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Bryan Adams is type 1

Ha, no I wear it under my shirt - I wear a suit (teacher). Just imagine how many questions I'd get off the kids otherwise!!

I was unsure of getting a pump due to the tubing on show issues. Anyway, been pumping for 4 months now and wear mine in a spi belt around my waist. This way it is not visible at all under my shirt and is above the waistband of my trousers. Maybe worth a try?

Glad to here such good reviews of the accu check insight. I started on the Combo in October and have just had a letter that Roche will honour an upgrade to the insight if I want it. Going to meet the rep next month.

Hi Valleyboy, thank you so much for your advice. I'm still very much experimenting with exercise and adjusting doses / carb intake. I have found that leaving my original doses and exercising 3.5 - 4.5 hours is working better for me when running in terms of avoiding huge highs, but even this...

Hi Bebo321, Last time I saw my DSN she raised the question of using a pump with me again, as she feels my control with exercise would be much better and asked me to research insulin pumps. We had talked about use of pumps a couple of years back, but I was very against the idea of being...

Hi all Not been on here for a bit. I've now been to see my diabetic nurse and have discussed the issues I seem to have when running. I'm still having tp push my BG up quite a bit before running and still experience the big drops. My nurse has suggested I think about using an insulin pump as...

Hi Bebo321, I've been out for my run today with similar success! Started on 10.1 at breakfast (bit higher as I had a few beers last night) and had normal bolus but reduced basal to 9 again. Three hours later it was at 11.0 and I had an apple and biscuit and went out for my 5k. BG was 7.8 at...

THANK YOU ALL! Your advice has been really useful and is greatly appreciated. I've not been able to run since as I've strained my ankle on the last run. However, I took the advice of Bebo321 and scaled back my basal insulin this morning to 9 units instead of 12. I carb counted my meals and...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and have just recently started running (six weeks now!). I'm a T1 diabetic, running 5k between 3 and 5 times a week and have also just started dosing my bolus by carb counting. I tend to run after work, which is usually three and half hours after lunch time and...