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Hi All. I've just called my gp, waiting on a call back, to log my interest in getting the freestyle libre from 1st November. Not sure if I'm gonna be given it but I'm gonna try my best negotiations to get one if there is resistance. Has anyone else requested one from Nov 1st and been told...

Thanks all I suppose it was too much to hope for to be stable straight after. my last 2 bms have been under 10 so I'm pleased with that. @Shannon27. Yes while I tend to eat as low carb as I can I don't deny myself what I want. I too would bolus high for something I love. drips I was on...

Thank you. Appreciate it. it was all dealt with swifty and efficiently at the hospital. And although it was an ordeal I feel it was short and swift, of course the aftermath is now the issue. It's always better getting personal experience stories from actual diabetics than information...

I'm surprised the hospital are considering letting you go home if you have readings that high. Especially if the hba1c was high, your blood sugars have been high for sometime, I suspect you may need to have that stabilised and brought down before a discharge is granted. I was diagnosed 10...

Very nice!

So after being Dka,for probably a little over 24hrs. and a 24hr stay in my local a&e medical assessment unit. I was discharged yesterday at 4pm. Sent home with my own pump back in action, novorapid flex pen and lantus flex pen for my rescue pack. Woke this morning on 14.5. Had breakfast...

Really. Sounds horrible to go though this often. It really make you feel rubbish. My last a1c was 65 and was on track to be around 60 next blood test should have been this Wednesday. A bit devastated this will have probably undone that.

Ok that went bad so quickly, ended up in a&e bm down know to 10.6 and I have saliva in my mouth so it definitely correcting. Not been like this since diagnosis in 2007, but knew this is were I needed to be. I had just passed over the threshold to DKA so was good timing too. Don't...

Hi All just having a moan. Yesterday at around 4pm I changed my inset. BG was. 9.3. Went out for a meal with hubby it was our 12 year anniversary. As we sat to eat I tested 16.5 so corrected and bolused for my meal. Wasn't too concerned as I'd drank half bottle of wine and the food I ordered...

I have been considering buying this system. Not to use permanently but on occasions when I'm not getting the results I'd like. Id use it to establish better basal rates and bolus calculations then use strips in-between. Also I have considered how useful this would be in the gym. when...

Well that sounds promising Sally, thanks for the info. It's always nice to know there is hope and something you can do. Sent from my E5303 using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Thank you noblehead, will take a look. Are you part of the administration on here? You always seem to have the answers and advice whenever I ask. I think you should change your name to The Oracle. Sent from my E5303 using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Hi All. Just been told I have background retinopathy. I'm in my 11th year of diabetes (T1). My latest a1c was 72 in Aug and I intend to have that reduced by Feb, next appointment. I probably have anyway as my bloods have been much better lately after tweeks with basal and bolus rates...

Yes 6.3 before lunch is a great result and to be honest the only part of the day I seem completely in control of. After this discussion yesterday. I decided to use the combo bolus as we decided to have fish and chips ( chippy) for tea. One of my harder to control, guilt trip meals. Counted...

My drops have been round 2 hours after. Which is what caused me to do a round of basal tests and revaluate bolus in recent weeks. That seems to have settled now. I was having a lot of lows late afternoon causing me to eat before dinner then still eat dinner and ending up with it too high going...

I've not got to grips with extended/combo bolus yet. I just learned not to eat foods like pasta and couscous, which I love for my evening meal. I'll eat them for lunch. Need to break out the think.like a Pancreas book again for guidance I think. I do find I don't drop as quick if I eat...

Hi All. 18mths on a pump and pretty much understand it although the execution is sometimes a little hard to get right. One thing I am struggling with is reducing carbs and then having hypos. I'll explain. My basal rates are set and good recently tweaked. My bolus rates recently tweaked and...

We had lasagna, homemade. Made with the 5% mince and sauce from tin toms and passata. I slice of garlic bread. So not particularly fatty or ladden with carbs. I make individual ones and use 1 1/2 sheets of pasta in each. I did use already made white sauce. I never learnt to make that. Sent...

Yes see two hours after dinner on Tues evening, We both tested I was 6.9,which was a triumph for me, I and he was 10.8. So of course I I was like dog with a bone then. Tested each morning and as started earlier now lower that 9.6. I only wanted him to test coz we've both gained weight in the...

Hi I have a spare meter and bought him some strips for it coz there not same as mine, I know gps tend not to give strips to type2s anyway. he had a blood test not to long ago and was told all was well, well that's what he told me. I'm beginning to think he hasn't. Sent from my E5303...