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Hello, this is my first time on here so please bear with me, I’ve only just started doing the finger prick testing and I don’t know what it a good or bad reading. It’s going between 6.7 and today it’s 20…….can anyone help me please.???

So I was diagnosed in October last year and so far have had no help whatsoever from my doctors surgery. I feel like I was just given Metformin and nothing was explained. Am I supposed to test my own blood sugar levels?

Hello All! I am so happy to have found this forum. My father is 62 years old and has been diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes for about 10 years or so now. He is a heavier man at about 255lb and is a stubborn irishman to say the least. In the last 5 years or so we have nicknamed him "the sugar...

Hi everyone, So I'm feeling a bit at my wits end with my blood sugars lately, despite having my hba1c being 47, two less than last time. I'm not satisfied... I've just phoned the DSN to try and voice my concerns and I get told I'm doing fine and there are no concerns. The consultant says the...

Hello, I’m newly diagnosed, on the phone, and haven’t yet had the chat with my nurse about foods and diet going forwards. I also have an eating disorder, where I overeat and purging does not happen!! It all stays in. In recent months I have been particularly stressed and struggling, and have...

My father was diagnosed with Type 2 about 2 years ago now. Unfortunately I do not live anywhere near home anymore and only get to come back once or twice a year. However this time after coming home, I spoke to my father and he told me that he has had some dramatic weight loss and he knows thats...

Since the clocks changed for British Summertime I have had constant hypos both by day but especially between 01 and 03 am. The same thing happens in the autumn. I have reduced insulin doses, decreased both insulatard and actrapid and even eaten extra carbs before bedtime but this week for...

Hi guys, Found myself in quite the pickle! I did a short jail term (6 months) in 2016 (stupid messy eBay fraud - didn't kill anyone, ha). During that period, my 4-year short permit driving licence expired. I lost paperwork (and my old plastic licence) during all the upheaval. I think it...

Hi all I'm confused as to whether or not I'm diabetic. I had an OGTT a few years back due to low blood sugar concerns. My fasting sugar was 4 something, then it dropped to 2.6 after 30mins after the drink, then came back up. Last year I had this test repeated. Fasting/starting sugar was 4...

Hello everyone! I don't have diabetes, but as you can see by my name I am a nursing student and I study in the Netherlands. Currently, I am in my exam year and I have to do a research project about new innovations in the healthcare. Since this forum is global I wanted to reach out to a broad...

Hello again! All your replies were extremely helpful and you gave us a lot of info about moving to the UK. My fiance talked to the GP today and he found out even more. But there is something that terrified me a little bit and I would love to hear your opinions and experiences on that. She told...

Hello everybody! :) My name is Mantha and I've been a Type 1 Diabetic since 31.12.1994! I've been using an insulin pump (Medtronic Minimed 640G) since 2012. Multiple Sclerosis also came into my life in May 2014. This is going to be sort of a long post and I am really sorry for that. But I am...

Hi everyone, So my problem is this, I am using a freestyle libre CGM at the moment, I'm a little concerned with some of the readings. So I checked them against my normal glucose monitor, and got some very different readings so I checked with my back-up meter (I actually have two back-up...

Hi this is my first time posting on here but does anyone feel like the doctors dont care what happens to you . Last friday at work i had my dinner everything was going well untill i started to feel shaky confused and sleepy . The staff in the room were worried and said i looked looked pale...

I and my wife lived in a happy marriage up until the point where I got diagnosed with this disease. I remember the first time I was sent home with "DKA-high" levels and shown how to inject myself. So after I done that, I was relieved that it was so easy and painless. Fast forward a year, now I...

hey yall well im totally confussed atm ive been on weekly injection well this is my 4th week on bydureon finally seems like the side effects are settling down (ihope) so first 2 weeks i lost 1 stone 1 lb and 4 % body fat woopwoop however diabetic gremlin bit me and hypos begun and now i cant...

Help I am a bit confused so if anybody can help it would be good.Anyway to cut a long story short I went to my doctor for pre diabetes blood test I checked my blood sugar level before I went it was 6.0 I think is is pre diabetes? I did the test after a shower and I did not eat anything before I...