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hey there, my grandma have a optium neo for 8 months now, and suddenly (i tested w/ new batteries and w/ old ones) it doesn’t work. two arrows (like the high and low glucose level ones) pops up and nothing happens after that. she’s not considering buying another one unless it’s really necessary...

Hi! I am looking into going to Australia on a working holiday visa and am trying to find some answers about prescriptions for type 1 diabetes car. I am 26, was diagnosed with T1D last year and have been getting along alright but cannot find any information on whether CGM of flash GM's are...

Hello Wondering if anyone can assist/advise/offer advice. Father is 88 years old. Been injecting for last 40 odd years. He measures and injects himself. We have never had to interfere. He is now developing dementia and it's progressing very fast. Too fast for our liking.. like changing every...

Hi i am struggling I am hungry all the time I am type 2 and on tablets can anyone advise me what I can do I finding very difficult

So I have had t1 diabetes for 16 years, I know how to handle it with a A1C of 6.4.. my issue is that in the past year I went from a insulin to carb ratio of 1:7 to 1:3 and a correction factor of 20 to 9... I have no idea why my resistance increased so drastically and what is the most frustrating...

Hi all, On a recent visit to the doctors I have once again been told that I am pre-diabetic. I am eager to reverse this as I am on no medications (diet changes only). The reason I went to the doctors was for a full blood test as I was feeling lightheaded and sometimes dizzy. I recently...

Hello, not sure if I am diabetic yet I went to hospital Wednesday they did a hba1c I rang my doctors they not got the results yet so I rang the diabetic team at the hospital and they said the level was 69 so I said am I diabetic then and she said she was not allowed to say either way, the...

Evening People, I’m really after some advice or To see if anyone has had any similar experiences. My insulin doses have been pretty much the same for the last 5 years and everything has been pretty ok…the last week or so I am really struggling with hypos. This morning I woke up with a BG...

Hi everyone just looking for some advice please. I had to test my blood sugars daily whilst 37 weeks pregnant for suspected gestational diabetes, all results were fine apart from one reading that came back as 12 an hour eating a dominoes, this was a whole medium pizza and some wedges. from...

Hi Everyone I would really appreciate some advice! So it turns out I was misdiagnosed as T2 8 years ago and I am actually T1. Trying not to dwell on the late diagnosis side of things and just want to move forward! I have been on insulin previously during pregnancy as Metformin never agreed...

Hello, everyone. I've been diabetic for over 10 years now and lately, I've been having some serious issues with the action of my insulin bolus doses. I noticed that its peak of action sometimes started occurring way before the expected, and as a consequence, I had to adjust my bolus doses for...

I am currently on the Libre Optium Neo since I was diagnosed in December, and I was researching other glucose smart meters and came across the Smart Dario meter, and I was wondering if I could change from the Optium Neo to Dario. It is available for free on the NHS, along with the test strips...

Evening everyone, First of all I am a male 38, 14st6, 5ft11. I was informed on the 22nd that I am 50% type 1 or 2 the doctors are doing tests to find out what am. I was around 19mmol and have it around 13 now. I am scared and don't quite know what to do I am really a bad reader but some advise...

I'm so fed up of my bloods being so high. Today for example: I woke up at 18.6 Take 80mg of gliclazide No breakfast Lunch I had left over rice and veg and an apple at 1pm. Get home at 7pm test my bloods before dinner and it's 17.5. I've not had anything to eat between then and now Why won't...

So I've been on Gliclazide for three weeks. Doctor made me up the dose to 80mg twice a day, this week because my sugars are still high. My morning bloods are 17-19 (give or take a decimal). I don't have carbs or sugars for breakfast anymore. My lunch is salads with occasional cheese for some...

Hi All, So I've been diagnosed with fasting levels of 21 and a hba1 (whatever it is) of 128. Been told to limit carbs to 100g a day and obs cut all sugar. I have no gall bladder so need a low fat diet and I can't digest protein well - gives me severe digestive discomfort. I don't know what...

Hi all Just looking for a bit of help/advice if possible. I have T1 diabetes - was diagnosed late 2018 - and over the last two years I've been getting increasingly unwell. My main symptoms are fatigue (incredible at times), mood swings (mainly deep depression), aches and pains and a general...

So I’ve woken up with ketones of 2.8 and blood sugar just reading high…given a large bolus with my normal morning insulin and an hour in no change. Feeling rather nauseous and dehydrated and I can’t think why my sugars have done this… I had my normal dinner with insulin and didn’t eat anything...

Hi all, New the forum so hope you're all well. I have had T1D since I was 11 - now 27. I also have ulcerative colitis and because of this I had to have surgery at 15 to have an ileostomy or stoma bag - I still have my rectum so currently waiting for surgery to remove this. But, before that can...

Hi all! Got a diagnosis of type 2 a couple of weeks before Christmas. A bit of background: - 35 years old - Healthy BMI of 23 and an OK diet (love my fruit and veg, no major sweet tooth, just love a glass of red or two at the weekends and a slice of bread and butter) - Exercise regularly -...