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Hi, I am type one diabetic and I suffer with IBS. I'm really struggling at the moment. I'm trying to highlight my triggers with food and find out what gives me stomach ache, bloating.....the common IBS symptoms. One thing I have found is that when I am experiencing these symptoms my blood...

Hi, just wondering if anyone can help or has experienced any of the following problems. I am currently on the tandem t-slim insulin pump, I'm going to the gym and I have increased my physical activity more to lose weight and gain better control with my diabetes. My pump keeps falling...

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Thank you very much I will try this x

Hi I have been on the Tandem T-slim control IQ since August and it's really helping me. I am seeing alot of improvements in my blood sugars and I'm gaining alot more confidence. I just have a couple of issues. I wear the pump on my waist band and working as a nursery nurse I'm constantly bending...

Ah thank you very much. I thought they were going to charge me per box of insulin vial. £18 is definitely do able. Thank you very much. I was actually at the diabetes centre today and the doctor has wrote me out a prescription to pick up 2 vials from the hospital, so I'll just keep ringing the...

Basically got myself into a little bit of a muddle. I used to be in receipt of tax credits, so had a medical exemption card, I don't qualify for tax credits anymore so I don't get the exemption card. I have never been told since being diabetic (11 years) that there is another certificate I need...

If you could let me know how she gets on? That would be great xx

Hi, I'm type 1 diabetic and I'm really struggling with my weight. When people look at me they do say "you're not massive, Ive seen bigger", however I'm the biggest I've ever been and I avoid seeing myself in the mirror for that reason! My BMI (at 31) indicates I'm obese and were trying to have...

Thanks for the responses. Never actually seen a podiatrist before so will try to be referred by my GP or the next time I visit my diabetic team x

So as the title suggests I have quite bad skin on my feet. I moisturise but the skin is still quite dry. I was thinking of doing an exfoliating foot peel and then if the dry skin continues after that purchasing a diabetic foot cream. I did go to a doctor a couple of months ago and as my feet...

Hi I'm not entirely sure who to contact, I phoned boots who did my eye screening last year to see what date it was and it was April. This means I'm 2 months overdue my eye screening however I haven't received an invitation from the NHS to book an appointment. Any advice on what to do next? x

I don't mind the heat if I'm at home but hate it in work! I work in a nursery and today had 2 hypos. Luckily I always keep a bottle of lucozade in the room and glucose tabs in my pocket. My room leader was talking to me and all I could do was stare, the words were there but I just couldn't get...

How old are you if you don't mind me asking and when was you diagnosed x

It is a horrible disease. I find it more difficult that in my family I'm the only one who is diabetic both in my immediate and wider family, so in a sense I feel no one really understands. Things like that just really make you open your eyes.

Thanks everyone means a lot to hear from people who live this everyday. I do carb count yes, I'm on the omnipod pump which has really helped to help me control my sugars.

Hi everyone I am 27 years old and I am type 1 diabetic. I was diagnosed while pregnant in 2008, after having my son it stayed and it turned out to be type 1. At first I never took it seriously, I think I was in denial, then realised I should be as my son was getting older. I've took control of...

Hi @indiaemily I'm 27 and was diagnosed with diabetes nearly 8 years ago. It was diagnosed as gestational diabetes whilst pregnant and told it will most probably go. I had a test done after and it said it had gone but for a little bit after I felt very poorly and still felt diabetic. I went to...

Hi Spiker no i didn't do a fasting day or that, its just been altered again as when i have my lunch at 12.30 and test my blood 2 hours later its good and with in range but then just an hour later it just drops into hypo so ive adjusted it to give myself a little less carb:insulin...see how i go...

Really?? It is only on 1.2 an hour. Had to increase it from 1 an hour to that.