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    Three-way split Levemir?

    A couple more thoughts, which might be worth discussing with your endocrinologist. Consider taking your night time basal dose earlier, which reduces the risk of double-dosing overnight when your insulin requirements are probably lower. Not everybody responds the same to different insulins. A...
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    Three-way split Levemir?

    An alternative solution would be a pump - is that a possibility? The pump allows fine-tuning of the basal pattern using rapid acting insulin. I was on twice daily doses of lantus but was still getting intermittent overnight lows and highs. The lows were the critical argument for the PCT to fund...
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    Care home care

    @EllieM Not really, sometimes higher doses, sometimes lower doses, although I expect it will end up running high most of the time as highs are only to be corrected if over 18mmol/L and only with one of the three daily mealtime doses. Tbf the nurses will know how much food has been eaten if they...
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    Care home care

    Thanks for all the replies, and the helpful advice. The care homes we looked at are privately-run nursing homes, and are staffed with nurses who are on duty at all times. They seem like nice places and are expensive. The Care Inspectorate scores both at 4s and 5s on a range of measures - the...
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    Care home care

    An elderly relative is a T1 diabetic and will soon be going into a care home. Their diabetes is controlled by a basal dose plus rapid acting for carbohydrates (DAFNE) and corrections, administered by the family as they're no longer able to manage themselves. Since the consultant instigated this...
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    Has anyone found a reliable strategy with beer?

    I enjoy real ale and find that 15g per pint is about right, and the BG uplift is fairly quick, whereas even rapid-acting insulin takes 4+ hours to have most of its effect. Darker beers may be higher, around 20g per pint. Irritatingly, very few brewers, even the bigger ones, publish nutritional...
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    Very high Blood sugar overnight and still rising

    Any errors in dosing will be amplified by high-carb meals; lower carbs are easier to control so as others have suggested, an adjustment to your diet may help your BG control. You should discuss with your diabetic team using doses of Novarapid to correct high blood glucose levels. If the BG...
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    Warranty or refund?

    My pump clinic have just spoken again to Advanced Therapeutics and tell me that: "ATUK confirmed that you should have received it a few months ago but unfortunately it wasn’t dispatched." Apparently they're sending it now. It seems quite disorganised but at least after 8 months it should now...
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    Warranty or refund?

    Unfortunately not as far as I know. Medtronic suggested extending the warranty on my 640G, however someone would have to pay for that. My pump clinic and PCT fund a pump every four years and the Dana I has three years to go. So I can't change unless Advanced Therapeutics offer my clinic a...
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    Warranty or refund?

    Just an update. My insulin pump clinic chased Advanced Therapeutics and were reassured they were dealing with it. It's now been 4 months since Advanced Therapeutics told me they had my replacement and were sending it to me, and 8 months since I first reported the fault. I've not heard...
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    Category C renewal for T1

    That's similar to my experience. The DVLA's D4 guidance notes say a D4 is required for medical conditions every 5 years from age 45. So it looks like this year's D4 etc has been a mistake on their part. Not much I can do to change it, and I tried, but I'll make a formal complaint about their...
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    Category C renewal for T1

    Thanks. Continue to drive is Section 88, UK law, however once the licence has expired it won't be valid outside the UK. I have my 2x per day BG readings ever since. AFAIK the change in frequency of the D4 is at 70. The DVLA only mentioned 'over 45' and medical condition today. Your...
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    Category C renewal for T1

    I'm T1 on an insulin pump, reasonably healthy and well-controlled, no complications so far thank goodness. I've held a Category C licence - rigid vehicle, no weight limit - for a couple of years and I'm 61 yo. I don't drive professionally. My last renewal involved a D2, VDIAB1 forms and an...
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    Warranty or refund?

    Fwiw my problem is not with AT. It's that the pump is faulty and I'd like to return it. If it were faulty consumer goods I'd be able to do that and get a refund. My question was whether anybody else had some experience which might be relevant, in particular of getting a refund.
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    Covid after vaccinations

    I had to double my basal dose for about five days.
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    Warranty or refund?

    Thanks for your thoughts. Because it isn't pertinent to my question I didn't mention that Advanced Therapeutics offered me a loan pump. I chose to use my Medtronic because AT required me to sign a waiver to indemnify them for any problems with the loan pump, to be determined by them on its...
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    Warranty or refund?

    Just had a message saying that Advanced Therapeutics have announced that the Dana i pumps are being recalled due to a Bluetooth issue: "it is necessary to replace your pump with upgraded firmware" and they'll be providing a replacement pump. Not sure if that's temporary or permanent replacement.
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    Warranty or refund?

    In mid-April my pump clinic gave me a Dana i pump, to replace my Medtronic 640G which was some way out of warranty. The clinic offer a wide choice and I thought I'd done my homework, and would be able to closed loop with it. The Bluetooth connection became intermittent quite quickly, not sure...
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    Cheapest source of Freestyle Libre 2 sensors?

    I've always got them from Abbott, and had a few underperforming ones replaced and as a T1 diabetic I don't pay Vat. But I don't buy them regularly, just when I need them. If I could get them more cheaply, I could get them more often.
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    Cheapest source of Freestyle Libre 2 sensors?

    I've seen a couple of posts from several years ago suggesting Superdrug Pharmacy sells Abbott's Freestyle Libre sensors at £35 ex Vat which I understand is the price to the NHS. Currently they're £48 from Abbott and some other pharmacies. They're not listed on Superdrug's website, and I'm not...