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Arguments for having a pump prescribed

Hi, I am really keen to try a pump, preferably the Omnipod. My consultant mentioned having to do a course. What arguments or tips have others...

Thread by: Mungobean, Feb 1, 2022, 11 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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Libre 2 alarms

Hi, I have today transitioned to the Libre 2. May I check - with the reader - I like to have the system sounds off, so that the reader doesn’t...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 30, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Struggling with highs and lows

So I’m fairly newly diagnosed and tube fed, which makes things difficult. I woke up and my Libre said I had a hypo in the night, but I didn’t wake...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 28, 2021, 4 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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How low is too low at bedtime?

Hi, I’m fairly new to all this. I’m sitting on the side of my bed and I know my sugars are going low (he Libre is saying ‘Lo’, so I know I should...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 26, 2021, 7 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Little Things……..what has pleased you this week?

They say that little things please little minds…..I am pleased today, to have received my new Libre 2 reader, that Abbott have sent me. They do...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 22, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Anyone got a diabetic cat?

My cat and I are battling it out to see who can get their sugars under control first! Has anyone else had experience of a diabetic cat? I have got...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 20, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: General Chat
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Are NICE guidelines changing re pumps for T1?

Hi, I read that the NICE guidelines for the Libre are changing, but does anyone know if the guidelines for pumps are changing at all please?...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 20, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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Forms of glucose monitoring & insulin pumps

Hi, I am newly diagnosed with T 1, but I have been using the Libre system since March. Have people tried the Libre and Dexcom and have a...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 17, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Best quick fix for hypo with tube feeding

Hi, I keep having hypos and the trouble is that I’m 99% tube fed, so I get into a bit of a cycle. - hypo - Try and eat carbs (more often than not...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 9, 2021, 22 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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At what age were you diagnosed?

I have just been diagnosed with T1 diabetes at the grand old age of 52, which seems old to me! I am trying to kid myself that I am going through...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 8, 2021, 27 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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T1 diagnosis - at last

Some good news, I think? I was given a trial of the Libre system as my sugars were all over the show. I tried desperately to get the tests to see...

Thread by: Mungobean, Dec 7, 2021, 11 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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When to seek medical attention?

Hi, I am newly diagnosed, and I am currently suffering from several hypos per day and most nights I wake up with a hypo at some point. On a couple...

Thread by: Mungobean, Aug 29, 2021, 18 replies, in forum: Newly Diagnosed
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Freestyle Libre for Type 2?

Hi, I have recently been diagnosed - they say T2, but they haven’t done the testing so they don’t really know that for sure. My sugars are all...

Thread by: Mungobean, Aug 9, 2021, 4 replies, in forum: Ask A Question
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Newbie, introducing a second type of insulin

Hi, and apologies In advance for asking so many questions! I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago and I am current taking 22 units of a basal insulin every...

Thread by: Mungobean, Jul 21, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Newly diagnosed - insect bites

Hi, I was diagnosed around three weeks ago. I sat in the garden for a short time on Saturday and was absolutely ‘eaten’ by bugs of some sort. I...

Thread by: Mungobean, Jul 20, 2021, 11 replies, in forum: Type 2 with Insulin
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Best free glucose monitoring app

Hi, I am newly diagnosed and I was wondering which free UK glucose monitoring app folks found the best? TIA Mungo

Thread by: Mungobean, Jul 20, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Blood sugars and Oramorph

Hi, I take Oramorph daily for pain, but I see that it has a fair amount of sugar in it. Has anyone been prescribed a sugar free version? Has it...

Thread by: Mungobean, Jun 29, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Type 2 with Insulin
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Newly diagnosed - consistent high readings

Hi, I’m Willow. I am newly diagnosed with T2 and have just been given insulin today. I have a jejunostomy and rely on that for nutrition. Now I...

Thread by: Mungobean, Jun 29, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: Type 2 with Insulin

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