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Your pelvis and leg were smashed and it has only ‘slowed you down’? Are you Superman?

Oh I love the Regent’s Canal. I used to cycle from Islington to the park every weeken with my son (and the zoo sometimes, which he loved) when he was small. And for a couple of years I used to cycle the other direction to work in Whitechapel. In the winter there’d be herons and the like on the ice.

Finished week 5 of Couch to 5k yesterday so was very pleased with myself yesterday.

I completed all 3 runs of Week 5 of C25K by Saturday so I was pretty pleased with that

So yesterday my evening walk took me up to 13,666 steps. I was a bit surprised. Especially because I did Week 5, run 1 of C25K today and it only came to 5,714 steps. Anyway, it certainly got the heart beating!

Today 8917 steps so far. I should be walking into town later this evening so that’ll probably top 10,00. We’ll see

And today I walked 9070 steps

Hi everyone, I’m back. I started the thread quite a while back and have been up to other stuff but I am back here at the thread and in the U.K. I left Istanbul after the attempted coup in 2016. I’m now in the East Midlands and I’ve started the Couch to 5k program. It was HARD in the first week...

Two pumps will make your bolus wizards’ lives impossible. :(

If it’s working sometimes then it’s probably not the insulin per se that’s the problem. You might be having a bout of insulin resistance when it seems not to be working. Insulin resistance can be caused by diet (eating high fat and carbs together, for example), being overweight, being...

Slurred speech can be a symptom of hypothyroidism which often co-occurs with T1. You should have a blood test. And don't worry about it. I've had it for 42 years (diabetes for 50) and its just a small tablet every day. (I never understand why people whinge about such small things! They should...

The long-term risk of hyperinsulinemia is Alzheimers so running a bit high might not be so bad. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20160413/NYU-Stern-innovation-expert-uncovers-new-link-between-diabetes-and-Alzheimers-disease.aspx

Good article here: https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/what-affects-how-your-insulin-works-300580/

I'm not posting regularly but I am walking. 11000 steps today

I agree this is probably a needle failure. Change the needle and try again. Insulin can actually dry up and block the needle. Are you changing your needles every time?