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  1. wxring

    Sickness / When to make appointment?

    Hello, first ever post! nice to meet everyone in advance. Was just wondering when you are sick, do you go to the pharmacist/GP for things that otherwise a ‘healthy’ person would stay home for to fight off? I suspect I have an ear infection (originally a sore throat) and on the NHS website it’s...
  2. J

    Arranging A1C Test

    I (M, 21) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 2.5 months ago, with no follow-up from the hospital. I was given my medication and some leaflets. Will the NHS make an appt for my first A1C test and communicate the details via letter? I understand that the NHS has been instructed to pare down...
  3. Ralph-YK

    Getting to and from the hospital, Age UK

    I think I've posted before that some people can get hospital transport for appointments. When I first used it it was mostly volunteers in ordinary saloon cars. Ocastionally a minibus/van driven by an "ambulance" person. At lease some say Ambulance on, even though they're not the medical thing...
  4. S

    Care during pregnancy

    I'd quite like to hear other Type 1 diabetics experience, please. I'm 15 weeks pregnant and so far quite lost in terms of hospital care for us diabetics during pregnancy. I miscarried back in September, but before this I was offered a viability scan and met the consultants at 7 weeks. I then...
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