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I remember the Balance magazine use to have adverts for Holstein Pils larger , this was before they realised that drinking alcohol can drop your blood sugar , everyday’s a skool day

The problem I found with the glass and metal ones was as the needles got blunt they filled with skin so pushing the plunger became harder until whoosh the needle separated from the syringe and unless u had the scale facing you you didn’t know how much insulin you’d injected plus you stank of...

I still use the portion thing I actually had a list they gave me and how you could swap portions it was all about 10 g of carbs as it is today ,you can polish a t- #d but at the end of the day it’s still a t-#d

I tried to find something sugar free all I could fine was 1 Cal lemonade , Tab Cola and Orbit chewing gum abs obviously diabetic seeers which weren’t really sugar free

When I my mum asked why the disposable plastic syringes weren’t available on prescription she was told because they are a “ luxury “. Diabetics only got plastic syringes on prescription after drug addicts were given free syringes during the AIDS development.

When they got blunt they felt like William Wallace’s sword and I’ve seen it it’s taller than Mel Gibson lol

Should have been in the torture chamber in the Edinburg dungeons lol

I know this might not be popular lol but welcome to forum from an ex Swansea Jack living in Scotland you’ll find this forum with lots of good advice and great people

Like everything about information it’s trying to sort out “ the wheat from the chaff”there is more info about these days but it does make it easier to take ownership of it which is what you have to do, we live with it after all and one rule does not fit all so so we as individuals have to work...

I know as we get older we tend to reminisce , will I thought I share my latest reminiscence ( didn’t even know if that was a word thank god for spell check) here’s a pic of the “ luxuries”we had back then. I’m sure there are many who remember these and I apologise for probably repeating but...

To be honest I just use my phone it is definitely loud enough when it alarms and I always have it with me ……….constantly

I agree with @ Antje77 the needle will retract once you put the sensor on . I did once have a incident when the needle didn’t retract but that’s a very rare occurrence

I’ve used my inner triceps or as long as I can remember plus have used my belly my chest my thigh , all without any problems , I’ve probably used everywhere other than where Abbot recommend , I know that sounds a bit blasé but I do check against a finger prick just to be the skool swat hehehe

I’ve used reusable pens for ever , I recently got given disposable pens when they changed my insulin from Levimir to Humalin I , I went straight back and got my prescription changed to cartridges, I find them so much easier they feel so much sturdier as well as previously stated about room in...

I’ve only tried it once when I’d forgotten to take my insulin bag ( more of that in a bit ) to dialysis. They gave me a pre filled syringe with Humamlin I so I used that , it was only one injection it didn’t seem to affect my sugars any differently to Levemir but it was a ‘one off ‘ so can’t...