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It's horrible that you have had this experience but I have to say the diabetic nursing service in Southend on Sea are fantastic. So may be next time you'll get one of the better nurses. Chin up its not all doom and gloom at least you had done your research x

I have a card and it is automatically renewed every 5 years and the new one comes though the post a few weeks before the old one runs out.

It sounds to me like you need to go on one of the diabetes education days. I went on one called STEP and found it very very helpful. It's no good testing if you don't know what changes to make once you know your levels. If your only on metformin I wouldn't think you would need to test to often...

Don't forget as a T2 you will be producing some of your own insulin and some days your body will produce more than others so you will have good days and bad. But on the plus side your levels have come down which is great. Well done you. :)

Someone once said to me "you're so lucky to be diabetic because you have to eat sweets all the time."

It is statements such as t2 diabetes is reversible as long as you eat right and exercise that cause people with diabetes to be looked up as fat and lazy. Everybody is different and NO ONE should be made to feel that diabetes is their fault. Some people will just get diabetes because sometimes...

I hope she feels better soon. I always find mine feel better after I have been swimming but swimming also brings my levels down so it might be due to that. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Hi my legs feel very heavy and tired if my sugar levels are high :)

Don't be afraid to ask questions and if you don't understand ask again. The more you understand about your diabetes the better you will be able to deal with it. Never feel stupid or like you are being a pest , none of us were born knowing everything and the best way to learn is ask and ask...

I normally know i m high or low these days but not always which one it is. I also test and inject in public and I haven't had anyone say anything about it , I don't know if that's because over the years I ve become very quick at doing it or I ve just been lucky so far. :)

You will get used to it. Set it on 1 and don't put to much pressure on it. I have have taken so many tests over the years and injected my self god knows how many times that it has become second nature. Finger tips do get sore sometimes though. But what's a sore finger when you look at the big...

I inject at my desk . My students will often remind me to do my injection only to find out I ve already taken it. All the people at my work are very supportive.

Much better. I had exactly the same problems until I was diagnosed and treated with type 2 diabetes . Within a month I felt I had a new lease of life. Don't worry if you have to take medication at first as you might be able to reduce it or even come off of it once you lose weight. Most important...

I have a sharpes bin and I have to take it to the needle exchange place in town, the only downside is this is where the drug addicts take theirs as well . Luckily I have a case that my insulin pen came with (a bit like a glasses case) and this has a place for 3 new or used needles so I can put...

Think of it like this insulin is the key which opens your bodys cells to allow them to use the sugar in you blood and turn it into energy In type 1 your body does not produce any Keys (insulin) so cannot unlock any of the cells so you would have to artificialy supply all the keys (insulin) In...