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Recently I’ve found to be needing at least ten injections a day. Some days it doesn’t have much effect, I’m very aware there’s so many different factors that affect sugars but it’s becoming tiring injecting all the time. I definitely can say this isn’t my best controlled time in 12 years and my...

Hiya everyone. Just a quick one to see if anyone is having the same issue. My libre sensor keeps giving me the wrong results (3 sensors in total now). I understand Vitamin C supplements impair the sensor but this is now after a week without taking them I'm still having issues. Last night it said...

I am having weird tingling in my toes, no pain but it's a weird feeling like something is stuck between my toes. Anyway I'm having an appointment regarding this. If this turns out to be early neuropathy do I have to tell the DVLA and would I have to surrender for an amount of time. It definitely...

Hello just a quick simple question. What does your hba1c have to be to drive in the UK or is it measured of that? The rules are confusing.

So I think I potentially might have some issues with my feet. So recently I've been unwell and my Bm's have been on the higher side. I've had some of these symptoms for years but not really fully acknowledged them until now. Sometimes I feel like I've got something stuck between my toes...

So just needing to get this off my chest. I'm having an awful time with this lovely condition lately. So for years I've not been the perfect diabetic but I used to be able to achieve HCA1s of 49 percent which is almost non Type 1 level. Since I contracted COVID early 2022 I've not been able to...

Hiya. Has anyone else had this experience with the COVID vaccines? The first 3 hardly had an effect on me. This one my arm was hurting really bad and had been feeling slightly under the weather. As you can see my sugar's have been all over the place. I wouldn't say I've been completely on it...

Probably been asked many times I feel this is more to just vent. I'm preparing to get in contact with my Diabetes team in the morning. My blood sugars have just been terrible for my usually good levels. The past six months I have struggled with it as my sugars haven't been the same ever since I...

Hello I'm 4 weeks since postive with Covid and while my blood sugar's are slowly improving I'm getting a rather weird problem. I'm testing my sugars at times and they're below 10 as low as 6 but seem to have ketones over 0.6. anyone else experienced this as to me I thought ketones had to...

So I'm around day 16 of testing positive of Covid as symptoms are more or less gone apart from cramping within my muscles. I feel like I've lost perception of my ratios, corrections and long acting insulin. Has anybody else experienced this as my blood sugar's are like the big one at Blackpool...

Hello this has probably been mentioned many times as it's worrying to read online about Diabetes and Covid. I am 23 years old and have had Diabetes for 10 years. My last hca1 was 53 in UK terms. Am I at severe risk? Also I have had symtoms for about 5 days but the PCR tests have only just picked...

Hiya Just to make this short and simple the DVLA are very slow at the moment processing my 3 year restricted licence. My license has run out and so I am now running or was running on section 88. My doctor said he is unsure that I am fit to drive on the basis I have night time hypos even though...

This cough is not Covid related but rather this "Super Cold" everyone seems to be getting. I have been ill with it for 3 weeks now and my sugars are flying up and down so hard to correct highs. Usually I'm unwell my sugars tend to go slightly higher but nothing like this. Has anyone else had...

Hello, I recently spoke about how I've changed from finger prick testing to the Freestyle libre 2, definitely a game changer and in my opinion should be standard for testing. I've been Type 1 for 10 years and for some of that my control was awful while other times okay but not great. It's not...

Hello, I have recently started using the Freestyle libre 2 which I must say is a game changer. Now I've been using this i can see what happens after I eat, I usually take Insulin 15 minutes before I eat when I feel a food has a high GI but I still get very high blood sugars over 15 even when I...

For the past few days my blood sugars have been very weird, last night a took my Lantus at 8 as normal with 17 units like normal and my sugars reached 24 four hours later! My sugars have been very unusual. Haven't seen it that high in five years. I'm going to use a different pack tonight but has...

The other day at the opticians I was shown a leaflet about a treatment which can prevent Diabetic eye problems, first I would like to ask how many people are aware of this product and also does anyone actually own one and what are they like? It doesn't look to be on the NHS currently...

As the NHS are understandably behind with doing screenings my appointment is ages away. I've decided I want to do a private appointment to ease my worry's but what places actually do them as I'm struggling to find some on Google.

Hi, it's just had me abit down the last few days thinking of a complication like Retinopathy, I have been a type 1 for 9 years now and one year had background but went back to normal the year after. My blood sugars have been up and down over the years but I have good control now. I just wanted...

Hi As a Diabetic of 10 years I know many complications are something that comes with the condition, all I wanted to ask is what are people's experience with Gum disease such as blood sugars, healing time, which form of gum disease as there is different stages, unfortunately I was diagnosed with...