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Agh I just found some insulin in my cupboard. I hadn’t realised it was in my sharps bin and had forgotten I had ordered as it was a large order. It’s been in there about 3-4 weeks I would think. Certainly no longer and maybe a bit shorter. Will it still be OK. I know once you start using it it’s...

So I’ve found out today I may have fibromyalgia. Dr wants to do a couple of blood tests just to rule out a few other things but he’s pretty certain what it is. After being in constant pain from my neck down to my toes for about a year now I’m finally glad to have a diagnosis and hopefully on the...

Last night I was driving home from work and was about five minutes away when I felt the symptoms of a hypo. There was no where to stop safe and legally as double yellows or residents parking or too narrow streets or all three. So knowing I was so close to home I made the decision to carry on...

Need to vent a min. Out of for a meal for Father’s Day and I go to take my bloods. Mum says do you want to do that in the toilet in case someone doesn’t like needles. There is no one sat near us at all!!!! Makes me so mad! So I refused to do them which I no is bad but I’m not resorting to...

I’m having my gallbladder removed at the end of this month and been told for two weeks before I’ve got to follow a low fat diet. I’m worried about the impact this may have and also no idea on what to eat. Suggestions I’ve seen seem bare minimal to eat so worried that will impact my levels a lot...

Last night I was physically sick and feeling under the weather. Today I didn’t eat until late when I injected for the first time, the correct insulin for what I ate. Yet my levels have remained high during the day 12-17. Do I not worry and put it down to feeling a bit under the weather and see...

I’m so fed up of the hot weather we are having. It’s playing havoc with my blood sugar levels. Anyone else having the same issues? One moment when I test before eating at night mainly, they can be normal between 5 - 7 poss 8-9 if had a snack within an hour before and adjust when eating and...

My parents haven’t seemed to get in the 8 years I’ve been diagnosed that things like eating etc have to take a president sometimes. I’m fed of trying to drill it into them as well. I know I should probably speak up more but when ever I do they say well why didn’t you say and OMG are you ok do we...

Hi all I did my bloods this morning at 7.30 and they came back as 10.9. Got to work and retook at 8.50 when I ate and they’d gone up to 12.8. I’ve been told this could be dawn phenomenon as it does happen regularly. I worked out the carbs in my breakfast and injected for that plus a small...

Sadly I’ve got a funeral to attend this week and there will be a buffet after. Last time I had a buffet lunch, first since being in insulin, I took my bloods before eating, worked out what I thought I was going to eat so injected accordingly. I then ate precisely that plus a little bit more so...

I’ve just done my morning injection before breakfast and not sure if I injected all my insulin and don’t know what to do. The reason I think that is because I injected thru my tshirt and when I looked down the needle was out and shirt wet but don’t know how long that had been for. Any...

Hi. I’m new to the site although not newly diagnosed. Well in a way I am. Let me explain a bit first. I was diagnosed as type 2 on the 10/03/2010. My sugar levels since then had always been high - in the 20s to 30s or higher - despite my Dr putting me on Metformin, Victoza and Dapagilflozin...

Hi I'm new to the forums so apologise if I am asking this in the wrong section. I use Victoza and know that it has to be kept in the fridge until I need to use a new pen. My question is, in this heat will the current pen I am using be ok in my bag? Fairly new to using it so worried that it...