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    Low carbing while on a pump with closed loop

    If you're low carbing after a while your body starts turning what it is receiving into sugar so your body can function. This is why in other countries they teach how to bolus for protein. You need to experiment as to how much your body needs also bear in mind some veg does have a little carb you...
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    Sudden decrease on insulin needs (not honeymoon) any guess why?

    Interesting. I've had it twice and long covid after both but last bout was July 2022. Definitely worth considering. Thanks for the idea
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    Sudden decrease on insulin needs (not honeymoon) any guess why?

    Hi everyone I've been type 1 for nearly 40 years and over the last 3 days my insulin needs seem to have gone down majorly. I'm on a pump and am going low the whole time and managing to eat high carb without bolusing (it's really not as fun as it sounds). I've adjusted my basal down a lot and...
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    Shielding letters and vaccines

    Interesting! Maybe it's where I live that flips the algorithm. I hope you get it soon!
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    Shielding letters and vaccines

    Hi it doesn't say but apparently they simply run an algorithm. I have type 1, I'm over 40, not obese but not underweight. I suspect those factors together put me higher up than others. I would have been band 6 without this - 16-64 underlying condition. @ert I've sent the letter to the GP and...
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    Shielding letters and vaccines

    Hi I have type 1. I just got a shielding letter as part of the next wave. Does anyone know how to get a vaccine? What I'm hearing round here is it depends largely on who your GP is - some put people forward for any reason (I'm available at shrot notice for leftovers) and others say it's...
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    Insulin allergy - multiple insulins

    Animal insulin is still available but you have to fight to get it. New doctors haven't even heard of it (my response to that statement was "read your text book") . Talk to iddt and look at their website. They are very helpful. Their mission is to preserve insulin choice so everyone has one that...
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    How can I get NHS to fund my pump supplies?

    My funding for my pump comes straight from the hospital as do the supplies. Insulin and blood testing stuff comes from the GP. If you are under consultant care bring it up with them. The fact that you're an experienced pump user may help. Otherwise it depends a lot on which PCT you're in and...
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    Insulin allergy - multiple insulins

    Hi - no allergy but I've been on porcine for all my time (37 years) except for 3 years on human insulin where I lost all hypo symptoms. It's still avalaible in the UK. I think only porcine as they stopped making the crystals for bovine. IDDT are great for info. I use it in a pump now and have...
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    Hypurin porcine availability

    Good news! I got a call 2 days later that the rest were coming. The pharmacist said there was a problem with one wholesaler being out of stock so they had to go to another. I still don't know but more importantly I have my full prescription! Thanks for the support
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    Hypurin porcine availability

    For the first time ever I'm having trouble ordering this. The chemist could only get me 1 vial of 4 although 5hey could manage 2 libres. Anyone know what the issue is? It's my usual chemist.
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    Where to do set change at work?

    Update- i took it up through occupational health who were very sympathetic and have agrees to give a room a locking function so I'm happy with that.
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    Back in the day!!!!!!!!

    The sound of the autolet as it went whizzing towards your finger and having to not move it away in the few seconds... mine had blue lancets. Also i only tested once a day because the hospital said it would be bad for my fingers to do otherwise (aged 3 on diagnosis). And then the game of...
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    Where to do set change at work?

    Thanks but aside from the fact I prefer absorption on bottom if I'm wearing a dress it would not be a good look!!!!
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    Where to do set change at work?

    Thanks a lot. That's a great idea.
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    Where to do set change at work?

    I've had a pump for over 4 years and have just moved offices. Previously if I needed to do a change because of a bad set or it getting ripped out there was a changing room with a nice bench within 100m thst I would discretely nip into and do the necessary. We've just moved to a new office and...
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    Type 1 Work issue

    Write it up so you can send after and do take someone with. It's an emotional subject for most of us.
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    Type 1 Work issue

    Unless you're being really in your face there's no reason anyone should have noticed. It sounds like they saw it once took offence and then started deliberately watching. I sat next to a colleague for years and only told him I had type 1 when he became my LM. He hadn't noticed a thing. That...
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    Scared of the Risks!

    Just to let you know, I have been blessed with 4 children (youngest is 3) and have now had type 1 for nearly 36 years. No it isn't easy and having good control is a prerequisite to start. Saying which the motivator to have good control massively increases when you have a living thing inside you...
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    DIAB1 Online Form Query

    Good news i got my licence back and all ok. The next day i got the letter saying they'd approved my licence and i'd receive it in the next few weeks......