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How often do you change your lancet needles? I guess I’m pretty lazy, but if you are out and about changing needles for a quick BS check is a faff, so sometime I can re-use it a good few times. So how many times do you re-use yours - I mean it’s only used by you, and you keep it clean in your...

My blood sugars have taken a big wobble over the past 8 weeks, bouncing between 12 and 23, with a weight loss of 16lbs. After a struggle I get to see what I thought was a DSN at my local health centre, and she gets me on Gliclazide, along with my Metformin SR, Sitaglyptin, and Empflagozin. She...

Only been diagnosed T2 for a month so still collating information. No help from GP or the nurse, told not to bother with a meter, just never eat sugar again, never drink alcohol again, avoid all carbs, and come back at the end of January when he will retest me and put me on some meds. As a good...

Early days - newly diagnosed. Had my second meeting with the doctor today who was sympathetic but overall did not give much practical information except tell me to take daily asprin and gave me a prescription for a cholesteral reducer, even though its normal. Go back and see him in 2 months...