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Don't mention the word Tresiba! I've had so much trouble with the surgery and getting the cartridges instead of the pens. Back in June the manufacturer said there would be a shortage of pens until February 2024 but in October when I put in a repeat prescription with only three weeks of Tresiba...

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 29 years ago but it was later thought that I was a late onset Type 1. Anyway, all the eye checks have shown that over the last ten years or so I have been diagnosed with diabetic maculopathy and cataracts as well as small bleeds and floaters that come and...

Yes I know that Tresiba works differently, what I meant was that if Tresiba cartridges are available and I had always been prescribed cartridges for Lantus so already had the pen, why did they decide to use disposable pens that are now getting hard to get? Disposable pens are no more convenient...

When I was on Lantus I had the cartridges and still have the pen but in their wisdom the surgery changed me on to Tresiba disposable pens. The NHS Drug Tariff shows that the prices for the cartridges and disposable pens are exacty the same (£46.60 for 5) so it's not as if they would save money...

I have been on Tresiba for just over a year and the advice was to throw the pen away when it was empty. The trouble with throwing things away is that sometimes this can lead to a shortage, which is what has happened with Tresiba pens. I heard about a scheme called PenCycle by Novo Nordisk a...

I have been on Tresiba since August 2022 as well as Novorapid. I was on Lantus for years and one day a couple of minutes after my Lantus injection my sugar levels went very low as if I had injected too much Novorapid. Glucose and other things got it back up but it was frightening at the time...

Are you on the long acting insulin like Lantus or another long acting one and/or quick acting insulin as well? I am on the long acting Tresiba once a day and three injections of Novorapid at meals but I remember when I was first put on to insulin it was hard to find the right dose. I only...

While looking up whether the plastic covers of insulin pen needles can be put in the recycling box, I discovered something that appears to be just starting and think it is a very good idea. It's called PenCycle by Novo Nordisk and applies to their pre-filled pens which means you can put your...

A few years ago, when I was on Lantus and Novorapid I gave myself the Lantus injection and within 10 minutes had a horribly low hypo which was very frightening. I too stuffed myself with sugar etc. and eventually got back to normal. I always injected my Lantus into the top of my leg and the...

Thank you all for your replies. I am happily using my Autolet Impresson finger pricker that I received with another meter which I found is much less painful than a lot of the others. I had tried using the Glucojet lancets that were supplied with the Glucojet finger pricker and also tried them...

A couple of months ago my surgery said they were changing our glucose meters for different ones. For years I had been using an Agamatrix Jazz meter and was really happy with it but the meter I have been given is cheaper and so are the testing strips but this is a false economy as I have many...

I know from experience how frightening it is when you can't remember if you've done an injection or not or whether you think you've done it twice and it's the same with tablets. When you've been on insulin a long time,(for me it's 27 yrs in total and 19 years on insulin) it gets so second...

I have a three year licence because I am 75 but also Type 2 on insulin and had a reminder from the DVLA on 17th April 2021 that my licence would expire on 28th June. They had sent medical forms to fill in but it said on the letter that it was quicker if done online so I did it that day. A week...

I was on Metformin for several years and I never had an appetite and have always been slim. Metformin is an appetite suppressant and I never felt hungry but after a couple of courses of B12 injections, (Metformin is known to cause B12 deficiency) I thought I would stop taking the tablets for a...

I haven't received a letter or text so assumed I wasn't a high risk. Among other things I am over 70, I have diabetes but the main thing is I was diagnosed with Myelodysplasic Syndrome which is a form of blood cancer in 2017. I have been on immunosuppressant tablets for about 18 months and have...

I agree with Hopeful34, I prick my finger then put the pricker back in the case and by that time the hole has opened up so it's no problem squeezing out the blood. One thing I was told after many years of pricking was to wipe away the first spot of blood because there will be fluid in it which...

I commented on another thread earlier on but the message would apply to him as well as the other person. I've had diabetes for 25 years and eventually went onto insulin but I would have quite a few hypos but haven't had any for a long time because my diabetes nurse said that the "normal"...

I've had diabetes for 25 years, since the age of 49 and after going from levels of 22 I would get hypo symptoms when I only got down to 9. It took a while to get down to "normal" levels which at that time were between 4 and 7. I went onto insulin after 8 years and had to make sure I tested...

Several months ago I was changed from my meter that I had found accurate (Jazz) to another one, (I think because the test sticks were cheaper) I only used the new one about a week but it was so inaccurate that I asked to go on using the Jazz and even though the test sticks cost more they...

Now don't laugh at what I'm about to tell you, it is not a joke. A few years ago my son told me about a trick that he had read about difficulty when swallowing tablets. I have done it and it works. Take a large mouthful of water, put the pill in your mouth and then hold your ears closed, yes...