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It seems for the first time in the years since originally diagnosed in 2015, I only have my own diabetes to look after during the working day. Well, until someone changes their mind yet again about where I should be working this year. I have spent part of today educating my new Main...

I've got a couple of different things to try now, so shall report back. I'm rather surprised about the Libre not sticking well, as in the past I've had no trouble keeping plasters on, then having red, sore areas of skin (or on one infamous occasion losing a layer of skin!) on removing them.

I do need to use some kind of patch to keep a Libre sensor on and have just ordered some to try. But, I am enjoying it and it seems to be in line with my Caresens meter. I only look at the forums from my laptop and I'm not finding it at all easy on my eyes - I'm currently using the dark...

The whole place has had a makeover! I have finally managed to get LIbre 2 on prescription!! Only 3 years after I went away from DAFNE to consider it... then we went into a pandemic, and I didn't want to push it, then NICE guidelines changed which I thought would make it easier. I had been...

I have never actually walked that way on the canal - I was saving it for after the Games and after all the building works in that whole area. To be fair, I've mostly kept off the canal walks since March 2020 (there has been some pretty nasty behaviour, especially during the lockdowns when only...

It is indeed the metal mechanical sculptured bull. It is certainly remaining where it is until the end of September, but work on a more permanent home is going on! It needs to be indoors because of what it is made of for the moving parts. It was going to be scrapped after the end of the games.

@ShandyT Hello! What I've noticed is I can be in the NICE suggested guidelines 90 minutes post-prandial, but not at 120 minutes, or 180 minutes... then I start coming down again!! Definitely all over the place in this heat. Just taken my basal down for daytime. Just off for a walk before it...

I will also say this all stems back to the infamous episode of the receptionist insisting to me I didn't need a review when I rang to arrange one, and I so clearly did as I was then unable to order anything next time I tried. Ever since then, I've been on 6 monthly meds reviews rather than...

And breathe... The broken NHS systems really do mean a lot of unnecessary extra work both for me and them. I was expecting Diabetes Review Part 2 phone call from a nurse. I got Medication Review from a random (I think locum) doctor who wasn't keen to renew my medication for more than one more...

Having a nice quiet evening before my first houseguest in two years arrives tomorrow. Houseguest will have great fun going to various Commonwealth Games events. I will have fun continuing to avoid it all apart from the first trip to take Houseguest to the venue for the first event as I do want...

Morning! We crawled, as predicted, to the end of the academic year and dispatched them for the summer last week. I wasn't allowed to write in my annual appraisal I was most proud of sending everyone home with the correct diabetes kit as we were clearing out the drawers where we hide the stuff...

I've tried to be a bit better about lancet changes recently and so change them, whether they need it or not, once a week. Needles, however, after an infected injection site that scared me, don't get reused anymore. I'm having a sulk about a marginally raised Hba1c and the inevitable prospect of...

I have solved my feet problem! Yes, I know you didn't know I had one but I had been musing on the intermittent slight levels of numbness which have been noticeable lately and I had been about to consult the T1 hivemind on the matter.... except the penny dropped after a few days staying home...

For me, it's a combination of a higher carb/higher fat meal with an inactive time following that meal. I try only to have those kinds of meals when I know I am going to be active after them or do a split dose of my Novorapid. 60% to start with then the remaining 40% a couple of hours later when...

I was older when I was diagnosed... Welcome to the forums! Hope you find some helpful connections!

@Antje77 summed it up well! Thank you. It's second nature now, to be being different things at different times of day to be fair, but took a lot of working on initially.

Welcome to the forums and the best place I've found for reassurance and support. Sorry about all the reasons, though, and I hope recovery continues well. It takes quite a while for things to settle as your team works out what you need. 1 unit to 10 grams of carbs is a common starting point and...

Waves from the sofa whilst contemplating the day's activities and being utterly confused about the days of the Bank Holidays this week. Well, confused in that my brain wants today to be one. I had a lovely day away from my organ bench yesterday and for the first time since 2019 went out of my...

The season of Easter lasts for 40 days. But, I'll go all professional nerdy on everyone about church calendars in different denominations and still be here long after I should have gone to work. So, I'll leave it at that. (And try not to get started on the season of Christmas starting on...

Good luck! Hope it goes OK both with the food and the visit!!