Recent Content by searley

‘All in moderation’ For me, normal eating of fat is fine, and to be honest don’t really do much to control intake For me, higher fat foods that I eat tend to have lower carb levels so I’m generally ok The issue for me is high fat AND high carb—- so basically pizza.. pizza has the high fat and...

Being referred is only the first of many issues In many areas the funds are just not there for pumps.. it costs many thousands each year for a pump I am at the clinic in the areas main hospital and there are only 120 on pump treatment and many waiting

I take a selfie on my phone, remove the background, print on photo paper and send

Camera bags are great for this

I think the guidelines for general monitoring are the like of libre 2 dexcom one Other models libre 3, G6,G7 have requirements to be prescribed them as they are more expensive so typically pump users.. the only think you can do is ask your prescriber you’ll even be told yes or no

Tapatalk doesn’t seem to do this, but the official forum software does

Sugar free / diabetic sweets still show 90% carbs, but I’m sure they are carbs that the body can not process along with a highly laxative effect So somethings can be difficult to judge My opinion is, if you like it, and it’s having minimal/ no effect on you…. And it makes healthier eating...

Yes this is the thing that annoys me actually, there is plenty of phones that could work, but don’t because they are not tested, it’s not as though the phone is used for treatment decisions because it’s all done from the pump My s25u always had issues unpairing from the pump iPhone not a...

Sadly, I have to say the only reliable ongoing phones to use seem to be iPhones They are the ones that ‘just work’ and always seem to be tested and ok day 1 for os updates Not had a single issue in 20 months with iPhone, however Android was a bumpy ride

Contour range is nice, and results are consistent across meters, but the are not the cheapest to buy supplies for, and most surgeries won’t prescribe the strips due to cost with ‘special reason’ I qualified do to the large memory size, but DVLA has change to only needing to prove 4 weeks of...

I have played with this in the past with dexcom But you still have a sensor with bad adhesive…… Just easier to phone and get a free replacement

Well the reality is even if you qualify you may not get one It seems a postcode lottery.. pumps are expensive And the reality is also if you get a pump you may not get a cgm which has different criteria for hybrid closed loop Without cgm you’d still be controlled manually so may only get...

The issue with reasonable adjustments’ they have to be reasonable for the company too If the company works on a shift basis, and it causes many problems with scheduling and staffing the can decline your request as ‘unreasonable’ Now you have the option of raising a grievance or even taking...

The issue with Tresiba is it takes upto 3 days for changes to have visible effect In reality for me it was about 48 hours Sound to me like you’d be better off with a half unit pen

I found that if I’m either too close to my belly button or too far away I can get pain sometimes there is a soft of sweet spot for me I also think in the early days the brain is not used to this new item ‘attacking’ the body so the brain ‘imagines’ pain…. And a few weeks in the brain is used to...