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Shocked by bake off comment

It's an entertainment show, not a medical documentary. Get over yourselves guys.

Post by: snowleopard, Oct 24, 2019 in forum: Ask A Question
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What equipment do you carry?

I don't have a pump so I need to carry pens, used and unused (and used) needles, test meter and strips, pricker and lancets. I have a case to...

Thread by: snowleopard, May 22, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Equipment wallet

I currently have a "Joe's small-in-one" wallet for my meter, pen, pricker, strips, needles and lancets. I find it just a little bit too small for...

Thread by: snowleopard, Nov 25, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Medical Id - Bracelet/necklace

I wear a chain bracelet. It's fairly chunky and looks OK. I looked at Medic Alert and discussed it on the forum, particularly about the...

Post by: snowleopard, Aug 16, 2018 in forum: Ask A Question
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Injecting in public

I have a friend who has been T1 for nearly 50 years. She told me that in the old days when she used a conventional syringe she sometimes got abuse...

Post by: snowleopard, May 17, 2018 in forum: Ask A Question
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Forgetting to take a shot.

I use a Novopen which takes my Novorapid cartridges. It has a display of last dose and time since take built-in. There have been many instances...

Post by: snowleopard, Dec 17, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Do you people get all your diabetes stuff for nothing?

Here is a link to WHO statistics on health expenditure as a percentage of GDP: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS A few...

Post by: snowleopard, Dec 14, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Are you disabled?

Yes, I am careful with that. I have T1D and find it reasonably easy to manage but a neighbour who has had the same for nearly 50 years has a...

Post by: snowleopard, Dec 14, 2017 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Are you disabled?

No, I don't mean are you in a wheelchair but do you regard your diabetes as a disability? I recall a news item a few months ago where a person...

Thread by: snowleopard, Dec 14, 2017, 44 replies, in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Forgetting to take a shot.

I thought I understood my condition fairly well until a couple of recent incidents when I forgot to take my mealtime shots. The first time was at...

Thread by: snowleopard, Dec 14, 2017, 5 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Do you people get all your diabetes stuff for nothing?

I won't go on at length about the joys of the British NHS, I'm sure Americans will regard it all as dangerous 'socialism'. Being over 60 I get all...

Post by: snowleopard, Dec 14, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Question about insulin

You need to have something rapid-acting to hand in case of a hypo. Alternatives are a snack-sized carton of apple/orange juice (NOT low sugar) a...

Post by: snowleopard, Feb 9, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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T1D and Metformin

When my doctors figured out I was T1 not T2, I expected to come off all the tablets as I started on Insulin. Instead, they kept me on Metformin. I...

Thread by: snowleopard, Feb 9, 2017, 1 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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insulin needles sizes

I was given 4mm needles from the off. They are plenty long enough, even when I inject through a shirt as I do most times during the day. I read on...

Post by: snowleopard, Feb 9, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Memoir Pen any UK replacements around?

I'm on Novorapid and have their cartridge pen with memory. It just gives last dose and time since injecting but a couple of times it's got me out...

Post by: snowleopard, Feb 7, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Cheaper replacement for Lantus

On my last visit to my DSN she told me my Lantus would be replaced with a cheaper version in the future. I didn't write it down at the time so...

Thread by: snowleopard, Feb 7, 2017, 3 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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What age were you diagnosed Type 1?

Just last year - aged 68. Mind you it took the medics 3 years to work out that their assumption I was T2 because of my age was wrong.

Post by: snowleopard, Feb 7, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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I've Built Myself An Artificial Pancreas!

I've thought a bit about how this might be achieved by linking a pump to CGM. Having spent 30 years in the programming business in various roles...

Post by: snowleopard, Jan 24, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Type 1: flying to New Zealand?

I recently returned from a couple of months in Australia. I had no problems with packaged snacks, i.e. jelly babies and oat biscuits. Just in...

Post by: snowleopard, Jan 24, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Correcting between meals

Firstly, your meal-time bolus may take 2-3 hours to bring BS back to normal so if you correct inside that time you will overdose. Secondly, if you...

Post by: snowleopard, Jan 24, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes

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