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Hi! For several months now I have been experiencing severe nausea and really bad headaches. I have had every test going re the nausea and everything came back clear. I have chronic migraine so the headaches were put down to that and I have been referred back to my neurologist. I also have...

I've been diagnosed with diabetes type 2 for around 3 months now, I also have anxiety (unfortunate combo) when I was diagnosed I was told to take 3 pills of 500 grams metformin per day because my blood sugar was really high, thanks to diet and exercise, nowadays I take only 1, my blood sugar...

Hello, my name is Rob and I'm 24, average build. Thanks for taking the time to read this. My blood sugar levels are usually 9-10mmol and that's normal for me as less than that tends to makes me feel low. My fast acting insulin is novarapid, 10 carbs per 1 unit. My long acting insulin is...

Hi guys, so found out last Tuesday that I had type 1 diabetes. Was a big shock as I hadn't been feeling unwell or anything. Obviously the first week has been a lot to take in. My blood sugar levels have been high since my diagnosis (around 11-14 in the morning and throughout the day sometimes...

Hi all, Looking for a little bit of help. During my recent hospital stay i was given a brand new GlucoMen Areo machine. I was also give some blood-like solution so that every month i could test that my machine was working properly. Annoyingly i have managed to misplace it and cant find it...

I was injecting insulin Novolog before dinner and when I took the pen out it bled and there was streak of blood in the cartridge. I've been googling the heck out of it but can't find much that says it happens or why. It weirded me out first time it happened. Now few hours later the site has a...

So following the saga of my foot check/ reduced strip allocation I went in today to see if blood results were back. They are. But receptionist won't tell me or let me have a print out. I point out that they gave me one last year and it helps me keep track. She says she will have to ask the...

I have recently been diagnosed with T2 and am in the process of trying to identify what foods I can and can't eat. Have read a lot about carbohydrates and reduction thereof. I love Wheetabix as breakfast but now find that cereals are no good :-( So in order to find out what it good for me and...

For the second time the local surgery were unable to extract any blood for my three month HBA1C check. Two nurses - five attempts, quite a lot of pain in the end before they have reverted to using the BUPA report I had done just two weeks ago. Sad because I wanted to see the 12 week result...

Is hitting a blood vessel while inserting a device or giving an injection a concern for you? How much of a concern?

Hello all, I have recently been having a problem in which the infusion set keeps turning orangey/red. I've had the pump since July last year and not had this issue until about a month go onwards. Every time it happens i change all the tubing and cannula and I have changed sites completely...

They say you can't get blood out of a stone well I am struggling to get blood from my finger. I was only diagnosed on 20th Dec and was given tablets and a blood monitoring device on 29th. I only have to get blood twice a day first thing and 2 hours after dinner but I cannot get anything other...

Hello, often after I change my infusion set I get highs with ketones until I have a big bolus with pen and I change set (then, I get better after some hours). Removing the infusion set I have some blood coming out of the insertion site. I summarized that I might be having hit a capillary and...

Hi , i am 44 years old , 24 stone . recently type 2 , on tablets for high blood pressure and diabetes. Like all on here trying the high fat low carbs diet , going well over 1 1/2 stone lighter. My main concerns is chest pain and eyesight. I was sent to the hospital today for stress test ...

Hello everyone! So, I was diagnosed with Type 2 about 5 weeks ago with a reading of 91 at 31 years old. I weighed 31 stones at the time. I went straight on an LCHF diet, started exercising. I'm now 28.8, go walking, exercise most days, drink only water, not deviated from diet. Yes, I miss my old...

I just received the summons to go get my yearly blood and urine test. The paperwork this time says "this blood test no longer needs to be a fasting one" - to which I shout hallelujah, because I hate not having anything to eat or drink except water until usually well past 11am, since the Clinic...

Manufactured by Nipro Diagnostics, certain lots of test strips may give incorrect low blood glucose results that could lead to undetected hyperglycaemia. This Alert refers to different blood glucose test strips to those covered by MDA/2016/009R. Action Identify patients who use TRUEresult...

I am 17, about to turn 18 and I have a family history of type 2 diabetes. I am not really "thin/lean" and I am skinny-fat. I weigh 155 lbs, 6'0" but have a high body fat% (34 inch waist). I am currently bulking up, trying to build muscle, and I went and checked my blood sugar. My fasted...

Hi all, I have now and then heard people saying they feel ill when their blood sugar spikes. But 'ill' in what way? I do sometimes feel hot, but my mother has the house heating on super hot until it's about 90 outside. I sometimes feel sleepy after a meal - but I've always felt that now...