[Diabetes] General Chat and Support Thread

Yeah I have a medical card and LTI book and trying to see as I guess as ever when you go on something you likely are not coming off it

My two new ones are in it, but I didnt get them which is even more strange

Ill check the rest of my list to see thanks, yeah all the medicine I got and to get is on it (as even cant get my medicine lined up with doctor visits etc)

Contour Next Strips

Desunin 800IU

Forxiga 10mg 

Inegy 10mg/40mg

Lecalpin 10mg

Metformin 500mg

Microlet Coloured Lancets

Natrilix—Have to get dosage

Raporsin 4mg

Sitagliptin 100mg

Tritace 5mg/2.5mg

Yeah I get it with the 150 charge for years now

I would be asking questions as I said I've the lti and medical card so nothing special

If you are paying the 1.50 charge you are not getting it on the LTI so my chemist is probably correct.

Dealz do 90 for €1.50.

What do they do ?

it is just vitamin D3

Went into the chemist, just a mistake and got 3 euro back

Forever issues with chemists no matter where you go

So what is the best, I know someone said Dealz

Be waiting on my doctor to take flight over how these ones ive been getting a special etc etc

Got word from doc, up to me if I do or dont take them and where I get them, if cheaper then go ahead

Anyone got ideas of brand etc for Vitamin D, had a quick look in Lidl but no strength on it, I am on 800 and she said can go up too 4k

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260221060952.htm

Interesting.

Has anyone here suffered from and had treatment for a frozen shoulder? Not exclusive to diabetics but a higher rate of occurrence unfortunately….

As i see many on here suffering from being a diabetic and me type 2

I wanted to ask as not doing the daily finger prick anymore and wanted to see if others were going a patch and ap on phone.

I rang chemist to check but only offered me ONE TOUCH as what i had used previously.

Any names i can check out and using a patch on arm so i can check at anytime.

Perfect timing as doctor is going to ring me tomorrow for a chat as might be clueless as what my needs are.

Have to recheck those names again as Dexcom not supported on my phone.

If not able to go that route i think there is one you insert a finger into a device to get a reading , not sure if its portable.

Thanks. Similar story for myself. No dramatic injury but reasonably quick deterioration in movement in the left shoulder (and it's almost always the left shoulder for some reason). Went to physio who initially thought it was standard mobility stuff, but after 6-8 weeks of physio exercise, no improvement - actually a further deterioration. Physio then agreed frozen shoulder, referred to GP, who also agreed and wrote a letter of referral. Interestingly, wouldn't recommend a specific orthopaedic consultant because of the variability of waiting lists, but told me to ring around until I got someone who would see me quickly.

Finally got sorted. Had to have MRI to confirm, followed quickly enough by consultation and corticosteroid injection into the shoulder. Definite improvement already, back to about 75% of movement and a lot less pain (discomfort at night and inability to sleep was becoming a real concern). Second injection to take place 6 weeks after the first and with the phsyio exercises I'm doing, I'm hopeful of a full recovery sooner rather than later. All the advice suggests that a full recovery happens naturally anyway even without the injections/interventions, but that it can take 18+ months and I definitely didn't feel I could up with it for that long.

Only caveat is that the steroid injection drove my blood sugar levels absolutely nuts for a couple of weeks but that wasn't unexpected.

As per Cram above, I'd recommend anyone experiencing similar issues to look into it ASAP - there are long waiting lists for orthopaedic consultants, and a general lack of knowledge of the condition outside of that. If anyone wants specific details of my treatment, DM me.