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For those using Dexcom and Guardian CGM (and maybe others), what are your thoughts about your diabetic teams monitoring you via the cloud? You go high or low (select a number) and your diabetic team gets an alert on a dashboard when they next login? Your license is revoked if you go high or...

I got stuck behind a father and daughter visiting Australia from the UK at the domestic airport today. They are allowed 2 large suitcases checked in each, a small suitcase each to carry on the plane and a small bag to put under the seat. He was demanding he needed an additional large suitcase...

Does anyone else have Hypo premonitions? I have been feeling really hypo (again) CGM and blood sample on a strip agree, for a change at 8.2mmol/L so certainly not hypo, but feeling anxious, a bit shaky, slightly sweaty (it is summer and I am in Brisbane and I have air con, but it's not proper...

May your Hypo's be nil and your Hypers be none for 2019. Alas I'm now diabetic for the next 358 days...

I just got a new supply of insulin. We get 75mil at a time which for me is about 6 months in Australia. I normally run the supply down to about 5 days until I get a new supply. With the news going crazy around the world UK - Brexit Aus - Storms and cyclones Japan - Earthquakes and Tsunami’s...

I received an email inviting me to register. If it’s almost available in Australia, it won’t be far off in the UK.

Some of the more charitable people here may say the parents are just plain dumb, however the State says otherwise and I tend to agree with the State. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/nov/07/diabetic-six-year-old-died-undergoing-slapping-therapy-sydney-court-hears This article...

I met up with a number of friends to car pool at an out of town fast food burger place early this morning. The staff were not engaged and it was clear they didn't want to be there. While waiting I ordered a flat white NO sugar. The coffee tasted disgusting, but I drank most of it. I bolused...

The ABC is the Australian poor mans version of the BBC http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-02/ketogenic-dieters-robbing-diabetics-of-life-saving-tests/9927608 In Australia Ketone strips are not subsidised and for a pack of 8 cost approx AUD9.00 or a Big Mac. I have a real problem getting any and...

I'm wondering how many others are using this combination? I have a serious connectivity problem and I'm wondering if that is normal? The pump (640g) reports lost CGM transmitter connection over 25 times a month. The transmitter has been replaced, but no improvement. I'm trying to determine if...

I know everyone's experience of a Hypo is little different. I normally have excellent Hypo awareness, but tonight I have that hypo feeing, but the CGM and 2 different blood glucose meters say I'm 7.5 - 8.8 mmol/L, but I have a serious hypo feeling, (apprehensive, nervous, feeling jittery...

After being on a pump for a little over a month I have seriously been counting carbs and horrified how many I consume per day it's about 190. I suspect that is way to high. How many carbs do you consume a day?

I was connected for the first time to an insulin pump (Medtronic 640g and the matching CGM) this morning. A 2.5hr appointment with the delightful Diabetic Educator. Texts before and after each meal and at bedtime (10:30pm) and a few emails in the mix. This will continue for at least a week...

3 days after I go onto a pump for the first time, I'm off volunteering for the day it involves sitting on a large ride on mower (without mower blades) rattling about looking for potential fires and putting them out, if they occur. This will be for about 5hrs. Will this cause problems with the...

I'm about to get my first pump in less that 2 weeks. Although debate rages about injecting in public, most suggest discretion. I'm concerned there will be a backlash if we become to bold with Syringes flying across the table. With a pump what do people do? Flop it out at on the dinner table...

Hi All, As I'm in Australia I'm one of the first to see in the New Year. Happy New Year and may your HbA1c result be perfect and no complications for the next year.

My Dietician recommended Rapid calc. I don't like it because the sliders are too difficult to use. My D Educator said that she didn't like that app as the algorithm was a bad one. What are your favourite apps and why and what the ones you don't like and why?

I have found plenty of advice and commentary of the ladies wearing pumps. I'm not a cross dresser nor female, so pumps hidden in Bra's etc have no relevance to me. So many of my questions are male centric. I have spent over an hour searching manually and the Search function without any real...

Hey Guys, We really have so much to grateful for. It's coming up to Christmas, lets come up with a list of whats great about being Diabetic. I will give you a few examples. I'm glad I'm Diabetic because I now see a really good Dr at least twice a year, so if any other problems start they will...

I have been chased out of a shopping centre (mall) by a women (I assume) screaming at me all the way out of the centre, I assume they were upset with me very discreetly bolusing for my meal I was about to eat, I couldn't explain to them, because I don't think they could speak English, but they...