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    Discharged from clinic:(

    I had a diabetic clinic appt at my local hosp last week. All went well Hba1c fine, so doc barely stopped for breath to listen to my concerns about my kidneys which are pain & excessive urination. I also have developed some painful lumps in the bottom of my right foot which are probably not...
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    LANTUS LAWSUITS

    I've posted this before, but there's some new posts I thought all Lantus users or previous users would be interested in. http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/lantus-ins ... /#comments Scroll to the bottom for most recent comments. Jus
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    NEW INSULIN!!

    I found this article today about Sanofi Aventis's new insulin. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-1 ... ation.html Begs the questions "why the rush?" and what on earth was wrong with the original formulation of Lantus? :lol: I'm sure someone at Sanofi knows and wouldn't it be great if they...
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    DODGY BD SYRINGES AGAIN!!

    Earlier this year I discovered 3 separate faults with BD Microfine 8mm syringes; 2 bent needles and another with a piece of plastic in the syringe body. A new problem has arisen with these syringes. I have found the measurement markings rubbing off, consequently the 2 syringes I put in my...
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    BD SYRINGES - Quality Control Issues !!!

    I'm posting this as a warning & a query. I've been using 0.5ml insulin syringes since diagnosis 22 yrs ago. I always used BD (Becton Dickinson)ones, and up till a couple of weeks ago had no probs, aside from occasional faded markings. Around 2 weeks ago I found a bit of hard plastic inside one...
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    Hypo-alarms

    HI, does anyone know if hypo-alarms are available on loan for children? Making enquiries for a friend of mine, be grateful for any input. Jus
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    Cardiac Calcium Scoring

    Hi, I'd been attending a cardiac clinic as I'd been experiencing palpitations on & off for about 5 years. As I have a family history of heart disease and been type-1 for nearly 22 yrs, the cardiologist referred me for a Calcium Scoring CT scan a couple of months ago. I was really expecting bad...
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    Hospital Appointment -Pleasantly Suprised!

    Hi, Some regulars will know that I've posted a lot about the ill-health and poor BG control I experienced on while on Lantus. While it's been reassuring to know I'm not the only one who's suffered these probs, it disturbs me how many people report the same things continually on this forum about...
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    NHS Glucose-Testing Advice

    Hi all, Many people have reported probs getting the necessary glucose-testing strips from their GPs, I also had this problem with a couple of GPs in the recent past. I'm a type-1 on insulin. I recently found a document from my PCT which has shed some light on the subject. It's no surprise that...
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    Fibromyalgia / ME / CFS

    I've been on this forum for a year and a half, and arrived with a problem as many people do. I had been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, following a seqence of events that started in 2004 with anxiety symptoms, exhaustion, pain, chronic fatigue, illness etc. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia nearly...
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    Blood Glucose Testing-Bad Advice

    Hi, I've discovered that my local PCT are giving the most outrageous advice for Type-1s, and Type-2s regarding blood testing. The article is written by the Lead Specialist Diabetes Nurse in our London borough with the advice of a Hospital Consultant Specialist in Diabetes, It states that...
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    Report Adverse Reactions to the MHRA!

    Since I became a member of the forum just over a year ago, I have been in contact with many people suffering adverse reactions to analogue long-acting insulin. It was the reason I joined the forum, as I was very ill and suffering poor BS control on Lantus. I since changed to pork insulin and...
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    ALTERNATIVES TO LANTUS & LEVEMIR

    Hi everyone, I've noticed that the majority of Type-1s on this forum are on either Lantus or Levemir, and I'm interested to know why that is. I have a copy of Diabetes UK's Balance Guide to Treatments for Diabetes 2007. In addition to long-acting analogues, the medium-long acting insulins...
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    Treatment Choices for Type-1s

    Hi, I have beeen type-1 for 20 years, and since changing to animal insulin last year I've been doing a bit of research. When I was diagnosed in 1989 there were many insulins available. Many types of long and short-acting insulin and I was aware that animal insulin available; although I was...
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    BM 1-44 Test Strips- remeber them??!

    Hi Emptying my kitchen cupboard last week I came accross an old box of BM 1-44 blood test strips- unopened! I didn't know I'd kept them, but it was a real blast from the past and I couldn't wait to try them. I compared the test to one on my meter and the result was pretty close, colour chart...
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    Diabetic Clinic Review

    Hi, I was going to add this to the "dietitian" post, but thought I'd start a fresh thread instead. I had my first hospital appt since changing to pork insulin in May-I was told I would see a nurse within 3 months and a doctor within 6! Pathetic, I only saw the nurse and dietitian, and can't see...
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    Thiamine -Vitamin B1 Defficiency

    I wonder if anyone on the forum read the research that showed Diabetics are defficient in Vitamin B1. The study, done at Warwick university, showed type1s and 2s had three quarters less Thiamine(B1) in their blood than healthy people. Apparently it's important for the nervous and vascular...
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    How Good Is Your GP?

    My new GP is also a superstar, but my prevous GP surgery cerainly come under the "unacceptable" GP list. I am considering making a formal complaint now, as I've got nothing to lose-they can't blackmail me or threaten removal from their practice list now! :twisted: Jus
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    Lantus was the problem!!

    Hi, regular forum readers may remember that I'd posted a message (or several!) about the problems I have had with Lantus. In the years I had been on it, I had no consistency with my BS control and put it down to my female hormones. I had constantly reported my unexplained ups and downs and...
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    Hot feet

    Hi, I get really hot feet, bothers me most when I go to bed, and i rub on cooling foot cream. I don't have it every night, thought it was my hormones, but wonder whether any other typ-1s have exprienced same thing. My first thought was it may be neuropothy, been type- 1 19 years. I've got no...