Recent Content by paulmgsmith

Thanks for sharing that — it’s really helpful to hear your experience laid out like this. You’re totally right about how most DSNs aim to give you the tools to manage your diabetes independently. That approach can be empowering but also a bit daunting at first when you’re still getting used to...

Thank you for your reply and comments. The app is called sugar snap and it’s actually really helpful, they also gave me an app called my life app which your meant to put your carbs and current blood sugar level in and it gives you the does to take as a recommendation however they didn’t explain...

Have also enquired about this and awaiting to hear back so thanks for sharing [emoji41]

Thank you for your reply with all the relevant information, sadly no all they done was tell me what app to download and send me on my way, it’s only when I got home and actually opened the app I realised that the amount of carbs I’m eating doesn’t really mean anything to me, I have tried...

Hey everyone! Just had my consultation today, and after 27 years of living with type 1 diabetes, they’ve finally convinced me to start carb counting – using a new app called Sugar Snap. The app itself seems pretty decent so far, but one thing they didn’t really explain is how to turn the carb...

Thank you for your very detailed reply and relevant information, I appreciate you taking the time to reach out to try and help. I will be making an appointment for the dark patches to be checked but you can imagine appointments don’t come easy these days sadly. Agree on tue little pinky...

Thank you for all this relevant information and also explaining the rules and regulations as I was not aware of any of this, much appreciated

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well. I'm reaching out for some guidance and would like to apologise for the images attached, but I thought they might help. I've been managing type 1 diabetes since 1999 and recently, I've noticed some dark patches on my feet that look like bruises, along...

My 14 year old son has just been put onto the omnipod 5 insulin pod which he is really happy and impressed with but finds it sore and hurts whilst removing the old one, was wondering if anyone has figured out and easier less painful way of removing the old one to help him out a little bit. Any...

Hey, thank you for your reply. The exercise in question is a 5 miles walk/run on a treadmill if that helps, but makes sense the rapid drop or increase may just be enough to confuse the sensor. Out of curiosity I am going to go through all the logs etc to see if it’s picked anything up

Evening all, Just wanted a bit of feedback and personal experience if possible. I’ve been using my Libra sensor for many of years now and as fantastic as it is, I’ve seen to have hit a intermittent problem with it were is randomly malfunctions saying *Glucose reading unavailable please try...

Hey Becca, thanks for this positive reply, just read it to my son and he seems happy knowing other people support the fact that it’s a good move forward. Thanks, Paul

Thank you for this useful information really appreciate it. Yeah the pressure they are putting on him is crazy, and the information booklet they give although being 34 pages in length miss out all the important information so the more information I can get from the general public the more I can...

Hey, Thank you for your reply. I’m type 1 myself and never even discussed a pump with my consultants before so this is all new to me so appreciate your answer, unfortunately I don’t actually know what the CGM your refereeing to is, but will find out when we are back up there next week and let...

Hey Everyone, Was hoping to get people’s views and opinions on something. My eldest son is turning 14 next week and has been type 1 since the age of 3, his diabetic team are now trying to force him on to an insulin pump called the Omnipod 5 system I believe, they have given me a 34 page...