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  1. SHROPSHIRE_LADY

    OMNIPOD / DASH Insulin Management System

    Hi everyone, just received my free sample of my pod experiance kit, (just the pod only) don't know how long this has been going but it looks interesting, no injections, no testing, no testing strips etc: all you get is the pod which carry's your insulin, you attach this to your body and a phone...
  2. SHROPSHIRE_LADY

    Long Haul Flights, How Do You Calculate Insulin Injections With 12 Hours Time Change?

    I am going on a long haul flight to NZ in December with flight changes, how will I calculate my night insulin while I am in the air and given the change in time difference between the whole journey. I have been really worried about this as surely this will throw my insulin levels all over the...
  3. SHROPSHIRE_LADY

    FOOD WITHOUT INSULIN

    I have for the past three days I have not had food insulin as I have been finding my glucose levels were getting too low in the day, what I don't understand is my levels go up after food with out the insulin and slowly my blood levels go down, I always have the night insulin at 10pm, can anyone...
  4. SHROPSHIRE_LADY

    VIRUS'S AND VACCINES

    HAVING HAD SHINGLES AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER GIVEN THE SHINGLES VACCINE BY MY GP WHO SAID IT WAS ADVISABLE TO HAVE IT GIVEN I HAD SHINGLES SIX MONTHS EARLIER, SO I HAD THE VACCINE AND HEY PRESTO I DEVELOP TYPE 1 DIABETES AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS, HEALTHY ALL MY LIFE, WITH NO HEALTH ISSUES. I WENT...
  5. SHROPSHIRE_LADY

    cholestorol and diabetes

    I am type1 and just been told I have high cholesterol at 6.2 and should take statins because I am diabetic with type1. If the national average cholesterol level is between 4-7 then I fall into that group, why do doctors always use diabetes as a weapon to get you to do what they want. Or, is the...