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I swim and am into watersports and wear mine a lot in the water. I don't cover it. Have you tried without covering it? It's up to 30 minutes fully immersed up to 1m, if you're swimming its highly doubtful it's going to be fully immersed the whole time. I don't think you need to cover it.

When j was waking up with high levels it was due to too much basal. Just a thought for you. I was having hypo In sleep early hours of morning.

I've been told that because my hba1c is below 8 I will not have a cardiac scan! Congratulations, so exciting!

Metabolic Resistance Training, go 5 times a week.

Also, a gadget I would like is a garlic press that actually works! Why has this not been invented?! Or has anyone got a decent one? suggestions?

I've got a Kenwood Chef, I never use it! Hand blender is priceless.

I have a couple! Once when I had DKA, I was in the back of the ambulance on the way to hospital, and was shouting at the paramedic that I was going to "fall off" the bed because I was slipping, at which point he kindly pointed out to me that I was strapped to the bed as I had been thrashing...

Thank you, you lovely people! Love this place! :)

Yes stick to blue lids that's good advice! I drink the no added sugar and it doesn't affect me at all... Would be interesting to know who told you he can't drink it as nobody on here seems to be affected by it xxx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi everyone. I am after some information. There's tons of information about what to do before you get pregnant (I am type 1) and each article I read mentions the problems it may cause to your baby. Nowhere can I find what these problems are?! I understand miscarriage but I don't understand what...

Necrobiosis Lipoidica!

I don't understand it all. i think mine was 11 last time, which i now have the impression is absolutely shocjing, but they have never told me off for it and I've had diabetes over 10 years! Any ideas?

Argh it's all so confusing!

"Oh sorry, I haven't taken a half hour course, I had to let you die"... WHAAAAT

I just wanted to thank you two for this funny conversation as it put a smile on my face! "Brighter shade of Tango"... love it.

Hello, Having been diabetic forever (or so it seems), I hope this insight helps. I was once in hospital and a nurse said to me "it's not how you put it in, it's how you take it out" - I thought this was good advice! The MAIN reson it hurts when I am injecting, is if I push it in too quickly...

I split my Levemir, 16 units in morning at 16 at night, sometimes I can wake up at 3 and sometimes at 18... I can't work it out and I've been diabetic 11 years. There are people out there who worry if their reading is over 6 - I feel low at anything under 6... it is definitely each to their own...

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I would like to try an e cig but I don't think I would want to smoke it indoors - it's not a "replacement" for a cig then, as you can't smoke indoors anyway!

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