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Hi i was just wondering if anyone out there is a diabetic childminder? Im thinking about becoming one ,What are your experiences? How hard/easy was it for you to become a childminder?

Well its been over a week and I have had no relief at all in fact its getting worse I have read your comments and they sound really interesting I have been trying to see my gp for several days now and to no avail.I've been up half an hour and waiting for my pain tablets to kick in so that I can...

Hi saw your post and thought i would reply just to let you know that you are not alone.I am also a busy mum with type 1.I have 4 children and when I was diagnosed almost 4 years ago they were all in primary school and my youngest was only a baby in a pram.I found life impossible at first and...

Hi just a quick update after having 3 hypos yesterday my bloods were at 16 this morning but after been up and moving about for a few hours I am almost standing up straight which I haven't done in a year:) still in a little bit of discomfort and have taken my usual dose of pain killers fingers...

Thanks maria I'm not seeing my physio for another 2 weeks so if I have little to no relief from the injection I will give them a try

Hi have been diagnosed with a bulging disc l4 l5 and yesterday I finally had my first steriod injection.still to feel any benefits off having the injection but struggling to get by bs down to anywhere near normal.had anyone else had these injections or disc problems i would love to hear your...

Hi have been diagnosed with a bulging disc l4 l5 and yesterday I finally had my first steriod injection.still to feel any benefits off having the injection but struggling to get by bs down to anywhere near normal.had anyone else had these injections or disc problems i would love to hear your...

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my friend has just found out she has gd she is booked to go on holiday in two weeks will she still be ok too fly?

hi i have the best thing for motavation i use it every day. If im having one of those days or weeks i find one of my 4 children and get a hug off them i know this sounds so simple but it is such an amazing feeling when my 3 year old gives me a big hug and tells me he loves me millions :D . it...

hi thanks for your replies I also take thyroxine for the thyroid but am the only one i know to take the vitamin d. I finished taking the antibiotics on sunday so hopefully they have done there job :D and my sugars will come back down to normal. My blood results for my tsh t3 and t4 all came...

hi all quick question for everyone is there anyone type 1 with thyroid problems? And have your thyroid ever had any effect over your bg ? i have been having a bit of a stressfull time at the mo last week i had a kidney infection so i went to the doctors, to be told off about blood tests that i...

YIPEE lol why did i not think of that :D thanks to all your replies

Hi dont know if this is in the right place but here goes. I was just wondering if been diabetic affects anyone sex life ? I myself was afraid to have sex when i was first diagnosed then after a few months i started to drink lucozade if i thought sex was on the cards. I have suffered several...

i would just like to say that my chemist and the staff are great. i was diagnosed last year and if it hadnt been for the staff at the chemist god only knows what would of happened.I went to my doctor complaining of blurred eyesight, extreme tierdness ,drinking water like it was going out of...

i would like to see a more compact insulin pen and i think the idea of a meter that you can put your finger in and it will do everything is brill

hi all i have to agree the nano is cool i test alot and am using a bayer contour at the mo but have just been sent a nano and i have fallen in love with it. the first time i tried it i was shocked cos i didnt feel the needle lol. i just hope i can get the doctor to change my script so that i can...

hi all when i hypo i too feel shakey tingly hot then cold sick blurry vision, heart pounding out of my chest, legs sometimes dont want too work,talking rubbish deppressed, sick just out of it i have learned that there is so many symptoms that if i begin to feel even the slightest bit different i...

hi i was told almost a year ago just thought i would let you know that i found it very hard to deal with and still do some days but it does get better. :D i inject 4-5 times a day and find the time of the month effects my bs not sure if this is the same with anyone else but just thought id give...

i started feelng very tierd, drinking lots peeing lots and i lost a stone in two weeks even though i was eating for england and then i began with blurred vision, i went to the gp and was told i had a virus a week later i went back to be told to go see an optician. i ignored the gp and went to my...