Recent Content by JC Durant

I use Barclays Travel pack for £12.50 a month and that includes my wife. I am T1 and also have colitis, psoriasis, and asthma. They cover us for the Far East and Canada and the US as well as Europe. We happily have not claimed but others who have appear happy.

Hi my GP surgery in south west London looks after me very well . There offer diabetic trained nurses and semi specialist doctors. If I have a problem they are on it straight away. Looks like it is a bit luck where you live.

This is what worked for me. Call the DVLA and find a option regardless of reason that has a person answering. Not easy but I did manage. I needed mine by early April as I was driving to France and on hearing that they put me on a fast track and the licence arrived 7 days later.

Hi , it easy to forget . I use A Timesulin cap which tells me when I last dosed and it has been a godsend on both insulin types .

Odd I have non of your problems so, I find the NHS staff very helpful and am very grateful for them , my consultations always on time ( it helps if you ask for the first appointment . I don't understand why they don't give you repeats. I have been T1 for 30 years and it has never been a problem. .

Hi mate. I have had to push hard for insulin changes 1) Find out if Tresiba costs the what currently have. 2) Tresiba reducers hypos dramatically especially at night. For me Tresiba has been the single best insulin improvement in the last three decades. It is freely available on the NHS and...

Satins have saved my life and luckily I have no side effects at all. My cholesterol fell from 6 to 2 and I feel great. Take em but if you have side effects change them or stop.

I use a Timesulin cap which tells you when you last doses but not the dose.It has been super useful.

I read this with horror. Get yourself the Abbott Freestyle sensor as it is fast and painless and plots your readings My dosage changes a great deal and sometimes I need twice the short acting insulin and 50 per cent more long acting for the same carbs intake. No one knows why the requirement...

Don’t se her again ask for a colleague. If you don’t like or trust her there is no point in the appointment . You know your condition better than her. If you manage a BS below 4.00 most nights you may loose your warning signals ....

Your employers do not understand your complex needs . I use a snack to fend off a hypo if my blood sugar is 4.0 and on a gradual decline as a snack ought to gradually improve you BS rather than radically improve which is to be avoided but sometimes the only option My new discovery for radical...

If some one has a problem with seeing some injecting they to should consider being supportive. Seeing someone inject is nothing compared to what you have had to deal with. Ask her how she would feel giving herself a jab for the first time. I have been type 1 for 26 years and go to meeting and...

I’d change doctor . I have been T1 for the same period . I used to use 15 strips a day. I Drive , go for long runs etc. Now I am on Libre . I test 50 times a day and my blood sugar HBA1c is now 5.7. My consult says it is low but that is untrue in my view if you test a lot and throughout the...

I understand that type 1 s are prescribed by the NHS for Libre in Essex but not Greater London which will get the prescription directive to GP in Q2. I wrote to my MP on this subject and she is supporting the ending of post code prescription differences. Re Sensor availability . I have been...

I recently changed. Fiasp is a load better for me, however my endocrinologist suggested a dose of 90 per cent of my previous dosage For the first few days I needed only 30 percent. Now I have got used to it my number of “ highs “ or BS over 10 now average 2 a week. It is a load better but does...