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I've noticed my hba1c is on the rise but I haven't changed my eating habits and can only put this down to peri menopause/menopause. I was put on metformin but it made me severely constipated for 3 weeks and I had to come off it. No one ever talks about metformin making people constipated, it's...

There are some private long covid clinics around. Since I had covid in feb 21 I've repeatedly been told by my GP surgery that all they can do is treat the symptoms if that's possible. The rest is a case of coming to terms with it and learning your own limits and living within them. Hope you...

Hi, I've been looking at this too. How did you get on with the Aidex and would you recommend it?

Thanks for starting this thread, It's helpful to read how others are coping too. I've been battling with symptoms of long covid since I had covid in February 2021. At first I thought it was my seasonal asthma but then had a positive covid test. Symptoms since covid have included shortness of...

Type 2 vulnerable TA here in primary school, with vulnerable child of my own at home who has half a lung missing. Anxiety is hitting hard about going back tomorrow - no mask, no shield and working 1-1 with phonics and speech. I have no answers just empathy for your concern. Online learning is...

Thank you for putting all of this information on this thread. Most years I get told I need to go on statins and every time I refuse. The last time, the practice nurse was good enough to do the risk questionnaire test thing and my risk was all of 2%!

Hi, are you still using the one drop chrome meter? Have you found it to be reliable over time?

Wow, that's an eye opener! It does leave me with the question of if this is truly the case, why are masks mandatory in certain environments and why has the NHS/medical profession continued to use masks? Go figure (shrugs shoulders)

Personally, I just don't think the government care. All they care about is getting the kids back to school and adults back to work so they can pay their taxes and restart the economy. I'd quite happily buy my own PPE if I was allowed to wear it in September. My school does have PPE available...

I couldn't agree more. It's amazing how somehow COVID-19 recognises a school gate and apparently it doesn't come in to primary schools. Along with everyone else who works in a primary school we have been told no PPE use from September unless we are dealing with a suspected case at school...

I was on citalopram for a year a few years ago. It didn't cause weight gain but I did have problems with my sight.

Well done if you're not going over 8 2 hours post meal. You're doing a good job

A lack of good quality sleep messes with your blood sugars. This is just my experience anyway.

Good for you, it takes guts to ask for help, well done ;). I found EMDR very helpful (I have had PTSD for a number of years due to a number of traumatic experiences). Took me years to finally ask for help.

Digestive biscuits always end up in a smashed up mess in my handbag ... Hahaha

Yes, we were informed on our first aid course that the old rule of a Mars bar was out of the window. You mentioned you'd had banana, coke, etc. It's very easy to over eat when feeling hypo so be careful with that. With regards to your anxiety about having a hypo, have you spoken to anyone...

1 wine gum put me from 4.1 - 4.6. First time I've eaten a wine gum in 10 years! My son was gobsmacked and then proceeded to demolish the rest of the packet. Hahaha

5 Jelly babies or a twin pack of digestive biscuits.

NINE ... Wow!

Diet controlled diabetics can and do have hypos. I queried this same question on a first aid at work course once and the training instructor was a type 2 diet controlled diabetic himself as well as a hospital nurse. He'd been talking about diabetes and how to deal with someone going hypo at work.