Recent Content by Copernicus

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    Easily Impressed

    Last year whilst on holiday in Corfu (IF ONLY) I saw quite a few people wearing them.
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    Lock down what does that mean for diabetics

    Anyone who deos'nt obay the Government guide lines is a selfish moron.
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    Self isolation for 12 weeks ?????

    Just been told by my work that I have to stay at home and self isolate for Three weeks. Not sure where they Three weeks from but heyhoy life has to go on.
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    Freestyle Libre

    Slight change of topic, but is anyone still having a problem with getting sensors, or has the supply "caught up" with demand.
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    Self isolation for 12 weeks ?????

    I'm 62, type 1 and have asthma. My GP. told me I am in the at risk catagory. The nature of my job means I cannot work from home. I work for a local authority and have been told if I self isolate I will only be entitled to SSP but if the Government come out and say that I MUST self isolate, then...
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    Corona virus

    I was not dismissing this out of hand, there is obviously a risk involved my point was, Do people think the media are making things worse by exploiting the issue ? As for the figure of 600,000 fatalities in this country alone that someone else mentioned, I do not believe that this will be the...
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    Corona virus

    Does anyone else think this whole thing has been blown up out of all sensibility by the nmdia. Look at it this way, we live in a population of about 67 million people in the U.K. About 370 people are known to have contracted this virus and six have died. That is so small a percentage it's almost...
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    T1 and shift work.

    I was a Police Officer and was type 1 for most of my 30 year service. I did not make any alterations to how I ate or had my insulin. I just carried on as normal and ate at the appropriate times depending on what shift I was working. The only factor I had to consider was not to have any insulin...
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    Freestyle Libre sensor unavailable

    Twelve seems excessive to me, I get 4 from my Dr's surgery and that lasts me 8 weeks. No wonder there's a shortage if people can order 12 at a time
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    Freestyle Libre sensor unavailable

    Seems a bit odd shall we say, that if on prescription the wait is 3 weeks, but if ordered direct it is 3 days. ! Money talks it seems.
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    Freestyle Libre sensor unavailable

    Well, I'm not sure what is going on. Yesterday, after being told on Monday that it would be at least 3 weeks before I received any new sensors, my pharmacist rang me to tell me that there were 3 ready for me to collect and that the remaining 4th one would be in next week ?
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    Libre supply issues !

    Went to my pharmacy this morning and was told there is at least a three week delay in orders due to the high levels of demand blamed on the NHS prescribing too many people ! I also rang around other pharmacies such as Tesco and Asda and was told the same thing. Back to fingerpricking next week...
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    Libre on the NHS

    You've got the right idea mate. Rule your diabetes and don't let it rule you.
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    Driving while feeling a hypo coming on

    Its worth while remembering that if you have a hypo and have to stop, then move over into the passenger seat, remove the keys from the ignition and take your "treatment" This is so that if a Police Officer comes along and finds you, you cannot then be done for driving whilst unfit through drink...
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    Libre (in)accuracy on HBA1C

    That reading should have been 6.8 or 51 mmol/mol not as stated.