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mine was 109 :( having a nightmare with it

Just the flu jab for me no eligibility this year for the covid jab but i refused it last year as the year previous it made me quite ill but that was the 2 together covid and flu

Visited my consultant the other week discussed where im at with my T1 ive been struggling with injection sites etc insulin resistance etc i mentioned that i had been looking at the i port to save me some injection sites! he agreed! a first but yes i thought hes listening to me! he then says give...

Hi There, i spoke to my consultant about this and was told no as i had had DKA but i have put pounds on and now have a scary BMI my diabetic team seem its a no no for me but ive wanted to try but dont think i would be confident enough

thanks all i may look also at self funding but i have had a reply from Medtronic so im hopeful its down to my diabetis team now i guess

The i port is all as i would be able to reduce the amount of injection sites for 72 hrs

Hi All, I ve been having alot of issues with injection sites, lumping etc these were mentioned to me by a member of the diabetic team but they dont know if theres funding for them or not. I have emailed the company but had no re ply to date so i thought i would ask here if anyone is using them...

i had to come off metformin for that very issue! i couldn't tolerate them i was ok at first on 1 but my doctor increased them to 3 that was it for 3 weeks it was dire ive never taken another since an wont! evil **** tablets they are!

ive spoke to my team and i been advised to up it a bit so ive done that and its getting a bit better thanks for all the kind words and help

Hi Simon, I dont do supper i have my evening meal at around 6.30pm to which my carb counting has been pretty accurate. I do have a libre but i haven't a clue how i would share it here my numbers in the day have been pretty good mostly green zone occaisionaly going to about 12. i understand it...

Hi EllieM Im getting the lumping with both the physcoligist im under mentioned an i port to help with less injection sites but i would need to get funding....my diabetic nurse said she doesn't even know what it is!...... Yes i have tried modifying the dose even splitting my novo in half. I...

Hi All, I am after some advice, about 12 months ago i totally burned out throwing all my meds etc in the bin ( wrong to say the least) i was under a diabetic physcologist for help for a while also. I was diagnosed in the middle of lockdown with DKA so the T1 diagnoses was a shock to say the...

i swapped over to the 3 as the 2 i had problems with but i always had no problems with there customer service always been tactful and helpful

i got diagnosed in 2020 with T1 it was bang in with the Covid then to i did wonder at the time was there anything to do with it but i was taken in with DKA i have declined my last 2 covid jabs i had about 6 though. i must say the hospitals in 2020 were a scary place to be!

My consultant has now agreed that my insulin has caused a weight gain also im T1 inject 4-6 times daily