Recent Content by femme2711

Keep the *viles not the bikes! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Just wanted to point out- you don't keep the insulin in your pump 'cool' so it shouldn't denature and become inactive. Most pumps hold insulin in their reservoirs for 3 days so I would change it on the morning you go and then change it as usual. I'm in the pump and I've been told by the Roche...

Hi I'm type 1, and lived alone for 3yrs and been on the pump since March. As long as I have lucozade under my pillow and my metre under my pillow I don't find it's an issue going hypo and treating it during the night. My hypo awareness is ok, but I've even had dreams I'm hypo then woke up hypo...

I was the same... Don't take needle or check bloods unless I was so thirsty I couldn't take it anymore or was hypo. I would even have food with my needle in reach and still not take it. I went on a carb counting course and instead of counting carbs I would wait for a few hours and just correct...

Hi I've been diagnosed for 10yrs the 29th of December this year.... And I still do what you do. It's really hard and if people don't understand they can be a bit patronising and not realise how much it affects you. I know I don't have people who really understand and they think it's so easy...