Recent Content by laurafowler

HI, you can buy some sticky wipes from Amazon called Skin Tac which really helps. You wipe the area you are putting your sensor and when you skin become tacky you add your sensor and I find mine have not fallen off since using this.

Hi I have been a type 1 diabetic for 43 years and found I was taking more and more insulin to try and keep my sugars down. My doctor gave me metformin tablets to take aswell as my insulin and once it kicked in my sugars have been great and my insulin usage has dropped considerably and actually...

I have swum for over an hour with no problem

I am currently feeling frustrated as my doctors surgery has reduced my blood test strips by half which only allows for 4 tests per day. I am 52 years old and have been a diabetic since I was 13 years old. I look after myself and keep good control and did the Daphne course which means I need to...

My son was diagnosed with type 1 just after his pass out in December and was medically discharged. He was gutted as it was all he wanted to do, the process took about 6 months.