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Hi, Lynn, Looking at a few of your posts, i think you may be approx my own age - 74 ??? Though i am not sure you have had Type one for as long as i have -43 plus years - but what you describe is happening to me a lot, whatever i do, sometimes i need 5 extra units, other times i need even...

Hi, Query, It is a pity you are not in the uk. At least with very long term diabetes, i cannot fault my treatment. i had a referral to a vascular surgeon. my legs were checked - state of skin, brown coloring of the skin in certain areas, then, as it was deemed appropriate, an ultrasound...

Totally agree, the base rate flexibility is why the pump is so good, any doubt at night and you just take the base rate down, if more doubt then i take it further down, maybe for just 2 hrs. Have been on pump 10 yrs, but i well recall ago how nights on MDI were for me - always a worry, i did...

Hi, unfortunately some people, myself included, cannot use the Libre due to this rash and/or discomfort. i got several replacements, same thing happened and then got refund after a while, also was told i would not be able to use again as it was not suitable, my GPs know , i do get a number of...

Hi, Roslyn, i am type 1 and if i ate pavlovas and plum puddings etc even with extra insulin my glucoses would rocket to well in the 20's and higher, esp as i have never learnt to adjust insulin for that type of food, which was a total no no when i was first diagnosed....... stuff like that is...

If the highs go on and you cannot get rid of ketones in 24 hrs or preferably less, despite adjusting, go to urgent care asap, to check for infections, including uti, esp if you are a woman. If none evident, and still ketones of course you need further urgent medical attention, but if you can...

Hi, Jolymon, i have never had any sets that fill with blood. If the needle is very sore when inserted i always take it out and usually put it elsewhere or discard if that is not possible. Re your second query, regarding the pump stopping running, this does not seem to happen totally, but...

Do you mean raised liver enzymes, eg ALT or AST or both? Have you been using any new medications in the last 6 - 8months?

Hi, Kitmkat, I agree with above posts, a few days ago i recovered from something like a cold, but more than that, and although i have had type one for nearly 40 yrs and am used to all sorts of illness i was surprised how difficult this one was, despite numerous tests, blood glucose average was...

This is how things should be, you are using what you need, numbers which may not be the same every day, to keep yourself well. None of us tests for the sake of it. But some areas are setting limits across the board, and then individuals who use more than these miniscule numbers are 'flagged up'...

Hi, Tim, yes, very good point, i ticked agree under your response a while back but i have a number of non diabetic health probs at moment, i am sorry i have not got back sooner. When issues are clear cut, as in your example above, i imagine the CCG might respond to the logic. But when issues...

Hi, i expect you are in London, the situation there is not yet so fraught, most of the changes are coming in to other areas, i have been told that the doctors here no longer have the final say on prescribing, it is the pharmacist, who works with the CCG and one who works with the practice and/or...

Hi, this WAS the case, i recall a few years ago when the finance manager at my surgery queried my strip use, the consultant answer agreed with my GP - it was like you say, using more strips cost less money for the NHS in the long run, reduces laser treatment, cost of one laser treatment to NHS =...

The sunlight aspect was not mentioned, and i was not aware of this aspect either, though i did a fair amount of research first. i did have a lot of side effects to start and was referred to https://beta.nhs.uk/medicines/losartan/ by a pharmacist, and saw nothing about the sun, i have...

That is interesting about sunlight, it is good that your pharmacy is as it is. Maybe you are in the USA? here in uk 10 mins consultations are the usual, and no one mentioned sunlight, and was not on any sticker on the packet or bottle, and , in fact, GPs do not commonly know. I am still...

unfortunately many practices do not divulge this if they even have one, there is no way i or even a hospital in another area can contact by email, and no way results can get through from another area other than by post, i have looked into this for myself, and it is sadly true in my area at...

just wondered if you have checked how things are re pump funding in Birmingham? Some areas just do not have many funds for pumps or have different interpretations of the guidelines even if someone is on the pump already - it seems that some areas re-assess new patients - or this is what i was...

it would depend - if you had a virus or an infection, very possibly very little time at all. pre diagnosis i had had all the diabetic symptoms for more than a couple of years, but they were not picked up by GP, i just had iron tests for tiredness, and thrush meds given etc, but one mild ear...

After nearly 40 years with Type one - 97% veggie -my experience is that it is best - as i think others have suggested - not to eat this if you have none of your own insulin left, and rely only on injected or pumped in insulin. Increase the veg, make it half your meal, every meal, get salad...

Hi, this is a bit off the point, but neutral Hypurin bovine is available, as my prescription is Hypurin porcine and i was given bovine just for a minute, in error, i saw the red underline, and expiry sometime 2019. So maybe in some areas there are more stocks so patients can go on using for...