Recent Content by russ621

Hi Sarah Q, Long time since I've been on here !!! I have my asssessment with the dietician on the 26th, then I when cleared for carb counting, (shouldn't be a problem) will be going onto the Animas 2020, I had a play with it online with the link you gave me, looks good :D Russ

Hi Em & Crackers, Please try not to take your fathers actions as a personal rejection. I'm sure its not meant that way. At 64 he's had a lot of years to become set in his ways. He will now feel the vulnerable one of the family, very hard for a dad & husband. Truth be known he's probably...

Thank you Emily, for your comments about cgm. I have been in contact with medtronic about their meter. This was their reply to my request for costs :- The cost of the Guardian Real Time System Starter Kit Level 1 is £2400.00. This includes Monitor, MiniLink transmitter and charger, CareLink...

Hi all I've just been going through poppy's posting "Can I ask". Fergus what doses of insulin are you on, do you have insulin before your 0 carb breakfast or 10 carb lunch and tea, what back ground insulin do you use. I've been on Humalog for 18 years now, I personally find it very agressive...

Hi Claire, No Banana's really don't help me with hypo's, when my sugars are that low, my only option is 3 teaspoons of sugar in warm water. I've even had a seizure after having a hypostop (or glucogel as its now called), when my sugars have been in the 2's. But then we're all different. I...

Hi Claire I'd be sceptical about any cure for type 1 diabetes. The only cure is a pancrease transplant and thats not guarenteed. And only going to happen if you get kidney failure and you are lucky enough to get a kidney transplant, they do the transplants together. A healthy <u>Balanced</u>...

Hi Marty I'd be interested to know how you get on with it, when you do get it. Bone infections can be nasty, take care mate Russell<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by martinbuchan</i>...

Hi Becks One thing I can assure you of, thats that your husband feels a whole lot better toay than he did yesterday with a sugar of 30. I was always led to believe that a type 2 diabetic was someone who could still produce some insulin of their own but not enough, where as a type 1 couldn't...

Hello Sarah, Thank you for your reply. I found out about this device from the "About.com", diabetic forum. All the replies on there were, "their insurance co's wouldn't pay for the cgm). Your the first person I've spoken to, thats actually knows anything about it. The set up cost over here is...

Hi Everyone. Does anyone agree with me that 24/7 glucose monitoring would be beneficial to all us insulin dependent diabetics. A device, that you could check your sugar level whenever you wanted, without having to draw blood. That would warn you when you went below a set level or above, and...