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Do contact your GP as soon as you can as the strength of folic acid is higher for a pregnancy with diabetes and you'll need a prescription for it. Also, well done on addressing your glucose numbers quickly as this will make a massive difference. As already said let your diabetes team know so...

Oops I never realised this! I have just checked Libre website who advise the applicator has a needle so can be disposed of as sharp but the sensor is as you've said... battery! You learn a new thing everyday!

Hi lornypops, I've had nitrofurantoin on several occasions. No problems for me but brown urine is a common side effect - a bit concerning if you don't know about it! Anyway, clears up a UTI pretty quickly. Hope you feel better soon!

It's good that you managed to get the antibody test and with all three positive would be an strong indicator towards type 1 / lada. I had one positive autoantibody which makes a diagnosis less conclusive and my specialist advised it wasn't worth doing doing a c-peptide for at least 3 years post...

So finally after a couple of years I've managed to get a c-peptide. My glucose control has deteriorated quite a bit this year. After an infection and urinary ketones I was assessed by diabetes nurse specialist as needing mealtime insulin. It's been going really well and has completely changed...

The problem with cutting any MR /XL medication in half means the dose is not evenly distributed over the 12 hours. So you have too much / or not enough. Depending on the medication it also depends which part of the GI tract it dissolves in and like you said the rate of absorption.

Hi there, welcome to the forum. I take my hat off to you for all the hard work you are putting into learning about your diabetes and other health issues. It was a shock to me also when I was diagnosed (as it is to many however we got there) but it is a massive learning curve and good reason to...

Hi @Melgar I had horrendous pain with gallbladder issues. This was before my diagnosis of diabetes so at the time I put myself on a low fat (high carb by default!) diet which helped the gallbladder symptoms. I don't know what my cholesterol levels were doing, but eating any fats before my...

Thanks for the docs NoopNoop. I hope you find someone who can understand your cause. I'm due my next appointment soon so hopefully I will be able to address some of my concerns then. Keep us posted!

Hi NoopNoop, I have been in a similar position to you. When you low carb no one believes there is a problem with your diabetes! Because of this I no longer vlc but stay well under the guidelines and advice of diabetes uk and my glucose levels are running way too high. I take Humulin I which...

Thanks - really helpful as I didn't know there was a urine c peptide test. My next appointment is November so I'll mention then. Seems like there's a lot of us in the same boat. Just got to do best you can at the time I guess

This is such a frustratingly grey area. I was first diagnosed type 2 four years ago with relatively healthy lifestyle and BMI 22. After spending a couple of years working hard to reduce my numbers (which helped but never really worked longer term) I asked for a c peptide and GAD antibody test...

You can probably buy some from a duty chemist. Most place have a local chemist that has to open on a duty rota on Sundays.

Hi Carol, welcome to the forum! Hope you enjoy looking around on here and see what a friendly supportive group this is with plenty of tips and encouragement to improve your diabetes management.

I am fortunate to have high HDL. Unsure whether I have good genes or whether it's the extra virgin olive oil or the mixed nuts. Hope you find something that works for you!

Amazing achievement, well done!

That's a good thought, thanks will try to keep up the fluids and see if that helps

Thankyou - to be honest I'm not really sure what calibration is still lots to learn but interesting how different it seems to be for each person

Thanks for your reply...the readings were 1-2 mmol more so not loads but enough to not detect two hypos. I've always had it the other way round so it was a bit if a surprise. Luckily I'm very hypo. Perhaps I should let abbot know as my new sensor as of yesterday seems fine.

My libre 2 sensor has been regularly reading higher than my finger prick test. This had resulted in two hypos. I know about the time lag due to interstitial fluid but usually when my sugar goes low my sensor reads lower than finger prick. I put on another sensor today but still the same. Does...