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Furious

I got stuck behind a father and daughter visiting Australia from the UK at the domestic airport today. They are allowed 2 large suitcases checked...

Thread by: Chowie, Jan 25, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Hypo Premonitions

Does anyone else have Hypo premonitions? I have been feeling really hypo (again) CGM and blood sample on a strip agree, for a change at 8.2mmol/L...

Thread by: Chowie, Jan 7, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Happy New Year

May your Hypo's be nil and your Hypers be none for 2019. Alas I'm now diabetic for the next 358 days...

Thread by: Chowie, Dec 31, 2018, 7 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Do you stock pile Insulin

I just got a new supply of insulin. We get 75mil at a time which for me is about 6 months in Australia. I normally run the supply down to about...

Thread by: Chowie, Dec 18, 2018, 31 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Medtronic 670g Being Released in Australia

I received an email inviting me to register. If it’s almost available in Australia, it won’t be far off in the UK. [ATTACH]

Thread by: Chowie, Nov 15, 2018, 8 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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Evil Parents

Some of the more charitable people here may say the parents are just plain dumb, however the State says otherwise and I tend to agree with the...

Thread by: Chowie, Nov 7, 2018, 18 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Would you say I was poisoned?

I met up with a number of friends to car pool at an out of town fast food burger place early this morning. The staff were not engaged and it was...

Thread by: Chowie, Oct 10, 2018, 9 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Diabetics At Risk Due To Fad Diets

The ABC is the Australian poor mans version of the BBC...

Thread by: Chowie, Jul 3, 2018, 16 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Medtronic 640g and Enlite CGM

I'm wondering how many others are using this combination? I have a serious connectivity problem and I'm wondering if that is normal? The pump...

Thread by: Chowie, Apr 15, 2018, 8 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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That Hypo Feeling

I know everyone's experience of a Hypo is little different. I normally have excellent Hypo awareness, but tonight I have that hypo feeing, but...

Thread by: Chowie, Mar 26, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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How many crabs a day do you consume?

After being on a pump for a little over a month I have seriously been counting carbs and horrified how many I consume per day it's about 190. I...

Thread by: Chowie, Mar 4, 2018, 41 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Is this level of support normal for a first time pumper

I was connected for the first time to an insulin pump (Medtronic 640g and the matching CGM) this morning. A 2.5hr appointment with the delightful...

Thread by: Chowie, Jan 25, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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Shake, Rattle and Cook a Medtronic Pump

3 days after I go onto a pump for the first time, I'm off volunteering for the day it involves sitting on a large ride on mower (without mower...

Thread by: Chowie, Jan 22, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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Pump Etiquette

I'm about to get my first pump in less that 2 weeks. Although debate rages about injecting in public, most suggest discretion. I'm concerned...

Thread by: Chowie, Jan 11, 2018, 20 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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Happy New Year All

Hi All, As I'm in Australia I'm one of the first to see in the New Year. Happy New Year and may your HbA1c result be perfect and no complications...

Thread by: Chowie, Dec 31, 2017, 4 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Phone Apps

My Dietician recommended Rapid calc. I don't like it because the sliders are too difficult to use. My D Educator said that she didn't like that...

Thread by: Chowie, Dec 26, 2017, 1 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Advice for Males who pump

I have found plenty of advice and commentary of the ladies wearing pumps. I'm not a cross dresser nor female, so pumps hidden in Bra's etc have...

Thread by: Chowie, Dec 15, 2017, 7 replies, in forum: Insulin Pump Forum
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I really like being Diabetic because...

Hey Guys, We really have so much to grateful for. It's coming up to Christmas, lets come up with a list of whats great about being Diabetic. I...

Thread by: Chowie, Dec 9, 2017, 57 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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I like being a 'Junkie'

I have been chased out of a shopping centre (mall) by a women (I assume) screaming at me all the way out of the centre, I assume they were upset...

Thread by: Chowie, Dec 4, 2017, 15 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Jardiance for T1

Hi, I have been prescribed with Jardiance. Has any other T1 had experience on it. I could only find a reference here to a trial starting and only...

Thread by: Chowie, Jun 15, 2017, 5 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes

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