Recent Content by endocrinegremlin

300 u in 3 days? yeah sure. not always but sometimes and not a problem

Use finger checks to see where the highs and lows really are. libre is unreliable out of target. get a better look at it with finger pricks then go from there.

I did for a few months as a teen. I only had to run 1-2 mmol higher than usual to get my symptoms back. My DSN said it was just giving your system a poke kind of. So a 4 could become a 6, an 8 a 10. I certainly didn't get the impression I had to really throw things out of whack and run into the...

The app is better I find.

I was diagnosed age 6 in 97 so there were more people aware by the time I was diagnosed and I was sent home with a blood kid. They were not that common on the NHS for those with good control who didn't ask questions though. Both my aunt and mum (at that time t1 33 & 21 years respectively) were...

I have never had coffee impact me at all. Asked t1maw (that isn't a username. I just mean my maw is t1 too and happens to be in the house so I asked her) as she's about today and she reports the same. Only exception is if I get a latte because that is basically milk. I'd need a couple of units...

Aldi and Lidl are good for meaking soup packs you can throw in a soup maker with some water. Other than than, any soup recipe you can find online can basically go in a maker.

19.7. Urgh. Thing about the idea of pump beating dawn phenomenon is that DP has to behave the same way each day and mine doesn't because....of course it doesn't. Least I know that on MD I'd be high 20s and take longer to come down. I was back in target within 2 hours but can't just shrug...

You summed it up yourself. Moderation, count the carbs/sugar and away you go.

I'd just like to add these numbers are pretty awesome overall. I understand your desire to improve but you are doing brilliantly so far. It does look like a slight dawn phenomenon is occurring but the others have provided sound advice there.

Personally no but I do know of a good few people on twitter who did this as the stress the pump was causing was too much. That might be the platform to get diff viewpoints on that. :)

In my area you get the latest medtronic when you upgrade. So, I said one on the poll as you don't get to CHOOSE but there are a few floating about depending on when you got it. I have a more updated one than my aunt, for example but we are in the same region. It used to be animas and medronic...

Thank you for all the responses. I will use some of these tips. Feel overwhelmed to reply to each person but thank you all, really.

best of luck for the day !

I think a lot of diabetics get the worst parts shoved in their faces and as a defense they shut off. 'It won't be me'. It is a survival thing. The important thing is you want to get on top of it now. I was diagnosed on April 1 at 6 years old. For years it was horrendous. April Fools...