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Recent Content by Mungobean

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    Glucagon emergency kit

    I asked my GP about having a kit at home, because sometimes I take quite a long time to come out of a hypo, and I had three shots of glucagon...
    Post by: Mungobean, Mar 28, 2022 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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    Arguments for having a pump prescribed

    Yes, she is on my side.
    Post by: Mungobean, Mar 27, 2022 in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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    Arguments for having a pump prescribed

    Hi, I struggle with my sugars because I don’t eat normally. I have Gastroparesis and so if I do eat, the food takes a variable amount of time to...
    Post by: Mungobean, Mar 26, 2022 in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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    Consultant grading for diagnosis - update

    I must admit that I was a little irked when I was an in patient recently for something else and my consultant asked if I was sure I was T1, as I...
    Post by: Mungobean, Feb 1, 2022 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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    Arguments for having a pump prescribed

    Hi, I am really keen to try a pump, preferably the Omnipod. My consultant mentioned having to do a course. What arguments or tips have others...
    Thread by: Mungobean, Feb 1, 2022, 11 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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    Just been approved for the libre 2

    I have one of the arm bands mentioned but tend not to use it any more. When I apply a sensor, I press around the adhesive edging with a teaspoon,...
    Post by: Mungobean, Feb 1, 2022 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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    Consultant grading for diagnosis - update

    Crikey! A year seems an awfully long time to wait. I had to fight for the c pep and a gad tests and then my GP didn’t know how to interpret the...
    Post by: Mungobean, Feb 1, 2022 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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    Type 2 Just gone on insulin and my sugars are worse than ever

    Interesting @Antje77 know I really had to push - and my GP didn’t know how to order the tests, or how to interpret the results, but I just had...
    Post by: Mungobean, Jan 5, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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    Type 2 Just gone on insulin and my sugars are worse than ever

    Why are they so reluctant to give c peptide and anti gad tests @Fenn ? Are they hugely expensive, or do they not want to diagnose T1?
    Post by: Mungobean, Jan 5, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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    Bailey's Irish cream ..how to do it

    Whilst on the subject of Baileys - Chocolate Baileys………..utterly heavenly, if you haven’t tried it
    Post by: Mungobean, Jan 3, 2022 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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    Hi there. I’m in Hampshire.

    Hi there. I’m in Hampshire.
    Profile Post Comment by Mungobean, Jan 3, 2022
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    Bailey's Irish cream ..how to do it

    I’m new to all this, so no expert, but I think I’d treat it in the same way as any other meal and work out the carne and take some insulin...
    Post by: Mungobean, Jan 1, 2022 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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    Diagnosed yesterday

    I was diagnosed as T2 last year (although apparently according to my bloods I had been diabetic for a year, but nobody had told me). I was given a...
    Post by: Mungobean, Jan 1, 2022 in forum: Newly Diagnosed
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    Freestyle Libre Sensor: highly inaccurate??

    I have found the readings can be way out at times (up to 6 Mmoll different). I was getting obsessed with the differences and my DN said to stop...
    Post by: Mungobean, Dec 31, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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