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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Looks like good advice as well as a nice kitty cat :). I've found for type 1 diabetes, an early dinner works well as if one having a traditional carby dinner say ar 630pm, and goes to bed at 1030pm, there's a good period of time for both insulin and glucose effects to stabilise. So any...
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Muscle aches can be from salt loss. A banana can help restore potassium. Alternatively a nice plate of cabbage when you wake up ;-). Delicious!
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    Diabetic "nurse" not qualified to give flu jab

    I think this sort of thing is about nhs payments to clinics. I think get a payment per appt. So if you to see the clinic about two separate issues, i advise booking 2 appts. Of coyrse tge problem.with this system is 2 appts length are blocked out for what might managed in 1 appt prior to...
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    At a Crossroads

    I've a 640g and their 6mm plastic cannulas. I,ve no fat on arms on legs and a cannula their hurts really badly. However i circulate spare tyre, back fat, upr outer quarter backside. By doing this left and r sides of the body and giving a cannula 3 days in each site, its 15 days between the end...
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    How to make a good near zero carb coffee?

    Many black coffees taste sharp because they, and barristas proudly proclaim, are 100% arabica!!! However some espresso blends combine ground robusta and arabica beans. These coffees are less sharp and more rounded. A good one is Lavazza Rosso. Maybe its worth trying a pack. Boil a kettle. Add...
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    Type 2 Pizza

    Well i guess you know its more or less down to diffs between t1d and t2d. Types 1 after a pizza would a high blood sugar and have to take extra insulin to get it back to normal Types 2 pancreas still functions producing basal insulin levels until glucose rises from a carb load. However while...
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    NHS contract for an insulin pump

    I was a libre for a few days and found the match with the blood tests +/- 1% above 4mM. Below 4mM and the Libre was less accurate. I wasnt being offered it free and I was unemployed at the time so I didnt get it.
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    NHS contract for an insulin pump

    There are tools to measure quality of life across multiple domains (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression) as well. Also a small improvement in HbA1c might feel wonderful to someone who really struggles to shift and motivate to try harder. Whereas a...
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    Statins?

    Statin so far I'm aware are not steroids. Why the the worry about steroids. I found simvastatin OK but Atorvastatin made really ill - but of course different people may be affected differently
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    I just had a few jacobs cheddars. I dont know, maybe its me, but they seem.so cheesy anymore :-(
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    I Like egg. But i also like charred/ grilled fresh pineapple slice. Maybe i'll try both as a gammon cocktail on my birthday :-)
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    NHS contract for an insulin pump

    A Agreed. Looking only at the clinical outcome is a narrow perspective. A patient moving from frequent borderline hypo to not hypo may have only imorived a little, but gained a lot in terms of social and professional functioning. From an economic perspective, clinical and broader...
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    NHS contract for an insulin pump

    Seacrow, i agree with your points. Its not ethical to offer and then withdraw a treatment.
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    NHS contract for an insulin pump

    I disagree both as a scientist and an economist. The maxim of " continual improvement" which is the lingua franca of organisations managed without admittibg reality fail to understand the law of depreciating returns. In other words a pump may help a patient lower the HbA1c so far. But to...
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    Yum yum. Did you have an egg or a pineaplle slice with it?
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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    Is this caused by a lack of the right minerals?
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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    What a sweet looking doggy :-) Bless him/ her :-)
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    Not coping :(

    Good luck Richard
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