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  1. AndyWatt

    Freestyle Libre and Insulin Pump

    Hi Spicey245, I have been using the Libre for 2 weeks now and it actually runs out in the next hour. I got the Libre Reader and 1 sensor to try from my clinic and they told me to keep the reader and just get the sensors from Abbott FreeStyle if I wanted to continue using it ( and I am going to...
  2. AndyWatt

    Freestyle Libre - 3rd applications

    Hi there, I have just left my Diabetes Clinic with the Libre, for a trial. While I was there, they got me to download the app on my phone, they said to use : librelink app. The way they explained it to me ( I haven't read through all the user manual yet) but you can use either the reader or the...
  3. AndyWatt

    Freestyle Libre and Insulin Pump

    Thanks @tim2000s , I sent an email to FreeStyle but not heard anything back yet.
  4. AndyWatt

    Freestyle Libre and Insulin Pump

    Hi all, I'm really considering getting the FreeStyle Libre and have been for quite a while now. I'm Type 1 and use the Medtronic Minimed Paradigm and I just wanted to make sure that the Libre would connect to my pump and send my results to it ? Thanks for any advice in advance.
  5. AndyWatt

    How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

    Hi all, i was 20 and have now been Type 1 for 23 years
  6. AndyWatt

    pumo and islet transplant?

    Hi all, I am on the waiting list for Insulin Pump and Islet Cell Transplant as I have absolutely no Hypo awareness, I was wondering if anybody that has had any of these, if you could share your thoughts and any advice ? Thanks in advance
  7. AndyWatt

    How good is Insulin Pump ?

    Hi all, thanks very much for all the good advice, just got my next hospital appointment so I'm full of questions . Thanks very much Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
  8. AndyWatt

    How good is Insulin Pump ?

    Hi, I'm testing my BG about 7-9 times a day, I'm sorry , but I should have said at the start that most of my troubles are at my work, I work in a brewery and do 12 hour continental shifts. So much manual , physical work . After I completed the DAFNE course, they changed me from Humalog to Novo...
  9. AndyWatt

    How good is Insulin Pump ?

    I am definitely keen on trying the pump and have been told there is a lot of work needed to get the best out of them. As for changing insulin , I have never been advised on that, I know there are a lot of different insulin's but never new they could possibly make a difference. I will make sure I...
  10. AndyWatt

    After advice if possible

    Really sorry to hear that, I have had spells like that as well, its like everything gets you down and I wasn't interested in my diabetes, to the point that I was back to the point when I first found out I was diabetic, lost lots of weight and my blood sugars were sky high, I felt terrible. It...
  11. AndyWatt

    How good is Insulin Pump ?

    Thanks Flowerpot, i would quite like to try the pump. My Diabetic team have assured me that the Islet Cell transplant will definitely give me back my hypo awareness but its the thought of taking anti rejection tablets for the rest of my life as well as still take insulin and check my blood sugars.
  12. AndyWatt

    How good is Insulin Pump ?

    Thanks Spiker, i have had no Hypo awareness for a couple of years now, my wife even finds it quite hard to tell when I'm having a hypo, she used to appear with dextro tabs or glucogel and my blood machine but now she's as surprised as me when we sit down to eat and my blood sugars are anything...
  13. AndyWatt

    How good is Insulin Pump ?

    Hi all ! I'm new to the site and I was looking for some advice on Insulin Pumps ? I am at the early stages of waiting on an Islet Cell transplant as I have lost all Hypo awareness, I have had a couple of tests done and have completed the DAFNE course. I have now been referred for an Insulin Pump...