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In the early days of having a pump thought temporary basal rates were only to be used in extreme situations, like a 10k run, but now I use them several days a week. Having the confidence to use them is important for getting the most out of the pump.

I was like this for ages. I was diagnosed aged 12 so a bit different than you but still in childhood. When you're diagnosed in childhood it's chaotic and you don't develop good habits from Day 1 like many of the people who get Type 1 in adulthood do. Then it becomes an exercise in fighting fire...

This kind of thing is why I started the thread. For me, the enjoyment is just worth it when it goes wrong and you're dealing with lows. It looks like you gave several doses even after going low. I think that was a very bad idea.

Since I made this thread, it's been coming and going for me too. I notice the burning/tingling much more when I'm in shoes than without. I'm not sure what to make of that. I'm glad it's on the wane for you too (at the moment). Have you noticed differences depending on activity or whether...

Thank you for this post and I am sorry for what you're going through with your limbs tingling. It is scary and it's depressing when you think you're doing "everything right" and it still happens. You say you've had good control for the last ten years, so that means you've had 13 years of bad...

I have never found there to be much of a difference between lager and, say, craft beer. I've found Blue Moon and other IPAs to require more insulin than lager but lager still has an effect. If I just sat there and had two San Miguels over an hour or two without dosing, I would probably go up to...

I actually wonder if that's a problem. I probably need to try some more on my back to give the front of my tummy area time to recover.

The NHS has never fully got out of Covid lockdown mode. They continue to discourage patients from attending hospitals and my GP surgery continues to have the attitude of "We're unable to operate as normal right now" but what they mean is they're permanently unable to do that.

Thank you, @Grant_Vicat, that is inspirational. You say you were in a bad way at the age of nearly 21. How long had you had it by then?

It's not just the straightforward dissatisfaction with my time in range, it's the experience of being high I hate. Since moving to the pump I have struggled so much more with long highs: highs that last four hours and require three, four or five corrective doses to finally get back in range...

I can't remember the month but definitely this year. It was normal back then.

Thank you, @In Response. I am aware we're told 70% or more is good, but I don't think that's really enough. You could be regularly hitting readings of 15 and above and still be 70% in range. For the six to nine months before June 2023 (when I moved to a pump) I was on 80-95% in range. Saying...

Thank you for your kind words. Regarding the GP, they have closed the online system called Ask My GP, saying it's "currently unavailable for online requests". So even though when you phone them, a recorded message tells you not to phone them, the online system is closed to new patient enquiries...

Over the last year I noticed floaters in my vision, which have never gone away since they started. Tests from opticians concluded it may not be diabetes and my eye screening simply resulted in a letter saying I had background retinopathy, which I already had. I mentioned floaters to the woman...

This is actually a good reminder to update my profile, which I've done. I don't know what MDI means but I'm on a pump now. My only insulin is Novorapid so I can't change to something else. What do you mean by DIY Looping?

Thanks. Earlier this year, towards the end of my time on pens, I got pretty good. I used to view a spike up to 11 or 12 as a failure. Since going on the pump, however, all the problems are exaggerated. Now, the moment I have a high carb and/or high fat meal I see numbers like 16 and 17 and...

I've found it for Molson Coors, which includes a fair few well-known beers. They're all pretty similar though. Almost all lager is between 15g and 20g of carbohydrate per pint. Knowing that information has not been enough for me to achieve good control. I can hear the voices saying "Just...

I had another portion of spaghetti bolognese last night (having frozen three portions after I made it) and once again the high glucose alarm went off at 3:30am, reaching 13.2. This time, I started eating at 7pm and had stable levels for most of the evening. I saw it was rising just as I was...

Thanks @Westley. Your suggestion to change sensors in the morning is a good idea but that's what I already did with this one. I hate not knowing what actually happened but I don't what the answer is when the sensor and blood test kit disagree with each other so much. I've had the sensor on...

I just had a crazy situation over night. I'd like to know what people think of this. I put a new libre on yesterday morning. Before bed it said 2.9 but a finger-prick test said 5.9. A few minutes later the libre said 3.3, finger-prick said 6.3. I just went to bed, assuming the libre was being...