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  1. Melissa.coleman

    Stress and anxiety

    I got to have a ct scan on my kidney ureter and bladder today but the anxiety is pushing my levels up! Took the normal amount of insulin and metformin for what I eat and it's 17.6 this afternoon! Very frustrating... Anyone else find stress and anxiety does this to your sugar levels? Sent from...
  2. Melissa.coleman

    What is going on???

    Could u have had a hypo without realising? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  3. Melissa.coleman

    Metformin side effects

    I have reduced it back to 1g a day couldn't cope with it anymore Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  4. Melissa.coleman

    Hypo dreams

    I saw a vision of my dads face after one... Makes me laugh coz when I had that hypo I was sweating buckets and I thought to myself "I am turning into my dad!" Who used to have the same symptom when he was hypo. My sister called me psychotic but I believe something different Sent from the...
  5. Melissa.coleman

    What is the highest blood glucose level ever recorded?

    I have only had one reading above 33.3 when it said hi... Scared the **** out of me... Lowest has been 2.6 Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  6. Melissa.coleman

    How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

    I was 16... Diagnosed 10th January 2000 so 14 years ago Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  7. Melissa.coleman

    Metformin side effects

    I am on the sr version! I was on 1g for a week and then was told to increase it which I have done Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  8. Melissa.coleman

    Metformin side effects

    Oh my days!!! I feel so ill on this... I am now on 2g a day and I keep getting hypo. Nurse said to drop my insulin further. I have been getting nausea, abdo pain, clearing myself out(if you know what I mean) and all the gp said was is that I got to put up with it and they won't give me anything...
  9. Melissa.coleman

    Cabin crew

    Dani your right I saw that lad on junior paramedics!!! Quite surprised Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  10. Melissa.coleman

    Metformin and insulin

    Hi all After seeing my consultant the other day he has decreased my levimer from 22 bd to 16 and 20 plus my usual humalog He also added metformin as I have PCOS . I am on 500mg bd increasing to 1000mg bd... I have only been on it a few days but I have not had a reading above 10!!!! Such a...
  11. Melissa.coleman

    How often to people get hospital appointments?

    As I am complicated t1 for 14 years with micro protein urea, high blood pressure and mental health issues... I am now seeing and getting the proper care I need so I am seeing the consultant every 3 months and got to see the dietician and dsn on a very regular basis Sent from the Diabetes...
  12. Melissa.coleman

    Sick of getting sick

    I am not allowed to have anymore time off sick or they will sack me. That's what set my mental health problem off again... The stress of it all Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  13. Melissa.coleman

    Sick of getting sick

    A few days after getting over my uti I now have a really bad chesty cough!!! I had a hypo last night at 2.5 which took me over an hour to sort! I am also battling with my mental health condition severely at the moment just want it all to end!!! And for me to b healthy for a change. I think this...
  14. Melissa.coleman

    How many units do you inject per day?

    Indiana I take 22 levimer in the morning and night (44 in total) and anything from 14-20 every meal so I take high doses! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  15. Melissa.coleman

    Recurrent UTI's

    I am not overweight I have actually 2 stone in a year... I was 12 1/2 stone now 10 1/2. Done through xenical. Possible about insulin resistant as I have PCOS Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  16. Melissa.coleman

    Recurrent UTI's

    The last one was... Found to have thrush in it and ended up on antibiotics for 3 weeks Awaiting this result... Still have pain and nausea Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  17. Melissa.coleman

    Recurrent UTI's

    Thanks Indiana x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  18. Melissa.coleman

    Recurrent UTI's

    Yeah but my blood sugars now are rarely above 10... Maybe I need a cgm to c what is going on. The 22 usually works well. I now only inject at the sides of my stomach or low down on my legs... This was suggested by my dsn Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  19. Melissa.coleman

    Recurrent UTI's

    I actually had to reduce it from 26 bd to 22 coz of night hypos and I had to change injection sites and needle size also my humalog has been reduced to because of the injection site change Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  20. Melissa.coleman

    Recurrent UTI's

    I have to take levimer twice a day and humalog 3 times a day. I drink 2-3 litres of fluid a day Going to ask consultant to put me on the new insulin tresiba which lasts a lot longer than levimer Sent from the Diabetes Forum App