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  1. Q

    Blood sugar out of control while sick

    Hello everyone. I am kind of desperate by now. You see I am sick. I haven't tested yet but I suspect COVID. I really cant control my blood sugar. It was about 10 mmol for the majority of yesterday. Today I wake up and it's 14 mmol... I try to inject various amounts of insulin and it doesn't...
  2. ButterflyWine

    Unwell and on Probationary Period

    Hi All! I started a new job at the end of September and so far I've had to take 2 week's off sick already due to feeling very unwell - bad headaches, severe nausea, vomiting, blurred vision etc all the signs of hyperglycaemia. I've been trying to get treatment from my GP but they keep wanting to...
  3. C

    Feeling Yuk as Blood Sugars Drop

    Good Morning All I have been pre-diabetic for around 3 years but my last HBA1C was 50 (May 2021) which had jumped from 44 a few months beforehand. I saw a different endocrinologist on Wednesday 9th June who has given me the wake up call that my body just can't handle carbs anymore and we need...
  4. A

    Help!!

    my girlfriend is here and shes basically been asleep all day execpt when i brought her eggs in a tortilla with cheese and 1 bacon strip and 1/2 a dr pepper with ice. she started that time of month earlier and was feelin bad but we just chaulked it up to that time of month. now shes thrown up all...
  5. B

    Sick- help!

    I've been suffering from sickness and diarrhoea for a couple of days now. I've had very little appetite. When I have eaten (about 30-40g carbs) I didn't do an injection. An hour later I check my blood sugar and it had gone down a unit. When my sugar was lower than I wanted it to be before bed, I...
  6. O

    Managing Flu with Diabetes Type 1

    hi there, I have recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, as in the last couple of weeks. I had the flu jab as recommended and I've come down with the worst cold and flu symptoms. My blood sugars are either sky high or quickly decreasing and I don't know how to keep them "normal". I don't...
  7. Rosiediabetes

    Metformin Bum Trouble

    Hi all, I'll get straight to the point; I've been on metformin the last 3 years and whenever I start to throw up, I cannot control my bowel (in short: butt explosions), and I wondered if I stopped taking this drug, would my bum return to its glorious, well behaved form? My friend (also on MF)...