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I've just had my evening meal 4 hours ago that's consisted off some scrambled eggs, diced chorizo and mozzarella with 2 glasses of squash and a can of diet coke. I'm not sure how or why my blood sugar has risen to the 20's. I'm just starting to get into the habit of regular testing after being...

I've been struggling with finding a suitable breakfast to have, as today I've had a actimel yoghurt drink at 8:30am and at work 2 bacon rashers, 2 sausages, 2 eggs and cheese just now. I'm on insulin and test my blood sugars twice a day. I normally have weetabix or other type of breakfast...

I feel like just accepting defeat and accept that no matter what I do, this disease is slowly defeating me. I'm just injecting with myself with whatever dosages of insulin that I feel like, the SR metformin I'm not even taking it, as its unsettling my gut everytime now. I'm missing half of my...

I'm currently taking; Metformim slow release, Novorapid Tresiba Carvediol And I'm suppose to be taking; Ozempic (haven't had it since April 2023) Victoza/Liraglutide (had it from April 2023 to August 2023 to replace the shortages of Ozempic) Tostran Gel (haven't had it since August 2023)...

I'm having some difficulties trying to bring my blood sugars back in normal range. Due to cost of food prices going up, I've had to make several cuts in my food shopping and resort back to buying food that is more carbs than protein or fat. But now, whenever my blood sugars get back into the...

I've just about had enough of dealing with my blood sugars swinging from low to high and then high to low for the past week. I've been trying to be smart with what foods I can afford and eat, but it is getting almost impossible for me to buy the foods (eggs, mayo, bacon etc) that won't increase...

I've noticed over the past few days that the heel of my right foot has been painful, so I've gone and checked it tonight and I have a open sore as a size of a £2 coin and my whole foot and leg is really swollen and hot to touch. I recently went to have my feet taken care of by a chiropodist on...

Has anyone had issues with the Wavesense Jazz testing strips being inaccurate? I had a hypo on Friday night, without noticing it before I fell unconscious. Luckily, there was a first aider nearby with his own meter who tested me and my bs level was at 3.3, despite my own meter telling me that...

Hello, it's been a while since I was last on here. I've been experiencing over the past few months problems with diarrhoea and abdominal pain in the left side of my tummy after I've eaten a meal. I've been in A&E four times now with the problem as the pain has been so excruciating some times...

Long time member of this site, but I haven't been on here in ages and I feel like getting my life back on track and that includes my diabetes, which I haven't kept on top of for the past 2-3 years. But now I'm back and more determined than ever to get my life better again with some help from...

Hello all, It's been quite some time since I was last on here, so I will get you all updated. I'm type 2 diabetic (9 years) on insulin, metformin and victoza. Since lockdown happened, I haven't been taking my medication nearly as much as I should which is 44 units of novorapid and 88 units of...

So my diabetes nurse will only contact me every six months by a phone call and was just wondering if this is the normal now. Before Covid struck I was in regular contact with them, but now they've only contacted me via the phone maybe 5 times in two years now. I can't seem to get an appointment...

So today I took my insulin and injected in the left side of my tummy at 9am. Had breakfast and went to work at 11:30am. Just before 12, I heard my gut wanting to go toilet and I went just fine, then a few seconds later it was runny and ended up with pain in my gut on the left side again. Back at...

For the past few months now. Everytime I have something to eat or drink, my gut is always churning and feels like something is stuck on my left side. It is really persistent and I fart like crazy, the farts are even worse and when I injected my insulin the other day after having breakfast, I had...

It's been a while since I was last on here, but I've found myself back on here. This past week I collapsed at work on Wednesday from the heat being inside and low blood sugar and yesterday from being outside for far too long with just a fleece to keep warm. Almost went hypothermic as I was...

Diabetes has taken over my life. I finally had the results from my blood tests come through and tbh I am not surprised about them. My last HbA1c was 124mmol/mol or 18.8 mmol/L. Working at KFC has now only worsened the problem as I can't test regularly or inject insulin to correct my highs...

Ok, so before I went bed last night my blood sugar levels were at 6.8. Now I've just woke up shaking and all sorts, tested just now and they are 28.4. I am on my last few test strips before I get some more on Wednesday. My diabetic nurse has shown me a freestyle libre meter at our last meeting...

Hi all, went to see my diabetes nurse last week and she recommended to me a continuous blood glucose meter and I wanna know if they are more or less helpful. My blood sugars have been erratic lately especially at night. On Wednesday I checked them at 4am (7.6 mmol) and then pre-breakfast at...

This morning I went to see my doctor to get my blood test results, which I did. Everything is fine apart from my hba1c and when I asked for more testing strips, he denied my request and said that the 50 a month I already get is enough. I'm expected to test once or twice a day, even though I'm on...

Hello all, I'm finding carb counting difficult to do and in need of some advice. Do I weigh the food before or after it's been cooked and how many grams should I be aiming to have per meal as I take 10 units of Novorapid and 36 units of Tresiba. Also how useful is the Carbs and Cal's book as I...