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Thanks for the info guys yeah i think it’s more a case of me getting to grips with what affects me differently than other Jokalsbeek it was a chicken and bacon flavoured and I only ain’t half the funny thing is I ran into the diabetic nurse in Lidl when I bought it and she said that was good...

Hiya guys so In March got diagnosed diabetic with HbA1c of 101 and on Wednesday got my latest HbA1c of 64 even my cholesterol has gone from 7 to 2 and she advised me on certain info as due to this covid stuff I haven’t been able to talk to them much and given a metre to test with prescription...

Hi ya no chance of working from home with me but also the business I work in doesn’t work like that and have also been told i will be working next week even though I will have to take a day off for the diabetic nurse !! So yay work bring on the noise lol

to tell u the truth i dont really like reading the news cause everywhere you look its always tabloid opinions or something depressing about the country

Hi again yeah That was a straight quote from the article but I think they need to get more info before I formed my own option and it’s getting worse as now you’ve even got boris coming out and saying he had it bad because he’s clinically obese lol he wants peeps to go “to war on fat”

hi ya all Another quick question as we seem to be getting told to go back to work I know most of you will probably have told your employers that you are diabetic( or in my case they have only just found out) and they would have said based on personal situation (such as social distancing if u...

Hi Jokalsbeek it’s basically if u got symptoms isolate like me I have a blood test next week if I feel any symptoms tell them and don’t go

Hi again yeah it’s an awkward situation I was diagnosed diabetes end of March waiting on test results till yesterday and my doc said t2 but also said I was medium risk but now with this headlines coming out you got to think even more on your own situations as I said I have to travel and I work...

Hi ya From what I’ve read it’s not clarified which types as of yet

Hi ya Khova91 In newspapers there’s headlines like MORE than a quarter of Covid deaths in England involve people with diabetes, NHS data reveals. It shows those with the condition account for 26 per cent of all hospital fatalities from coronavirus This one is from the sun I’m in same situation...

Hi ya all I saw this as well in the online news in two different places believe it was the sun and another newspaper funny thing is I have also just received the news yesterday that my blood test results have apparently come back and I’m t2 on 3 metformin and 2 glicazide a day as well as 1 tab...

Thanks I thought so but always good to check

hi ya all Just got my medical exception card here in uk just a noob question I take it that this covers all prescribed drugs not just diabetes drugs ?? wouldn’t want to suddenly get fine!!!

Hiya all Another update still waiting on the results to my tests getting a little frustrating now I know it’s probably down to covid for the delay but my place of work has also opened back up 2 days ago and i don’t know whether I should be saying I can work or not work due to waiting for the...

Yeah I stopped a while ago and joined the whisky club and on an occasion the gin and t club

Forgot to say that lagers and lighter beers such as corona don’t give the acid reflux

Hi ya all my dad type 1 always has whisky’s with Diet Coke or zero and hasn’t had issues with lvls going higher as I am new to the game I can’t say with my own experience but I have noticed with bitters and a lot of ales now I will get a lot of acid reflux later on in the night don’t know...

Hiya Tel14 I’m kinda in the same situation but I’m not a keyworker I fractured my foot late feb and was told to go get a blood test at gp cause I had calcification on my foot got test 2 weeks after and a week after that told to take metformin and 3 days after that got told take 2 80mg glicazide...

Lol I’ve seen the masks and they’re the same ones worn by nurses and dentists so I just assumed they’re the same so my bad I’m no expert but I do have a question what the difference between these mask that my nurse uses and other mask that use filters like pm2.5 or n95 filters apart from I think...

Hi ya guys I feel like chipping in on this as I believe I will be going back to work soon as my place of work is saying they will be reopening very soon by 5 may I work in fast food to be precise and will be told to wear gloves and mask for work and I do not drive will be using bus for 2 hours a...