Recent Content by izzyj09

I’m 23, live in Surrey and feeling pretty low about being diabetic as well at the moment...shoot me a message if you’d like to chat.... :)

I went to Indonesia and Singapore this year and they were absolutely fine with the pump, I just said medication and they seemed to accept it and just waved me through without searching me or making me going through the body scanner !

Hey I was on the animas vibe and swapped to the Medtronic 640 at Christmas ! I love my Medtronic it's so easy to bolous on and I love the fact that I can increase my carb ratios by 0.1 if your under 10 for them ! The only bad thing I find is the battery only lasts about 2/3 weeks but apart from...

Hey ! I put rock tape right over my libre and it never peels of with it, you just hold onto your libre when the last bit comes of and then it stays on a ok :) I only get a reaction to it when I go swimming and leave that piece of tape on for 4/5 days afterwards, probably the chlorine more than...

Hey I moved to Canada this year, and the way I did it was just to take all the supplies I needed in September and then another batch when I come home for Christmas, just because it worked out to be easier that way ! I did have health insurance though and I took all of my prescriptions out so...

Hey ! I'm a water polo player and I've done 2.5 hours in the water with my libre on and it's quite a violent sport ! I put three strips of rock tape H2O over the top of it, and it normally stays on fine ! I've never had any trouble because of it not being in the water that long, although...

Hey ! I completely get where you are coming from... I used to swim 13-16 hours a week... really the best thing is trial and error and what works for you might be really different from someone else ! I have no experience about running as you can probably tell I'm a water baby but have you looked...

Heyyy.. I'm a little older than you as I'm 21 but I was diagnosed when I was 12 and I completely get where your coming from... don't ever feel isolated there are loads of people on here to chat to, and maybe mention this feeling to your nurse and see if they do any meet ups because they used to...

Hey ! I went to Cambodia and Vietnam last year, and I found diabetes wise that I ran my self higher during the day because of the activity I was doing... walking miles and miles... then at night I would often be very low and have to make sure I reduced insulin both basal and bolus ! Testing for...

I don't use cgm with either of them because both aren't waterproof which for me as I know play water polo instead was obviously quite a problem ! I use a libre and I love it ! I know loads of people have problems or haven't got on with it but I love mine to pieces !!!

Hey there so I'm in the lucky position of actually being in both pumps throughout my diabetic life ! The positives I found with the vibe was that it was waterproof so I could swim with it on, the basal settings I can change relatively in small doses The negatives for me with the vibe is that...

I have found that vodka and orange or vodka with some sort of mixer in it preferably quite high with sugar works for me because combined with going out and dancing and drinking I find I can go low quite easily ! I always eat something with no carb when I get back in ! But I totally agree with...

Hey when I went to Vietnam etc for 3 weeks I got the frio wallet with the zips and found that they lasted longer than the ones with Velcro ! I would maybe contact the frio wallets because I've had some that have lasted years and I really do test them if that makes sense !

I got my pump at the age of 13 and literally I thought I had a life again.... it meant that if I wanted to et with everyone I didn't have to go hide to inject, I didn't have to have people stare and stuff, but I think that might just have been a self conscious teenager speaking! But now I'm a...

Hey I'm Izzy, I'm 20 and also at university and girl I get you ! It's sometimes a nightmare when your so stressed because of uni work, which makes me go high, then when I'm high I really struggle to concentrate then I get even more stressed because I've done no work !! They way I've dealt with...