Recent Content by debby_mcconnell

20 years of personal experience, and several hospital visits with DKA from my insulin not working properly after going through x rays. Two different diabetic specialist nurses have also warned against it, and manufacturers do not recommend putting insulin through x rays. It may not be proven...

Medical insurance is a must, especially if travelling to a place where healthcare is expensive. One emergency trip to hospital could set you back thousands. I use a BD safe clip when travelling. It's like a little stapler that snips off needles when you're done with them and acts as a mini...

Try handing it in to your pharmacy for medical waste disposal? My pharmacy takes all my sharps boxes and expired medications and sends them to the proper waste management service which a regular Joe doesn't have access to.

Got my callback! The new diabetic nurse is fabulous she is taking control of everything and is getting in contact with their local medtronic rep to question the price increase. Their team has not been notified of the year's subscription deal being cancelled so she was shocked it isn't offered...

From what I have been told by my diabetic nurse, there are very few G4 sensor users in NI. The NHS will only fund the sensors if you have a lack of hypo awareness here, but otherwise you have to self fund. From what she understood, the NHS will cover sensors for most patients in England, but we...

The simplera isn't available in the UK until at least December from all reports, and even then will only be available to new pump users, as we would need an upgraded version of the Medtronic pump to connect to them. Surely all of us current pump users can't just be left in the dust with no...

Update. This morning the website had a new banner headline stating they've launched a new eshop. I excitedly went on to discover they don't seem to do the year's subscription deal anymore, and if I want to get back on the sensors it will cost £4000+ a year! Twice as much as last year!! I am now...

Thanks for that idea! I've just left a comment on their Facebook page about it so fingers crossed they will actually do something! If not, I'll be asking my GP to get me switched to a whole new system. Fast losing faith in medtronic as a whole :(

Thanks for the reply! My diabetic nurse of over a decade, who got me started on my pump and helped me get the first subscription has recently retired! My GP and consultant at the hospital have virtually no knowledge of these sensors and have no idea how to help me beyond 'maybe contact their...

Hi all, Any other Northern Ireland Type 1s having this issue? I've been using the guardian 4 sensors with my 780g insulin pump on a year's subscription which has recently ended and when I tried to get a new subscription set up, the medtronic eshop will not allow any NI users access and after...