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Hi, glad to hear that it sounds like you've had a mild reaction, however, I have read a lot of anecdotal evidence from people where a second wave has appeared after a couple of days of feeling better. Usually around day 9. Obviously I don't want to alarm you but would just rather you were...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/749868 Have a look at this article on the J-curve. An HbA1C of lower than 6% increases the risk of cardiovascular events, i.e. heart attacks. Above 7% increases the risk of various other complications but lower is NOT better. Btw, I only found this out the...

My last HbA1C was 44, up from 37 (5.5%) 6 months ago. I was so shocked and disappointed at the rise BUT, according to my consultant, recent research shows that extended periods of low bgl, i.e sitting between 3-4 affects the 'electrics' around your heart and, increasingly, people are dropping...

I asked my consultant this on Tuesday actually! I've had a few occasions where I've easten nothing since dinner, been 6-7 before bed then wake up at 19!! He seems to think it's the way I'm lying on the pump. It is SUPPOSED to be anti-kink tubing but if you catch it at a certain angle then it...

I kept mine at 6.5ish for both of my pregnancies and the same for 3 months running up to trying to conceive. I was told that it should be 'around 6' and they told me all the things that 'could' go wrong if it was higher. I'd never have forgiven myself if I let that happen so it turned me a bit...

My sugars always run high when I'm warm. In the winter I like to have my fan heater pointed directly at me and even this shoots it through the roof! I don't do any more or less exercise when its sunny so it's definitely the heat that does it. You just need to work out how our body works and...

Re: Medical bracelet I got mine from the ID Band co as someone posted further up but I'm now not really sure about it. If it's not really obvious that it's a medic alert bracelet do you think that paramedics just wont take any notice of it? If you're lying unconscious then they're not really...