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    NUU A5X screen broken

    @Hopeful34 that is so useful - thankyou. I wondered why it mattered to them that I use the App - and it clearly isn't the alarms! Although I didn't know I could use alarms on the Reader but that's perfect. @becca59 - thank you. That is incredibly useful information. I did wonder why they had...
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    NUU A5X screen broken

    Hi @Hopeful34, That's really interesting as that was exactly what I suggested doing - I was uploading the reader regularly anyway, but apparently the diabetes team don't support that and insist you use the App. I understand that the App is better as it has low glucose alarms (and this is...
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    Case to fit the NUU blood glucose monitor?

    Hi Pam, Jayleey - unfortunately those cases won't fit the NUU A5X - they are for the Libre reader but the A5X is more like a mobile phone without the sim card. I haven't come across any cases for it - except the back cover that it is provided with. You'll see from my post earlier that I have...
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    NUU A5X screen broken

    Yes. I think they only distribute them when they are instructed by the HCP to do so - I had to complete a set of forms initially and return them to the HCP before the device was issued. You can't actually buy them independently. I'm hoping that maybe when my usual diabetes specialist nurse gets...
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    NUU A5X screen broken

    Thank you @EllieM and @In Response. I think you are both right that it is manufactured by NUU. They don't have a support function in UK/Europe - only the US. The NHS expects Abbott to support it as they are the UK distributor but clearly it is not a malfunctioning device - just a broken one...
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    NUU A5X screen broken

    Hi all, I haven't used the forum in several years so I am sure none of you know me, but I'm hoping someone can help. I have recently been given a NUU A5X as part of my move onto NHS funded Freestyle Libre system. (My work frequently takes me to places where smartphones are not allowed so the...
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    Just started Tresiba - bad experience

    Hey! Not been on here for ages but saw this thread and thought I'd respond. I was on Insuman basal and changed to Levemir as it was supposed to be a 'flatter' profile basal insulin. I had an absolute nightmare for the 2 - 3 years I was on it. For me, it was not 'flat' I took it twice a day...
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    Can I prove the Dr's wrong?

    Well done Ian! I love to see that low-carbing is still working for you. Of course, even the great Dr Bernstein might not be able to keep the relentless LADA at bay for ever. Unfortunately no matter how careful we are, there are times like illnesses when our BG goes high enough to cause some...
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    Diabetes Type changed in profile

    Ha ha, yeah - I just worked out how to change it back ;-) Look at @LucySW though. Smidge
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    Diabetes Type changed in profile

    Ok, I've worked out how to change it back. All the LADAs will need to check their profiles and reset them back to the correct Type. Smidge
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    Diabetes Type changed in profile

    Hi all, I've noticed that all the LADAs/Type 1.5s are now being displayed as Type 1 or Type 2 in our profiles. I've checked several of us and we're all displaying as Type 1 or Type 2. In my case, I've gone from displaying as Type 1.5 to Type 2. I've tried to change mine back to Type 1.5 but I...
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    End of honeymoon?

    Hi Amy, I'm not a big fan of the phrase 'honeymoon' for LADA/Type 1.5 - I guess that suits full Type1 - and I believe it really can end overnight. That's not what you're seeing though. You are seeing a gradual increasing need for insulin - which is very typical of LADA - it is a progressive...
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    Confusing letter

    Hi Gaz. Monogenic form of diabetes is MODY. There are many different forms of this and there are specific tests that can be done for it. Exeter is the specialist centre in MODY and has a very good website with information about it - Google it. It is directly hereditary via a mutated gene unlike...
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    am i type 1 or 2 aint got a clue

    Hi Myles. I haven't been posting much recently, but saw your post and had to respond. So sorry you have been so ill. Your case always looked LADA to me - slow onset can be over a few years and lull you into a false sense of security - but it always needs insulin eventually. Have you had GAD...
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    Fastclix drums availability

    Hi. They can prescribe anything as long as they know the PIP code. Ring Roche and ask for the PIP code. Give that to your doctor and tell him to put it on prescription. If you want anything from them you have to sort it out yourself. I get mine on prescription but had to create quite a fuss. Smidge
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    Anyone on Tresiba ? What's your daily dose

    @Juicyj - I switched to Tresiba earlier this year. I'd been on a split dose of Levemir which I'd had to keep increasing with no real control - constant correction boluses and mild hypos. Levemir simply didn't work for me. I ended up juggling two different basal to try to get some control -...
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    @sp41700 - my sensor pulls large chunks of skin off when I remove them - it's terrible. Even the ones that don't stick properly and need Opsite over them pull skin off when I remove them on day 14 - the Opsite sticks firmly, causes me no skin irritation and removes easily and cleanly after 14...
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    Is Tresiba any good?

    An additional argument would be the improved quality of life. I cannot tell you how much better it is not to have to get up at 6.30am every morning to jab - it was taking over my life having to be home at 6.30pm and get up at 6.30am even during weekends and holidays to take my basal. Levemir was...
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    So are people thinking the adhesive has changed? Mine certainly isn't sticking like they used to - I need tape to hold them on after 11 days whereas they used to last 14 days and still be firmly stuck. However, they are also not causing the same degree of skin irritation - I bought that was all...
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    Is Tresiba any good?

    @donnellysdogs, certainly. I have settled on 9 units of Tresiba in one dose whereas I ended up on about 16 units Levemir and rising split over two doses and no real control - you should know that I was correcting at least twice a day (often more) with 1.5 to 2.5 units Apidra as Levemir was...