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Thanks for this I've never heard of these patches but I will Google them. Problem for me is underside of my arms is floppy skin. I too ensure area is clean, no moisturisor and I use an alcohol wipe . I have stuck the sides down with plasters now. They told me absolute not to fix the sensor down...

I was delighted to be prescribed a libre 2 device but keep knocking out the sensors. I almost never keep a sensor in place for the 2 weeks it is supposed to last. Just had someone bu.p into my arm in a supermarket, damaged the sensor and it has only been in for 2 days. They send a replacement...

I have a massage about twice a year, lol. Just frustrated at the misinformation. Have to lie when my daughter and I go for a short break at a spa (when there's an offer on , of course.)

Yes I had thought of this, but I find it ridiculous that I have to lie about it. Where did these college lecturers get this idea?

Hello, I use insulin and am lucky enough to have a Libre 2 device which means that I have a round sensor on my upper arm. The problem is that it is now obvious that I am diabetic and now I cannot get a decent massage because they have been taught at college that diabetics "bruise easily" so...

I tried this last night but I woke up with bloods of 19.5!

This is kind of you but I am afraid I do not understand the terminology. Carb counting is not working for me but the form you linked to is incomprehensible to me.

I had DKA when I was admitted to the ICU - apparently I nearly died so my family were warned. I thought DKA was just with metformin oh dear! I will be bringing all these thought up at my telephone appointment x

Thanks for this. They have actually given me a Libre 2 which has alarms for low and high bg so I am very lucky!

Thanks everyone. I am not getting clear answers from the diabetic team. My main problem is that they have asked me to determine how many grams of carb I intend to eat and then inject 15 minutes before my meal. Trouble is I don't know how much I am going to eat of a articular meal or whether I...

Having been a type 2 diabetic for 11 years, I suffered a bout of pancreatitis and some sort of kidney problem in late November which resulted in me being put in the ICU in an induced coma for 10m days and then another 12 days in hospital. I have from the start had very high triglyceride...

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This is a very interesting article, but it states that one should entirely give up bread, pasta , rice, potatoes and sweet stuff. It does not say what level of carbs low carb means, though. My GP has told me to stay under 130g of carb a day which means that I CAN eat a little of the banned items...

Metformin - omg!!! Diarrhoea so bad I can no longer walk my dogs but I don't want to take anything that might cause a hypo, I NEED my driving licence. I have tried cutting it out for 48 hours then reintroducing it (suggested by dn) and it did help for a little while but basically metformin (even...

Hello everyone - i am a little confused having read the info on this website regarding a ketogenic diet. It advises no more than 50g of protein per day - it is such a tiny amount, shouldn't it be at each meal? Wouldn't 50g be something like one egg per day?

the "rule of thumb." The rule of thumb comes from the middle ages and it is the rule that a man could beat his wife with a stick no thicker than a man's thumb. I prefer to use "guidance rule"

ok i know i will be shot down in flames after saying this but I am dam**d if they are going to spy on me so I "forget" my meter. I want to be the one in control after all it is my body. I am not convinced that the medical profession know exactly what they are doing and after all, they have my...

They are going to retest in 4 weeks time. In the meantime they have told me to stop taking a diabetes drug (Jardiance or empagliflozin) and see them next week about different diabetes meds. I am slightly worried that I might not make next week.....

Just had a panicky phone call from my surgery following a blood test this morning. Apparently my triglycerides level has risen to 44.8 (it should be about 1.7.) Anyone else experienced such a high level? I am eating healthily - lots of fresh food and trying to keep the carbs down, losing weight...

On the subject of fat - i was never able to lose weight on low carbing - I am a small woman and without fasting it simply did not come off! Fasting gave me severe migraines. These were so bad and I had them every time I fasted - I couldn't face them. Too much fat seems to prevent weight loss. I...