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Hi Charis1213 I think you have been really brave to overcome some of your anxieties it is so hard and takes a lot of courage. I found the books by Claire Weekes a great help, she wrote numerous smallish books to help with nervousness. Her approach was to learn how to, face, float and accept...

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Yes, the maddening thing is the unpredictability. Tried to find which foods maybe cause it but no luck. Like you sometimes I don’t even have to bolus for a meal because B G doesn’t rise at all. I have have had a total pancreatectomy so no natural insulin is being produced. I think you are doing...

Hi Sharyn, I have the same problem. I have this problem mainly after lunch. It is scary, I never bonus before eating, sometimes I can remain at 4mmol or below for 2 hours or more after eating before BG starts to rise. I can extend my bolus with my pump so the insulin goes in over an hour or...

Here’s the link to the fix on YouTube: I hope it helps.

Hi Mel, just to say there is a fairly simple fix for the Pebble if it’s the display fault of the lines breaking up the picture? There’s a fix video on YouTube if it is that fault.

http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/2016/11/cgm-commissioned-8-north-west-london-ccgs/ Hope all the other CCGs follow their lead!!

If you meet all the NICE Guidelines the CCGs still ignore them and they take no notice of your consultant either, they just say no. They know nothing about diabetes and this is apparent in their response to the petition for a CGM.

I use steel cannulas and a different pump and I have only had one occlusion in the four years I have had a pump, however I have noticed that if I change my cannula set just before a meal and then bolus for the meal this is the situation when my BG will rise, just as if the bolus hasnt been...

I fail to see how anybody gets granted anything you have to jump through so many hoops, so to speak. Each CCG seems to have a different policy, although of late there seems to be a bit of shift in the amendments to the NHS Englands policy and it mentions a move to a nationally recognised policy...

It is probably a Lay Member or Public Health Specialist. Diabetes is such a complex condition I dont see how they can make a proper judgement without a specialist in diabetes care.

Well said, donnellysdogs, there is no equality. It is about time NHS England got their act together and sorted this out. You are obviously exceptional and should not have to go through all the stress and lengthy process of having to prove this through Individual Funding Request route. There...

Maybe people think you have to have diabetes to sign, but I don't think this is the case. This ought to be explained.

I find Glucojuice is very fast to bring you back from hypoland. Boots sell it about £1.55 per bottle, a bit pricey but it works really fast. Glucotabs are also quick and cheaper from Amazon.