Search Results

Unfortunately, I had a dose of both my insulins, including quick-acting Novorapid (my blood sugar was 10.5), expecting to leave home & eat out within 20-30 minutes. Various delays happened & we briefly stopped at Lidl on the way to eating at a Costa café. 2½ hours had passed as we entered the...

THANK-YOU TO YOU ALL. It is reassuring to hear that others have had similar experiences. Usually, I find that taking three glucose tablets raises my blood sugar readings by at least two points. As my blood sugar reading raised to only 3.4, that suggests that mine went down to about 1.4, or at...

I will be contacting my GP on Monday; thanks.

Due to an unintended 2½ hour delay between having my insulin & eating food yesterday, I experienced the following: I was with my wife in a Lidl store and started to get some advanced warning of a Hypo. I first experienced problems with my vision but was not very concerned as typically that...

People with diabetes are being urged to check their blood glucose meters after a potentially dangerous fault was identified in two models. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said around 22,000 people use the One Touch Verio Pro and One Touch Verio IQ meters. Both...

Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe I was hospitalised with Pericarditis (Inflammation of the outer layer of the heart, usually caused by a virus) in 2006. I had my blood glucose readings taken several times per day & I was told that Pericarditis "often triggers...

If you are still feeling ill more than five weeks after starting on Metformin, you should seriously consider asking to be put on other medication instead. Some people cannot tolerate Metformin at all as the diarrhea problem doesn't get any better for them. There's no point in taking medicine...

I'm sorry if I gave you such impressions; I did NOT mean my response to be taken in such a way. When I post on forums, I try to take account of the fact that possibly hundreds of people might eventually read the posts. Thus I try to set out facts/information/links to help as many people as...

There is no longer any such thing as being "Registered Disabled"! The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 outlawed any such register. However, ANY medical condition that affects everyday living adversely, is classed as a "disability". That INCLUDES Diabetes, Addison's Disease (which I also...

Become an "expert patient". I must be quite strange as I was completely unperturbed when diagnosed with diabetes nearly six years ago. Worried looking Health Care Professionals (HCPs) kept asking me "how do you feel about being told you have diabetes?"; I couldn't understand what all the fuss...

You get D.L.A. because you are unable to do certain things (such as walk a set distance) or because you need someone to care for you. A good website for advice on this is: http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/ . If you think it is worth applying for D.L.A., it is well worth paying the small annual...

Actually the problem was the opposite; I was using 6mm needles, which were too short to pass through the subcutaneous tissue & weren't always reaching the fat. I recently changed to 8mm needles & now bruise much less frequently. (Thanks for the suggestion though). :) I do inject into my...

Am I the ONLY insulin injecting diabetic with absolutely NO fat on his thighs? I've got plenty of fat on by abdomen but belly little elsewhere. Unfortunately I often bleed after injecting, so injecting through clothes is definitely not a good idea for me. If i did so, I would also be unable to...

Well, Roziglitazone has just been BANNED in The EU & research released today, shows that death rates for those taking Pioglitazone (the same family of drugs) are THE SAME as for those who take Roziglitazone! So it is extremely likely that Pioglitazone will be withdrawn too. I already had heart...

Viagra, Cialis & Levitra can be prescribed on the NHS if the patient has any of the following: diabetes kidney failure requiring dialysis kidney transplant multiple sclerosis Parkinson’s disease polio prostate cancer removal of the prostate gland (prostatectomy, including men who have had a...

That's a terrible blow for you! The good news is that you've made ME feel better. I'm on 240 units of insulin daily (& rising) and was getting quite worried; to see that I'm on less than half your dose has cheered me up (but made me feel guilty about being cheered up :lol: ). It goes to show...

I decided to check the PELIKAN SUN website today, only to find that the product has been DISCONTINUED. I expect it was just too expensive to produce & sell in the current depressed market. :roll:

It seems that you shouldn't worry if your HbA1c creeps up a little, as a Nursing Times article published today shows that an HbA1c of 7.5% is safer than one of 6.5%!

You'll only get HALF of one for £60. :(