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I'm guessing its down to both cost and whether the nurses in the hospitals in the CCG area have training with the specified pumps I know when I got my pump (2020) it was a choice of one if you didn't need it to work with sensors or a choice of one of you did need one with sensors (which was...

I use Medtronics 110cm tubes, yes quite long and can get caught but long enough for me to not get it caught whilst sleeping - I tried sleeping with a pump belt closer to me but it just annoyed me and stopped me getting to sleep and the 60cm just wasn't long enough to not have it annoy me...

At a very rough guess you may just taking too much of that overnight insulin - you need to talk to your diabetic team/nurse and let them know asap and they will try and sort outa better dosage for you for the time being (as things do change) - please talk to your team before making any changes...

Whilst you are on fixed doses and not injecting for the amount of carbs you eat it may well be tricky to balance out drinks and stuff like that - however this does not mean forever. Some drinks have carbs, some dont, once you know about carb counting and are not just having fixed doses (ie...

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Yeah, it seems to be that once you're over 40 (ish) as a diabetic you'll be offered statins. Luckily my diabetic nurse at my docs (she is awesome and knows a lot of stuff) had already decided I didn't need them unless I really wanted them when she first mentioned them to me (she had to...

I know if I go out for the night, I have to have about a 10 carb snack (that value was worked out by trial and error for me - so could well be different for you) when I get home otherwise I will be woken up by my pump beeping at me at 2am/3am - my pump does have auto-correct for if high but it...

I know I don't tend to wake up at 3am - unless I've been out drinking and either dehydration or the need to go to the toilet kicks in - but thats more related to the vodka and diet cokes rather than anything else :)

If she is now being treated as Type1 she should be taught how to use insulin and how to carb count by the doctors or hospital (or both), and it will be best if she takes their advice whilst at least learning what she needs to do everyday (ps. just using a blood test meter or needing insulin does...

I know at my last doctors diabetic yearly checkup my nurse had pretty much already put down that I was declining statins (as my cholesterol is always low) before even asking me if I wanted them :) - she said that generally that they would be suggested for me given my age (ie over 40) but she...

You need to use the carb value (if you're in the US you will have to minus the fibre I think but not entirely sure) If the amount of sugars is high though it may hit your system a lot faster - so you may need to consider this for the timing of your insulin, but a carb is a carb (any carb turns...

I know I have to specifically tell my hospital clinic that I've uploaded my data to medtronics site (as I have a medtronic pump and sensors) - my consultant normally says to let them know a day or two before my appointment

To be honest you will just have to talk to your diabetes team (docs or hospital), as your doctor will have a list of what they will prescribe - and only a letter from the hospital clinic/consultant can make then prescribe anything else in a lot of circumstances ie you do need to talk to your...

I know a few years ago I got a similar letter and omg I was in a hell of a panic as well. It may just be that stuff like that cannot be seen at the regular optician thus them not seeing it. As for me, I got sent to more often checks at the actual hospital for different screening that I normally...

CHO is the carbohydrates btw (yes I couldnt remember why it was carbohydrates but knew it was, so googled it)

I'm similar to Tony337, been T1 for 46 years, Coeliac for nearly 19

I know Medtronic have a couple of options - the Silhouette (20-45 degree) and Mio30 (30 degrees) I think, I was using the Mio30 for a while (as I couldn't use the 90degree ones on my stomach til I put on a bit of weight

Some fridges most definitely can, I know when I got my current fridge I had to put it down to 1/5 to stop everything in the salad drawer freezing, and even on that if I have something touching the back or sides for too long it does freeze - maybe its just nota great quality fridge - but if he's...

Just as a query - the insulin he's using could it possibly have not been stored properly in a fridge and either frozen (in the fridge), or just run past its 30-days of non-fridgerated time. ie has he ordered and tried completely new insulin rather than stocks he's had for a bit

People need what they need, not everyone is the same, For example, whilst I'm not as skinny as I used to be (I'm now in the middle of what my weight bracket sorta recommends for my height - ie not underweight anymore - I was for a long time), I'm on 1:5 in the morning, 1:7 at lunch and 1:8.5 in...