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Hi everyone, I have proliferative retinopathyI have had since 2008 (currently treated with annual injections) and have been advised that anyone that had had diabetes for more than 10ys can develop retinopathy despite excellent control, or suddenely gaining good control again. I also thought that...

Hi everyone, Just wanted to say how delighted I am with my lovely Accu Chek pump, three months in and have just had HBA1C checked at my first pump clinic appt and have gone down to 6.5 (48) from 7.3.....I am sooooooooo pleased!!! Haven't made any changes to diet etc, still eating lots of...

Hi everyone, Have had a search on the forum but can't seem to find a specific question / answer to my little dilemma. I've just had a new Mirena coil fitted (have had two previously but last one run out over a year ago....ooops) and have seemed to have had a increase in my insulin needs since...

Hi everyone, Have had a search on the forum but can't seem to find a specific question / answer to my little dilemma. I've just had a new Mirena coil fitted (have had two previously but last one run out over a year ago....ooops) and have seemed to have had a increase in my insulin needs since...

Hi there, I was referred to the pump clinic in February 2012 and got funding approved in June, pump arrived around 11th June! Bit of a wait but well worth it

Thanks iHs, I will be putting all your good advice into practice once I'm reconnected on Monday!!! In respect of this bruising, I have a faint circular bruise at every insertion point since running the saline and insulin, I wondered if this has anything to do with my high BG's or am I just being...

Thanks everyone, I am using the Accu Chek Combo with Rapid D Link, so don't think the issue was the Infusion set, I thoroughly checked for bubbles and always wear the pump around my neck so is always facing down, so again I don't think it was an air bubble blockage......I do understand that it...

Hi Dillinger, I use Jelly babies but like you how do I carry them around so I buy small packs of supermarkets own range of jelly sweets, usually 3 for £1 and they all have the carbs listed on the back........at home I use Basset JB, buy a lrge box and put them in a plastic container which I...

Hi guys, Well started insulin on pump on Monday,,,,,,was fine until Tuesday evening (had my last lot of Lantus at 22.30 on Sunday). Then before bed B was up at 22.....continued to ruse through night despite corrections and ended up with Ketones at +4 and BG of 28 at 5am....changed infusion set...

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum Definately pump......only fairly new to a pump but after many decades of MDI it's a godsend.....especailly with the different boluses/basal rates

Oh thanks so much guys, I shall give all your tips a go Dani x

Hi guys, Well finally got my accu chek combo pump yesterday (woohoo) and have opted for the Rapid-D Link Infusion set. have no probs using the steel cannula and having to change that every 1 to 2 days HOWEVER my first cannula change this evening was not easy. I inserted the new one before taking...

Thanks guys, really appreciate ur tips and advice, Dani

Thanks iHs for your comments, all very reassuring, think I'm having a mild panic about the pump before I've even got it! Well orginally I was going for the Omnipod but have changed my mind and am now getting the Accu Chek Combi, thought as I already used the Aviva Expert BG Monitor it would be a...

Hi everyone, I have posted a couple of times before with general questions on pump therapy but have now been given the date for the pump on 11th June (saline) and then on 18th June for insulin. I was apprenhensive as been a T1 for 40 years (with a couple of complications)on MDI but after...

Hi everyone, Have just been down for my first appointment with the consultant at Tunbridge Wells Diabetic Centre, hopefully have put things in place to get a pump, however that's not the subject I need some help with. I have been taking 10mg of Lisinopril for prob about 12 yrs (to help with...

Hi Guys, Just need a bit of reassurance about getting a pump. Been a T1 for 40 yrs, on Lantus and Humalog and have attended DAFNE. I am reasonably in control of my BG's (around 4 to 8) and last HBa1C was 66 but do suffer with dawn syndrome....have elevated BG's first thing (can go up to 20's...

Hi Lita, Bless ur cotton socks, it's never easy! I can offer a little bit of hope, I hope. I was diagnosed at the age of 4 and am 44 now but was never really in control until my 30's. Like you I did just enough to keep myself alive and also ended up in hospital with DKA, even that didn't shock...

Hmmm could be the dawn syndrome coming in to affect your readings, I don't know if you are a T1 or T2 so I can only comment on the T1 side of things (been a T1 for 40 yrs, diagnosed at age of 4). BI could be a cause, it might be running out in the early mornings. I would ask to see a consultant...

I get 200 a month but that might be because I've attended a DAFNE course, before the course I used to have 100 per prescription