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Long post, make a cuppa and get comfortable before reading. Well the cc of the email to my solicitor appears to have worked and I did get a reply. the email did apologise for the person quoting Terms and Conditions which were broken anyway, they also advised my bracelet was on the way, I...

I have a family friend, she and no one in her family history had diabetes. She had high BG during pregnancy, after giving birth she had to continue with injections, finally became T1. Very important you go to the doc and get a proper check up girl. Dave MH

SUCCESS! Well the news is all good, PayPal have investigated my claim and after looking at the issues and problems I have had with e-pill reminders they have concluded I should get my money back. They have further noted that as I sent the item back I may have incurred further costs which they...

Pathetic of course you are..............IN YOUR MIND!! Of course in reality you are not, just a shot in the dark here, your husband is NOT a paramedic or a doctor right? If he was he would realise not only the NOW 'mental' affect getting such news but also the FUTURE affects of this condition...

Without doubt many companies are set up not to promote understanding of diabetes/heart problems or any other illness, they are there just to make money off the back of people who have problems. True, from a business point of view there is a market out there and most target vulnerable people. I...

Hi and thanks to all who have replied. I have spent many years in IT and did point out that laser engravers take the information from the machine 'code' and not the letter you see on the screen, but by then I had clearly exceeded the person I was communicating with computer skills, I simply got...

Hi and thanks for your interest keefyboyuk, you must have skipped the post a couple above yours? I did use PayPal and do indeed have claim pending however, e-pill use a guest sign in system to access PayPal. I do not quite understand how this works but you still have to enter your PayPal...

I have my friend and may try that route. Of course when out in the 'campo' off roading with friends in the event of a problem I can see me diving under a car and laying on the phone and breaking it. I am a pretty hopeless case to be honest, I went out yesterday morning to the shops, collected...

Thanks dawnmc, I was not too happy about this particular topic but felt a need to vent off a little. This is a great forum and I thought I would demonstrate I do have a sense of humour and not just looking for a chance to whinge. As an asides, and thinking about that post this morning, it...

Thanks for the encouragement Martwolves ad everyone else who has chipped in, at the end of the day if only one person reads this and is saved from the grief dealing with 'e-pill reminders' then my conscience is clear, I could not be quiet and let them bend me over and take one for America. Dave MH

Quick update for all. Medic Alert contacted me and they have come out first with an excuse the engraving machine was unable to engrave a Spanish é, so I agreed Diabetic in English would be sufficient, then the machine broke down, then as they had gone over there 'lead time' of 28 working days...

I noted you mentioned eating beans and thought it was the sauce? Checkout the ingredients in beans, IIRC there is an element of sugar in there? Also as mentioned earlier, you can do one reading and another a few minutes later and they may be different, this is why the HbA1c takes an average of...

Get in there girl, loads of support from everyone! Dave MH

I was recently told by my Spanish doctor that I would need to start injecting as my pancreas after a virus was no longer producing enough insulin. Having just watch the disturbing TV show (UK TV Channel 4 I think) about Victoza and Byetta having been associated with other 'problems' and the...

Hi all and thanks so much for the support and ideas. I am quite a laid back kind of guy and need a bit of a kicking to start the wheels turning. Well e-pill have yet to reply so, I have made a claim against them via PayPal. Now this raises another problem, because I logged in at the e-pill...

Anybody have any experience with the above (UK) organisation? I ordered a bracelet from them back on the 9th of July and have yet to receive it. It took nearly three weeks for them to tell me what was going on the bracelet, after a couple of emails were exchanged we came to an agreement about...

Quick update, I eventually got an email from the e-pill sales department. They felt they could help if they phoned me and went through the watch in case I was doing something wrong! The instructions are very clear and in English, and I am a retired IT lecturer, I am sure I can programme a...

I was only last week put on Lantus, started @ 10 units every morning, I have been increasing this every three days and am now on 18 and still increasing. The only negative effect I had was a niggling headache in the first few days, this could not be attributed to low sugars as I will still over...

The only shin issues I have is some 'dead' or numb areas, the doctor said that is normal after many years of diabetes, as long as I have good pulses in my feet/groin etc he is happy. I had minor leg cramps a few years ago in the calf area and stopped putting salt on my meals, result was no...

Not quite the same as yourself, I have been type two for around 21 years. I had started on insulin all those years ago and my first hypos found me wetting myself. When I came too I would often cry with embarrassment, a sign recognised now as depression. I eventually lost weight and came off...