Recent Content by CheeseSeaker

From memory - Lemsip is basically Vit C and paracetamol, a few other vits and sugar to make it taste better. Parrots (paracetamol) usually increases blood sugar a bit (depends on the person) and sugar does for all of us, high doses of Vit C can also increase blood sugar - so your GP is coming...

Glad you're getting the hang of them - been using for a long time (self funded before the NHS had them on the formularies). Notes from the trenches: 1. When applying get the sensor applicator at 90 degrees to skin (or as close as possible). If you get too far off straight it can kink the teflon...

Ah - looking at it yes, 2+ still has NFC, Libre 3 doesn't (apologies forgot that). Looks like MiaoMioa went out of business - guess a niche product and no longer needed after people move to L3

In the 'old' days I used a Miaomiao (sat on top of the Libre 1 and 2) which created its own BT signal, and picked that up using xDrip for display on a watch. That stopped with Libre 2+ as it only transmits BT signals (no NFC) so couldn't be hijacked the same way. There may be alternatives to...

I use a Hid-in belts all day and night (recommend these). Made by an underwear manufacturer whos daughter is T1 so wanted a comfortable solution. Works really well, and is easy to sleep with. Had pumps for so many years now, its normal to sleep wearing it - I think time spent living with it...

Hmmm... Sounds like the Diabetes 'Team' you have are not spending enough time to help you (just pass letters about). I've found (am junior in T1 terms to you - bow to your greater experience) there is only 1 person that can help with my T1 management (and thats me). Pure guess but is your loop...

Mine fluctuates with lots of factors, weather, sickness (or even a mild cold), daylight changes and so on (I think it probably alters when someone turns the light off in the living room too...) Thankfully loop (AAPS) handles it now - so never notice, it just ramps up or down as required using...

Had a similar thing with Inset II cannulas - occasionally the needles are bent (I think it might be the delivery company dropping the package, but might be bad manufacture). First couple of times I used a needle at 5-10 degrees off - it became immediately apparent (chuff that hurts) - so I...

An odd thing I've noticed with me - grew up in the 70s and had a restricted diet till my teens / 20s I think, and then still restricted as it wasn't easy to calculate the carbs (for me at least). Any low BG and I ate to correct. That meant I didn't develop a social connection between food and...

Sounds like something is going wrong - a good closed lop set-=up should mean you can eat more normally. If you have insulin resistance (bad absorption) or cannulas that don't work well (I had this problem with Omnipod sadly as I love them) or the insulin isn't suitable, its worth looking into...

Its no fun. Had lots of seizures 'in the old days' before looping, the last one was the reason I needed better control and started down the tech path to get it. With me, it was usually due to some thing I'd done (over injected, done too much work / exercise and not eaten enough, got stressed...

Update from me on what we can do and whats coming next for T1 control (from the stuff I'm doing now): 1. Automate your artificial pancreas so you don't tell it what you eat - it just 'does it' for you. Not perfect but amazingly good when compared to anything else I've used 2. Automation...

I was given cheese as a kid - 53 years later I'm addicted to the stuff. Go low carb as suggested by the excellent people above - nuts are a good one, cheese, meaty snacks etc. Protein rather than carbs. Also watch for 'sugar free' foods - no sugar in them (sucrose), but the load it with other...

Its a leap of faith :) I worked in Naples for a bit - boy was that hard to get through - every meal is carbs-with additional carbs (pizza, pasta, fritti etc) I tend to pre-bolus (with Fiasp so very fast acting) about a 1/3 of Insulin Carb ratio for the whole meal - then let my loop handle the...

I guess becoming T1 can go through the phases of grieving - denial, anger depression bargaining, acceptance. I think I didn't know any different as a 3 year old (probably went to anger, bargaining then acceptance) - once you get to acceptance it becomes much easier to find the things that make...