Recent Content by onlytwintip

Hi, I am on holiday from Switzerland in the UK for xmas and stupidly forgot to bring reservoirs... I am taking a long shot here but is there anybody close by with a spare in exchange for a sugar free early xmas present. Cheers, Harry

Hi, I have been on the pump for soon 8 years now but I am off to do a masters in South Africa in February next year. This means I will quite possibly loose my entitlement to the NHS and therefore to the pump. This means getting a private insurance over there, which, on my budget, will not be...

Hi, If I was to bet I would say you are still on your honeymoon phase. I had a long honeymoon phase (over a year) in which I hardly had to inject and still had descent hbac1. Your sugar level spyking after a pizza doesn't necessarily mean your honeymoon is over. It could mean you over-did the...

Hi, I had the same problem quite frequently before. If you don't vary the insertion site then you will end up getting scar tissue which will prevent the insulin from being well absorbed. Another way of getting bad scar tissue is if you don't change the site every 3-4 days (I used to keep it for...

Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. I didn't have the best control (I blame that on being a fresher at Uni) and was also a heavy smoker. This freaked me out and I gave up smoking and starting taking better control. A couple of years on and there is no more sign of retinopathy. To be...

Hi, Why do you want to take it off? I would not disconnect the pump but set a temporary basal rate to prevent going low. Cheers

Thanks for the advice and I will definitely give that 1/3 extra thing you suggest wsmum. I guess I'll keep attempting to tackle this pizza obstacle. And moonstone - Completely agree, went to Italy for a week's holiday this summer and the pizza's there were much thinner and easier to handle...

Hi, I've been a type 1 for about 8 years and on a pump for 7 of those. I tend to manage my diabetes quite well (last hbac1 was 5.8 ) and also don't really limit myself on what I can eat (as long as i put the insulin in to balance out). There is one food though that I have never been able to...

Thanks a lot for the responses people :) Hugely appreciated Harry

Hi, I have been in the same sort of situations trying to hide my control from my diabetes doctors. I one even sunk my meter in water to break it so that she wouldn't be able to check the memory! Looking back i feel **** stupid because all she wants to do is help you out, not judge!

Thanks a lot for the reply guys. Very much appreciated :D

Hi, For bike riding (couple of hours most days of the week, 4 hour rides at week ends) I will need to reduce my basal to about 20% for the duration of the exercise, then straight after the exercise do a 2U bolus as it will shoot up straight after, I also put my basal to 75% for 5-6 hours...

Hi everyone, I have been using the Optium Xceed for... well, since I was diagnosed type 1 7 years ago I think. The other day I used another tester and noticed that when there is not enough blood on the strip it will throw an error so that your only option is to use a new strip. I thought that...

I often try and guess my readings. When I do it around my friends we sometime have a guessing competition, often with a beer at grabs! Very interesting fact about the shade of the blood though, never noticed.

Obviously this is not at likely to happen at all! I didn't post this in a "be careful all pumpers stay at home your life is in danger" sort of way. I just thought it was an interesting article for the pumpers out there.