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Covid vaccine records (dis)organisation

Well, my 90 yo T2 dad had the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine a couple of weeks ago, and is booked to have the second in March. He was impressed...

Thread by: EllieM, Jan 19, 2021 at 11:37 PM, 12 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Dexcom pain? not a skin reaction.

Anyone experienced this? Ever since I inserted my last dexcom sensor (4 days ago) I have an intermittent sharp pain in my arm at the insertion...

Thread by: EllieM, Nov 29, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Security check - captcha - hangs - forum issue

This seems to be happening to me more and more, and particularly if I copy and paste some test from somewhere else. Either when I attempt to post...

Thread by: EllieM, Nov 28, 2020, 14 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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Glycogen stores, hypos and low carb/keto diets

(This question is inspired by the discussion in the thread "crazy hypo in the morning"...

Thread by: EllieM, Nov 25, 2020, 25 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Second eye test when first is fine? 90 yo T2

My 90 year old T2 (for a decade) dad, hba1c low 50s when unmedicated (low carbing) had his annual diabetic eye test a month ago. He was told...

Thread by: EllieM, Oct 15, 2020, 7 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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Lantus low? Help me work it out

50 years T1. I'm on a basal/bolus regime, 16-17 units of lantus before bed, 1unit humalog to 3g carb of carb in the day (ratio varies a bit...

Thread by: EllieM, Oct 4, 2020, 40 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Something for a birthday candle for 90yo LCHF T2

OK, it's my T2 dad's 90th birthday on Wednesday and he will be having a zoom meeting with family at 10am. I would like for him to have a candle...

Thread by: EllieM, Jul 19, 2020, 12 replies, in forum: Low-carb Diet Forum
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Low Carb T1 - how low to count protein

I''m on what I would describe as a moderately low carb diet (mostly mostly less than 90g per day). But today I've had less than 50g so am...

Thread by: EllieM, Jul 17, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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cgm delay question plus calibration

OK, I have something that I've been wondering about since acquiring a dexcom G6. I know that some people loop (@LooperCat ?) but how does that...

Thread by: EllieM, Jul 11, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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dexcom G6 lag time and calibration

OK, so I'm a new G6 user, and am two weeks in and on my second sensor. So far the readings have been close to my caresens dual meter, so I...

Thread by: EllieM, Jun 21, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Help me understand last night's horrendous hypo

Uggh. I hate hypos. I finally took the plunge and invested in a trial of a Dexcom g6 (started 3 days ago on Monday). The alarm possibly saved my...

Thread by: EllieM, Jun 10, 2020, 18 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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dexcom advice - how to avoid allergy

Dexcom g6 has finally made it to New Zealand and I am going to splash out on a transmitter and some sensors. (Or maybe sign up for a yearly plan,...

Thread by: EllieM, Jun 2, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Site outages - am I alone

Over the last few days (at home in my personal NZ mandated bubble) I've had several occasions where my computer has told me that this site is...

Thread by: EllieM, Mar 29, 2020, 6 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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Southern Hemisphere - flu jab

OK, I'm in New Zealand and covid cases are just starting to take off. I'm 58 and have had T1 for 50 years, no obvious complications. We (husband...

Thread by: EllieM, Mar 22, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Advice on UK meters (and a rant)

I have my 89 year old T2 father visiting over Christmas until March. Since low carbing last Christmas he's had his gliclazide reduced from 3 to...

Thread by: EllieM, Jan 4, 2020, 12 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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Ketones and T1s - what's a normal level?

So, I've been T1 for 49 years, and never had a DKA, and only very occasionally tested for ketones in my urine, occasionally got a trace but...

Thread by: EllieM, Jan 2, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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I'm so proud of my T2 dad

My 89 year old father has had T2 for about ten years. He's never been particularly high carb (my now deceased mother was T1 so carb wasn't a big...

Thread by: EllieM, Nov 14, 2019, 14 replies, in forum: Success Stories and Testimonials
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Dexcom g5 app and newish phones

Am contemplating self funding a dexcom g5 after I confirmed a severe libre allergy, but it looks like my phone, a samsung S10E isn't on the...

Thread by: EllieM, Oct 2, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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NHS and the dreaded libre allergy

Well, I've just officially given up on the libre after my last attempt (after a break) not only left my skin red and raw (even though it wasn't as...

Thread by: EllieM, Oct 2, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Type 2 How often do T2s get their Hba1c's checked

My 89 year old T2 father visits me for 3 months a year over Xmas (he's in the UK, I'm in New Zealand). Last year I encouraged him to go low carb,...

Thread by: EllieM, Sep 22, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: Ask A Question

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