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In your position I would keep contacting them till you get that date... Good luck.

Congrats on your (extreme) perseverence and at least you now have a diagnosis that should hopefully improve your treatment going forward. Thank you for sharing your situation as I'm sure it will be relevant to others going forward. Good luck and do keep us updated.

Hi @The Gadget Man and welcome to the forums. Like you I've lived through urine in a test tube, glucometers and cgms. I found a glucometer pretty life changing (it coincided with the introduction of MDI for me) but cgms (libre 1) allowed me to attain a much lower hba1c, though whenever it went...

When you put on the overpatch, it has a clear green plastic overlay which is meant to come off immediately or after a few hours... It's just there to make it easier to apply the actual patch. https://www.dexcom.com/faqs/what-can-i-do-to-keep-the-adhesive-patch-from-peeling-off-my-body In the...

Hi, as @lovinglife said I've done this route a lot, with lantus and humalog, and now with a pump. Personally I have my insulin in my hand luggage in a clear plastic bag, which I pull out onto the tray before it passes through the scanner. (Some people don't like having their insulin xrayed but...

Hello and welcome to the forums. You never know what would have happened if you made different decisions at different times, and I think 16 is one of the worst ages to be diagnosed, because you are dealing with all the problems and changes of puberty and adolescence, as well as a life changing...

I'm so glad to hear your positive news @Hoodiegirl3 . Thanks very very much for the update.

I've got to agree with @Rachox, it's not an assumption you can really make without doing a pin prick test. (And congrats on your massive improvements.)

I suspect that pharmacists normally see diabetics with hypoglycemia not hyperglycemia, and a couple of glucose tablets is the right treatment for that. If you are actually about to go into a coma from hyperglycemia then you probably need insulin, and even ambulances don't carry that (according...

(Disclaimer : I am assuming you have T3c because you mention this in earlier posts.) It's really good that you have got an appointment to see a diabetic specialist. To be honest, based on my experience, many/most GPs admit that they are moderately clueless about T1, and T3c can be more...

O wow, that does sound like a lot. But unfortunately I'm not seeing a xylitol measure in the ingredients... eg https://ketokitchenlytham.co.uk/cakes/chocolate-cake-x4?_gl=1*1ibore9*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTk2MTQ0MjQ0MC4xNzc5MzYxOTQ5*_ga_GCP8NJN88L*czE3NzkzNjE5NDgkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzkzNjIwNDAkajYwJGwwJGgw

Bumping this thread because my dad loves the keto Lytham kitchen cakes but ... Any thoughts on how many he can safely eat a day? We're currently limiting him to 2 a day but would it actually do him any harm to eat more? My brother and I were slightly horrified when he ate 2 for breakfast and...

While agree with @Hopeful34 's suggestion I also think you should ring the tandem helpline now. They will probably have a particular sequence of steps/tests they need you to go through before they agree to send you a new pump so you might as well get started on it.

That's what I would do too. As far as site rotations, you are braver than me, I just use my stomach and occasional thighs. Do you have back up pens to use when the pump is playing up? I've only ever had a couple of occlusion alarms, cured by dekinking my tubing, though I did get a replacement...

Hi @daffy1 I have to be a little careful what I say as we can't give dosing advice here. https://www.pinnaclepractices.co.nz/assets/Resource-files/Novomix-30-guide.pdf If you look at the above guide you'll see that novomix 30 is a mixture of short and long acting insulin. So the idea is that...