I mean like their insulin needles or like all their equipment they need? How do they get it passed security without getting picked out and searched? Or do they carry like a doctor’s note.

I am 26 and 28 weeks preggo weighing 108 lbs on my 4th pregnancy with no prior problems in my last 3 but recently had a glucose reading of 147 not high but elevated. I had pancakes for breakfast that morning and drank a mountain dew on the way to the doctors before the 1 hour test, will that affect my results. I hate needles and do not want to go through this test if it’s not necessary, what do you think?

1st question: is the glucose tolerance test the same thing as the gestational diabetes test?
2nd question: How is the test performed as far as the blood sample? Is it just a finger poke or do they actually stick a needle in your arm and take a vial of blood? I really hate needles but I wouldn’t mind a finger poke at all.

Thanks!

I am unemployed, have no income and was wondering if you can get free insulin, needles, test strips and lancets

My dad somehow forgot to takes his insulin and the needles on his trip. He will be gone for 8 days.
What will be the side effects? He is driving. Would he be able to get insulin and needles somewhere on his trip? Please advice.

My friend is diabetic and doesn’t take care of herself. What makes it worst is that she currently has no money and is living out of motels. She has no insulin and no needles and is very sick. I don’t know what to do, but she needs supplies NOW which are cheap, or preferrably no cost. The programs i’ve researched can’t get it to her in enough time. Any hospitals ort clinics in LA county that can help her. please respond. thank you.

p.s.
i know if it gets bad i can take her to the ER but im hoping for a more long term/ less expensive solution….thanks

I have some concern that my blood sugar may be off (high or low i’m not really sure) so I had my mother-in-law who is a diabetic take my reading with her monitor. We tried 5-6 different strips on two different days on two different readers. The strips and needles were both new but it wouldn’t beep or show any results at all. The first day we did manage to get a reading of 161 but we are not sure if it’s accurate since it took a while to read, like 30-40 seconds after applying blood to strip, (she could have pushed a button or something since it still didn’t beep). We tried a lot of blood and a little bit on both of my middle fingers and my index fingers, but still nothing. She tests herself at least once a day and hasn’t had any problems. Also, my sister-in-law who had diabetes when pregnant tested herself and the results showed up immediately (she was normal).

If there is no problem with the device or any of its parts and we were doing the test correctly, why wouldn’t it read my blood sugar? I can’t find any information on this anywhere!

Thanks in advance,
Amy Lou

Im a diabetic and i lost my inscurance so im running low on my insulin and the supplies i need to take my medicene and check my sugar and i have been having to use my needles more than once in order to stretch it out because the supplies are hard for me to afford right now.

I was diabetic when I was pregnant and I still have a bunch of new needles, I dont think I can throw them away because it’s hazorious. what do I do with them is there a place I can take them? like a hospital or something?

There have been many advancements in medical technology that might one day allow Diabetics to get their insulin without injecting with needles.

What sort of methods might be used? And when will these be a reality for Diabetics?

I have type 1 diabetes and I have no insurance. I have had diabetes for 18 years now, I currently have no job and no insurance. I dont know what to do. I do have an insulin pump but I have no supplies to use it so Im using insulin and needles and its taking a toll on me, I live in Kansas City Kansas, and dont know where to go. I need help bad. I called the the srs office in kansas and she said she didnt know of anything that could help me. I just know I need supplies and dont know where to turm

I have done reseach and I am preety sure I have type 1 diabetes but I am afraid of needles what should I do be honnest ( I am highly highly highly afraid of needles
I have let me parnets know but they said they will only take me If I really feel like I want to go to docters

I am looking for a needle-less glucose blood sugar monitor system for my dad. I heard somewhere somehow there is a device that people with diabetes would not need to poke themselves with needles to get a measurement. Can you recommend a device that isn’t so much money?

Many thanks,

I have three two leader bottles full of insulin needles from giving my cat injections. What do I do with them, I do not feel it’s OK to throw them in the dumpster

I have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetis and was put on a special low carb diet. I have to check my blood sugar levels 5 times a day. My levels still seem to stay higher than they should. Is there anything I can do to get my levels down so that I don’t have to take insullin shots (I hate needles). I haven’t even been eating as much carbs as they have allowed me to and my levels don’t seem to be coming down .