Recent Content by Alan Playford

Hi all. I have diabetes type 3C too, resulting from chronic pancreatitis. It was previously undiagnosed for about 18 months but then diagnosed about 2 years ago when a routine blood test resulted in an urgent hospital call to me that night as my blood glucose levels were at 33 mmol/L !! A couple...

That's weird! My type 3C diabetes was advised to eat something like Weetabix in the morning, but it spikes my levels quite high!

Guys, I have type 3C diabetes, diagnosed about 2 years ago after pancreattis, and left undiagnosed for 18 months despite the known medical symptoms to doctors etc. No matter, I now inject inject twice a day and have a Libre Freestyle CGM and IOS app to mintor throughout the year. I also have...

Oh, same here! Even sometimes loses the connection when I'm still sitting next to it, though! And that's worrying?!

Hi all. I was diagnosed last year with diabetes type 3C after a routine blood test had dangerously high A1C levels ad after pancreatitis the previous year. I had been called in to the hospital urgently that night, spent a few days in hospital, and they diagnosed type 3C which looks as if it had...

I’ve got a FL2 and recently updated to IOSv17 without any problems or changes needed to settings.

I had pancreatitis last September 2022 and was losing weight and appetite fast! When the pain got unbearable, I was taken into hospital and diagnosed with pancreatitis then was given liquid morphine for the pain - and nothing else! Neither was any further investigation carried out, irrespective...

You're probably right and it's type 3C, arising from earlier pancreatitus and damage to my pancreas last year. Unfortunately not diagnosed for 18 month or more since then! :-( I was just going by what the hospital release said (type 3B) but I definitely don't have Alzeimers or any known genetic...

Hi all. As a newly-diagnosed diabetic with a needle phobia (argh!), it came as a major shock to be diagnosed as Diabetes type 3B which is apparently diabetes arising from pancreatic disorders (which I had last year - pancreatitis from simply drinking too much!) The drop-down options only gave...