Recent Content by moodwife

Maybe, there's a tiny possibility, that the increase in Type 1 is due to increased awareness of symptoms so there are fewer of us dying...?

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Fintona

Betamethasone and Dexamethasone steroids usually require an increase of 150-200% insulin. Am curious to know why they're being given after 35 weeks gestation as there is no scientific evidence for increased surfactant levels in neonates lungs after that gestation with no reduction in rates of...

The MiL's mum lived to 101 years of age so she has a way to go before she believes she's too old to change [emoji6] she is also incredibly active in her community and looks after older friends and church members. It's very frustrating seeing her non compliance and disregard for this area of her...

Thanks guys, rest of family think it's not an issue as she's not on insulin. I've tried having the amputation and dialysis conversations but there's a misheld conception that only insulin dependence brings that kind of horror. There's no acknowledgement of the more insidious and damaging nature...

@BooJewels I got her the DiabetesUK 100 Things I Wish I'd Known as I thought that might be a good place to start. Maybe it's time to go back to actual copies of Balance rather than E-copies so I can pass them on to her [emoji848]

I love my combo [emoji2] I've had it for 4 years and it's helped improve my control. I'm trying to find out about other pumps so that when the time to change it comes I'll be reasonably informed. Unfortunately the NICE Guidelines only deal with a specific Minimed model so they're not...

She has said that since diagnosis she thinks her sight isn't as good as it was but isn't keen to go to an ophthalmologist who performs retinopathy screening or to contact her GP for a referral. All this is inspite of her regularly supplying me with articles from a the Daily Fail about managing...

Mullaghbawn

I change my cartridge every 6 days as it holds 315units which was equivalent to 8days when I was on pens, or 36hours when I was pregnant [emoji23]. I do change my cannula every 3 days though so I'm not totally cavalier about it.

Ah yes! I'm Type 1 on insulin for 23years and I get the rainbow warning signs once I get below 2mmols [emoji304] it's one of the more reliable hypo awareness signs and is usually accompanied by everything round me looking like a random collage of walls and furnishings [emoji12]

My 77 year old mother-in-law was diagnosed with Type 2 last autumn and has been to a DESMOND training where she was given a glucometer. She is meant to take Metformin 500 with her evening meal but regularly "forgets". We were visiting on Monday evening and she asked me to show her how to use the...

5.1 [emoji6]

Today's HbA1c is 6.5 [emoji74]so chuffed [emoji75]