypos on a regular basis so i stopped taking insulin and monitered my bloods 4 times a day this went on for about...
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    LADA type 1.5

    Ok im still trying find my way around the forum how do i post to a paciffic section thanks
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    LADA type 1.5

    Thanks for reply,yes according to my doctor i have had it a while undiagnosed so that may be my problem, i have also had a prob with taking insulin when i have needed it say my bloods were at 12 before a meal and i took 4 units of insulin and ate my meal my sugar levels have been crashing to...
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    PIP

    Hi i am currently waiting for my reassement for pip i got it in 2015 for a degenerative spinal condition and osteoarthritus i got it no problems to be fair i have since then been diagnosed with lADA diabetes which combined with my other ailments has made life more difficult see how things go...