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    Levemir vs Tresiba for Runners

    Hi all, I currently take insuman as my basal insulin and although it's quite old I haven't seen the need to switch as my control has always been good. Anyway, time moves on and the time to change has now come and I'm weighing up Levemir vs Tresiba. My basal injected quantity has always been...
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    Glucose tablets

    Hi all, silly question here so sorry in advance! I’ve always used dextro as my backup in case of hypo but the packaging goes nasty sat in my pocket so end up replacing all the time as well as looking like I’m always carrying round a load of dodgy old sweets! I’m looking at getting a metal key...
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    Ultra running with diabetes type 1

    Hi, I’m type 1, don’t have a pump and self fund a freestyle libre. I inject both basal and bolus insulin. I’m entered in a few races of up to 100 miles in 2018 and these will be my first races above marathon distance. My previous marathon plan has been to reduce basal by about a third the...
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    Freestyle Libre on NHS

    Was wondering if anyone been successful at getting with libre on the NHS yet? I went to the diabetic nurse last week with cost benefit analysis but was told that as a practice they’ve reviewed and decided not to fund this currently. I’m in south Oxfordshire.