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It’s very easy to fall out of the system - and understandable from both parties. This is your diabetes so you’ve got to grab hold of it. Which it sounds like you’re doing. GP nurses have come on in leaps and bounds in terms of diabetes knowledge in the last few years - this expertise is no...

That’s exactly my experience! I once had a consultant who was all for it however the rest have been ‘yeah, let’s try this first”. Unfortunately I rarely see the same people each time I go but I guess it will be on my medical records. Maybe I need to have a look at them and leverage just how...

Before I had Dexcom I used to get occasional night time hypos which would result in me having a fit. Other half has had to deal with it several times. Advice from her would be: Call 999 straight away regardless of whether you have glucagon Use hypostop gel if you can, definitely not solids...

Good morning everyone, New member here, although I’ve read the forum on and off for years! I’ve had diabetes for 19 years now during which I’ve been entirely on MDI. My HbA1c isn’t great, typically in the 9 to 10 percent range. I’ll admit I haven’t engaged hugely with my local diabetes...