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Hmm well that’s off putting isn’t it you would think they would put them on there as well hmm being diabetic is very expensive at £90 a month that works out to be 22.50 a week hmm

£90 well you don’t pay vat right? Because when my old insulinlax machine stopped working at 1:30am I had no bg machine I’ll 10am next when I had to pay £35 or something for some machine with 10 strips to try I then had to buy 50 strips at £39.99 from the chemist still cheaper then paying that...

I would say if your gp isn’t going to help then change the gp my ma was under her same gp 20 years and he was useless and I mean maybe worse then yours talk to the gp say your not well and you want them to run tests and if they refuse or something then change gp and complain to the nhs about them

Ok sorry I’m not sure I understand your post. So your diabetic right??but not sure your insulin is working like it should have I got that right if your having bad headaches as well as the pressure thing might not be something to do with diabetes you might just have a head cold or something sorry...

I would say change GP something seems off to me there I’m not doctor so I wouldn’t really take my advice. Do you see a hospital team for diabetes if so might be a good idea to talk to them about it and see they say. If your not being seen I could say walk into a&e and tell them your feeing...

I’m just making conversation with people I’ve had diabetes for 26 years almost since I was 4 years of age. I also have a chest condition called Cystic Fibrosis and I was wondering if anyone else has another long term condition if so would you mind talking about it and maybe learning something...

You say you self fund it if I might ask how much is it costing you??

Hmm you all make a good point which I knew this from the start upon asking this question every is up for it and if your lucky enough to get it then go for it this is something I can’t take easily because of my thoughts I’m lost in my own mind haha I can’t see why I don’t give it a go if I don’t...

So I was right then the cure for diabetes is so long away half or most of us here right now might never see it. I under that people want to stop cancer and strokes and all other illnesses I was posting it to see if I was the only one who thought this might be an idea I would say clone the organ...

That’s why I joined this forum because what the doctors are telling me isn’t matching up to what google says so I thought I’ll ask people with diabetes who might have used it at one point or something

As someone with type one diabetes I was asked the other day to explain it to someone and I said basically a normal human beings pancreas makes insulin as type one diabetic mine doesn’t work like that. What would be people’s thoughts do you think a pancreas transplant could cure and end...

Ok thanks I think I’ll have to have a more closer look into this the hospital I attend for diabetes couldn’t really give me anything on it just look it up your self which I found funny your trying to change me and your telling me todo the work..... ok thanks

Ok thanks everyone for the information I’m not really keen on the machine as I don’t like change so I guess with time I would be ok with it. Can it really be used by a smartphone because when I’m out and it comes to blood test time and I don’t have the meter can my phone really be able to take a...

Hi everyone thanks for the information they said I could use my smart phone to scan the sensor thing and not really need to carry the machine thing which would be useful if I’m out all day and can’t use the meter for what ever ie on bus ok I’ll give it some more thought and see thank you all for...

Hi there Knikki the thing I had a bad hypo the other day I went from 5.4 to 1.9 in the space of 20 min I smashed my head in got 6 stitches it’s was a bad April for me. I was told you got to change the sensor thing every 2 weeks how hard is that to do? I don’t like the look of sensor thing but my...

Hi MeiChanski Thanks for the information hmm my diabetes doctor told me they are 100% accurate but your telling me your is off by a bit so now I’m starting to wonder. They wanted me to do a cgm thing it goes into the stomach and well I said no I don’t like people touching my stomach it took me...

Hi therower thanks thats what brought me to this forum thing I looked it up and well the information online only gives you a company’s point of view so I thought it would be better to ask the diabetic club as my partner calls it haha but thanks hopefully other who use them can share stories and...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum thing and have a question to ask im type one diabetes and after 26 years I've got my diabetes in a good area. I have a few low blood sugars though the day but I always look after them and get them to normal. My diabetes doctor asked me if I would be interested...

Hi im new here to this group thing im type 1 and I also have a chest condition called Cystic Fibrosis I've been type one for 26 years odd and well the lady I'm with she understands that diabetes is a pain in the you know what. If you wife isn't interested in helping with your diabetes maybe you...