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I want to wear a freestyle libre for the full period of 14 days but I also want to go swimming... Does anyone have any ideas on how to how to do this, to make it waterproof? Thanks in advance

Hi, I haven't posted in a while but I have just changed to degludec insulin as a result of getting sore lumps on the injection sites from the levemir. I was wondering whether anyone else has switched to degludec and if what they think of it. Thanks in advance. Victoria Sent from my F8331...

Thanks I'll have a look

Hi all, I just wanted to get your thoughts on injecting through clothing? This is something that I haven't had to do yet. However I'm at a wedding at the weekend and the outfit I've chosen means that I will have to inject through clothing. To be honest I'm quite nervous at having to inject...

Thank you for this, it has help I now know what i could expect to happen when i go to the eye hospital. Dam my eyes thought i had got away from that place, from having to be there on a regular basis for a different eye problem when i was younger

I have recently had my yearly eye sceening, today I recieved the results and it shows that I have signs of Diabetic maculopathy. I have to go for further testing in 3 months times, im worried of what the further testing will show if anything and what it will mean for me. Has anyone else...

my latest HbA1c was 8.9 this was from end March 2015 bit high but doctor says that it's better than what i was last year.

Hi all, Ive just had a bad hypo for me I am t1 I checked before bed it was 2.9 only thing I felt was my hearing go funny cant really explian this weather is pkaying havoc I thouht I was just hot but I think it was the start of the hypo I checked after having something sugary it was up to 4...

Hi all, I know that my bs generally drops quite a bit during the night and I normally try to go to bed with bs of between 8-9 so that it will be right in the morning which normally happens :smile: However tonight my blood was 6.6 before bed not sure what I should do as I dont want to risk a...

I was diagnosed on the 22nd march this year, can I ask when were you diagnosed and how long did it take you to start to understand how your body feels? I try not to worry but I think it not knowing whats going to happening is what worrying me I know what to do if I have a hypo and I think I...

Thanks for your replies, i guess so it will take time for them to come to the norm level for a hypo, so maybe that was an hypo i had the other day but didnt realise with my levels being higher than the norm, guess in time ill work out when im having them. So maybe i should change my first...

Thanks, yeh this does help, thinking about it now ive probably had some symptoms like that been feeling shaky and had a headache, when i done my bloods they were 5.1 i then had my lunch as it was that time and i felt fine afterwards, i just thought i was because i had been rushing around that...

Thank you for all you advice. :thumbup: i have now got a medical exemption certificate it took about 7 working days to come. in the end i didnt have to pay for perscriptions at the chemist because they said that with me be diabetic i shouldn't be paying but it is a relief now knowing that i...

Hi all, I'm fairly newley diagnoised type 1, i got my first HbA1c results the other day and it was 131.7,as i understand this is not good :( i am now taking insulin injections and hoping in three months (july) it will come down even just a little bit

Hi all, I guess im quite lucky at the moment, as i have not yet had a hypo, however i am scared for the first one as i do not know what to expect or if ill be able to detect it coming on, has anyone got any advice on hypo's. Thanks

Hi danny, have you tried to get a medical exemption certificate? One of these could help with the costs as it means you won't have to pay for your prescriptions, all you need to do is go to your GP's surgery and ask for a medical exemption form fill it out and hand it back to them the will get...

I just put everything into the yellow box ive got, as its got blood on, i was thinking of asking my local environment agency when the come for my yellow box what they would perfer me to do. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi ive just been diagnoised Type 1 on the 22/3/13, aged 21, when I was young about 7 years old I think (not quite sure) I was on growth hormone injections, however they stopped working I was on them for about two years.

I have recently been diagniosed 22/3/13 with T1 and found out straight away that I would no longer pay for my prescriptions, I went for my first one explained what had happened (luckly i had an emergency card say that I have diabetes and my insulin passport) and that I had just been diagnoised...

As far a I know I am the only person in my family who has T1 diabetes, I know I have aunts and uncles who have T2 all on the same side of the family are the aunts and uncles who have T2.