Recent Content by SallyEzra

I also changed from the Accu-Chek Insight to a Medtronic (MiniMed) Pump about 3 months ago. For around 4 weeks I was rapidly getting through my supply of the Mio Cannulas, but am now more accustomed to it & get most cannulas to function properly most of the time. I generally agree however...

Gosh!, I am so shocked by your recent experience at work, it sounds like something out of the dark ages!. You, and other people writing here, have also made me reflect on the fact that I must have been really fortunate in the past 30+ years & whether I have sufficiently thanked those that I...

Gosh, that seems like a particularly unhelpful response from the airline & I find it hard to believe that the information they have provided you with can actually be the accurate airline policy- i’d be tempted to make another call to the airline to hopefully speak to an operative with a better...

Hi there nmb264 I had my first child 3yrs ago at 35wks, but we didn't realise that my waters had broken at 34wks.....may sound a bit mental, but I have had an issue with both my pregnancies where my insulin requirements decrease as the pregnancy progresses, resulting in much greater hypo...

Hi @grant_vicat , thank you so much for sharing & explaining your experience of kidney/pancreas transplants, I really appreciate it. I have learnt a lot! It sounds like you may have been through a much to achieve this ‘cure’ but I am sure you must still consider it very much worthwhile? And I...

I have heard a couple of people referring to close family members who had type 1 diabetes but were given a pancreas transplant & were cured. But I have not yet had the opportunity to check it out & see if there is any truth in it. Have any of you guys heard anything about pancreas transplants &...

Hi, Congratulations on your 3rd pregnancy. I do appreciate how concerning some of these additional tests you have as a type 1 diabetic can be - I am currently on my 2nd pregnancy at 34wks & just like my first pregnancy with my son feel so anxious at each scan....to the point that I saw a...

Oh! And also forgot to mention the additional eye screening - I think I have now had to attend 3 eye screenings in this pregnancy & it was the hospital consultancy team that have requested it each time.

Congratulations on your pregnancy, that is lovely news! As others have said, contacting your diabetic team or your GP to place you with the diabetic/ante natal team that you would like, I found, is the most important first stop. The diabetic care at my local NHS hospital is not the greatest...

Hi All, I just noticed in my email inbox today an alert from Roche on the Accu-Chek Insight Insulin Pump. Just in case it is relevant to any of you folks also, I have copied the email into the attached file.

I always use the Skin Tac wipes before after using the alcohol wipe that comes with the Libre sensor. A couple of years back when I started using the Libre, the first 3 sensors all fell off after a maximum of 4 days - very annoying!. I found that after a particularly tough session at the gym...

Hi CarlTorode, I read an email update yesterday from Accu-Chek about an issue with some of their test strips, which I guess may cause some supply issues. Not sure if this covers your test strips?. I have uploaded a copy of the email with the actions they advise & the lot numbers of the...

Hi Al60733, It's great to see you are being so proactive in trying to get yourself sorted out with blood sugars, food diaries etc. Each time in my life I have decided to give my T1 diabetes some extra focus, it has usually paid off. So hope it is the start of a useful new chapter for you too...

So good to see that it is not just me who occasionally does stuff like this! And it was my 3yr old son who was shouting at the top of his voice this morning in the bathroom & pointing at the window sill, saying ‘Mummy your pump!’, as I had forgotten to re-attach it post showering 30mins...

That sounds like an interesting thing to try @Mel dCP. I am a bit of a weirdo who has an issue with really low blood sugars in the week before my period, which was identified a few years ago as an inexplicable reaction to the hormone progesterone, which normally causes blood sugars to elevate...