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Hi, I self fund a Dexcom g6 and you don’t have to calibrate it so no finger testing is amazing! I initially did blood test alongside it to see and found it very accurate. It has vastly improved my hba1c and my life! I was told recently at a diabetes uk group that as of April this year cgm...

Hi Craig, I’m not sure if any of this will help but I feel that I might be able to relate to your post. I have been on anxiety meds this year and have recently come back off them. When I have panic attacks I usually feel very sick, get stomach cramps and sometimes throw up. It often takes me a...

Thank you for the replies x

Hi all, sorry for only being a sporadic visitor on here. Just wondering if anyone has experience with concussion and how this affected blood sugars please? I hit my head on Monday and have been running really high since. Have been doing 50% increased basal and lots of extra boluses and getting...

So so sorry for your loss x

Hi, doing fairly well thanks :) how about you?

Interesting thread, I would love to know the cause! I have no family history of any type of diabetes but have always wondered if there's any connection in the fact my mum had pancreatic cancer. It's strange though that out of my class in primary school 3 other people were diagnosed within a few...

Hi Porl69 Thanks for the reply :) I have been having a read of the stars r us thread and it has definitely been cheering me up and making me feel much less alone Thanks to all for the kindness and story sharing :)

Aw sounds like a lovely weekend :)

Hi banana2000, sorry you are feeling like this at the moment. It can feel quite lonely sometimes but I am finding that there are lots of lovely people on here who can offer support and advice when things are tough. I really find that i get into a high blood sugar/ emotional roller coaster ride...

Hi, sorry you are having a hard time. I'm afraid I can't really offer any help but I am sure someone will be able to help who has been in a similar situation. The only thing I would say is that as far as I am aware your work place has a duty to support you with 'reasonable adjustments' such as...

Bit more on track again now. Thanks :) how are you?

Yeh it takes a couple of weeks usually for the medication to start helping. It's really hard but just try to keep reassuring yourself that you have taken steps to improve things for yourself and that in time it will get better. Do you have any local services that can offer CBT or mindfulness...

Hi Mel dCP, thanks for the reply. Yeh it seems like a really great place to support each other [emoji4] glad your transition to the pump has been good :)

Thanks [emoji4] they sure are a real pain! Thanks for the info, I am currently self funding the dexcom G4 which I really like but I try not to rely too heavily on it as I use it far longer than advised as it is so expensive but it still helps to give me the gist of where I'm going graph wise...

Thank you so much Tony337 and Kitedoc for cheering up my day [emoji4] I certainly will keep returning to this site and have been looking through some great threads this morning! Yes I totally agree that for me too emotional stress causes me the most challenges with keeping me flying aces...

I had the same issues with injecting and also did use my bum and my hips but changed to a pump as was just sore all over all the time. I took a while to find the best sets for me and prefer the metal/ steel (not sure what they are) but they were the last ones I was given to try as I was told...

Yeh when I was diagnosed my parents were told that diabetes is like driving a car in reverse but only able to see out the front window. I didn't think much of it when I was 7 but i kind of like that description these days although I still think it's a bit of extreme way to describe it as you...

Hi Tony, thanks for the reply, I will have a look at that thread. It's nice to know there are people who cope with this too. The last 2 nights have been really high and then today I had the hypo, so frustrating! I haven't changed any doses or anything but have just started a new job and have...

Hi, well done for going to the doc. Have you spoken to a Diabetic nurse or doc about the anxiety meds at all? Just a thought as 3 weeks in to my anxiety meds I started hypo-ing quite a lot. After then speaking to my DN she said that the med I was on is known for lowering bloods but I hadn't been...