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Hey Riri, Glad to hear your having a great time in Greece!!! hmmm gotta get reading up on temp basal rates!!! always good to know!! I'll try my hardest to enjoy Crete! :lol: Pm when you get back to compare notes??? x

Hi, Have an amazing time in Greece, I'm off to Crete in 2 weeks! I got my pump insured on ma home insurance for no extra per month! so it may be worth while to check out your home insurance provider (mine is tesco and they were great about it!) i've only had my pump for 3 months but CANNOt...

HI Riri, Can U imagine the questions? i suppose that makes sense and was thinking along the same lines as changing the wole thing a little more often. Where are you going? Is it soon? Thanks for letting me know what Medtronic advise! Can I ask who u use for insurance? as I find that the...

Thanks Cheryl, was looking at getting a frio case but the dsn at hosp said that they can chill the insulin a little too much so i think i'll just go and see?! I'll just make sure i have LOADS of tests strips etc with me! Hhaha the airport staff must love it when we go through!! Brazil sounds...

Hi all, I'm lucky enough to be going on holiday in a few weeks to the SUN!! :clap: well not exactly but as the weathers been so miserable lately here it sure feels like it! any way this will be my first time taking my pump to a hot destination and am a wee bit worried how the change in...

Hi Libby, Thanx for that! Im doing ok so far a wee bit of tweaking needed here and there to get basal rate sorted but thats to be expected. But for the first few days my blood sugars stayed really stable so of course i was thinking WOW this is a god send two weeks in tho and im waking up...

Hi all, Well I finally got my pump fitted yesterday! I'm over the moon with how easy it is too wear it ( so far!) Hopefully this is the beginning of a beautiful and long lasting friendship between me and insulin!! Any advice or words of warning etc with regards to using it would be great...

Wow that does not sound good peeps, I eventually got to see a doctor at the out of hours clinic. Went in expecting to be given some pain meds or something and to be told to just give the antibiotics a chance to work. Anyway went in and was told i had a massive abcess which had to be removed...

Hey all, not been on for a long time but hope everyone is doing good! I just had a quick question, thought this would be the best place to ask! I had a Continual Glucose Monitor on last week for 6 days (for my diabetic team to prove to me that its my fault my control is not great and for me to...

Hey all, I just wanted to wish Victry77 lots of luck in her new venture! Holistic Therapies are Brilliantly rewarding for both therapist and client so enjoy making a difference in peoples life! just look after yourself there are people out there who will want to suck the life energy out of you -...

Hi, twenty years on and never needed and ambulance but have woken to find an extremely worried dad and husband standing over me looking petrified!!! Got ma mum on the phone problem solved! Bless them they were a bit paralysed with fear because i didn't come round instantly!!! They both sed...

Re: Just out of interest - do you have diabetes in the famil Me - type 1 aged 10 my papa (mum's dad) around 62ish type2 after a heart attack his sister type 2 also follwing problems with her heart and also type 2! Not sure about a link. Is there one??? Was told when first diagnosed that the...

Happy belated Birthday! Hope you had a lovely day!!!!

hahaha I do that too! my mum caught me the other day and went ballistic! :lol: I told her i was 30 to give me a break - and then proceeded to do the other meter coz the reading was OK! She defo not amused, but her face made me giggle quite a bit! Mum's you gotta love their dedication to their...

I loved all of these and they are all so true. I had a waiter in Portugal almost ask me leave the restaurant my friends and I were in when i pulled out my pen to inject right after my meal. Thankfully the managers grandson had diabetes and came over and asked all about mine! PHEW! :lol: We...

Hi Heather, I'm in the same boat as you ( although about 10 years older!) As far as I know (well where I am anyway) you get referred to a Pre conception clinic at the local mat unit where they should have a doctor who specialises in "problem pregnancies" i.e high riskers like diabetes. They...

hey Fiona Look dont worry bout it! i'm kinda new to all this talking via forums too, still find it a wee bit weird! :? but with practice and all that! Hope you find the answers you're looking for and if not it's always nice to know there are so many people out there with similar issues - no...

Fiona, HI Just wanted to say Hello and welcome you to the forum. Kids can be so cruel (well so an adults i suppose) but everyone here is really nice and very helpful. so hopefully you'll feel right at home to talk to anyone here! Sometimes when you're reading things it can come across not quite...

Hi Victry77 I wanted to wish you all the best with the plan of becoming a Holistic Therapist! I currently work in the Beauty industry and do a fair bit of holistic therapies (all kinds of massage and reflexology etc) My clients often quote that they cannot have such treatments because they are...

Hey Emma, The friendly meter ....... nice ....... I wish that was true!!! Hope you got on well at the nurse today, hopefully she gave you a wee bit of insight into insulin to carb ratio's that will make it a bit easier for you to control you're sugars or at least understand them!! Got to say...