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I had a exemption certificate back in 1970 I think for 5 years in the UK renewed once in 1987, so I was not a good boy it seems but no chemist ever asked me for it, I now live in France and luckily it is all done by computer internet I think mine now lasts to 2028 Thank goodness

Nan bread 70 grams at least, I have to bolus 25 units over 6 hours for a good curry

I am sure ever body feels for you but you are giving us real live information on how difficult it is getting the 670g to work so don't take a hammer to it, as you said earlier it is like you are a beta tester, hope things improve soon, Medtronic would not spend many millions of dollars bringing...

Hb1ac for the last 18 years on a insulin pump 5.7 to 6.8, I have it done every 3months, before that I was 8.7 and my diabetic Dr asked me to go into hospital for 3 days and that's when I asked about an insulin pump and she said yes as long as I was willing to do 8 blood tests a day

In France I get my flu jab from the pharmacy, the chemist can give you the jab there straight away or you can get the nurse to come to your house to do it,although I am naughty and get my wife to do it as it is in the top of the arm otherwise I would do it myself does that make me really...

You are doing the right thing, get your control right and then your diabetes will hopefully never impact on your life, I am 66 and diabetic for the last 51 years now and have controlled my diabetes for the last 30 years the best I could, of course controlling diabetes for the first 30 years was...

No I keep good control, so I don't think about it, it just comes naturally after 51 years, so think about all the good things in life but just look after your diabetes and then after a while it becomes the natural thing to do

In France we us Mgdl so not the same as in the UK, or it was not when I lived in the UK 26 years ago, Sorry to say but I do not know if libre work on both depending on which meter is being used.

They are now 35 euros all over France

I would not like to say the nhs is pour , it is just that here in France I was doing 10 finger prick tests a day costing the health system here 125 to 150 euros a month, so I am now and have been for over 2years using freestyle libre at a cost of 70 euros a month a big saving for the health...

I never realised so few type 1 diabetics in the UK are given pumps and cgm,s, it sounds very pour, here in France the percentages are a lot higher I suppose that is because they see the benifits of pumps and cgm for diabetics in France

Thanks for all your posts, it's great to have this information, I am hoping the Medtronic 670g will be available next year in France, so please keep posting and educating us

Afraid not Mgdl at the moment, but the meter used to just be in French but now it is in French and english

Here in France they are only 35 euro's used to be 50 euros but then a lot more people have them in France 100% free on the health system

I just said to my diabetic consultant maybe one day I could have a insulin pump, she replied would you like one, I said yes, she said you need to do blood tests 8 times a day for the next 2week's, 2weeks later I had my insulin pump that was 18 years ago I really love living in France

So sorry th hear you had such a bad experience, lucky the doctor was not a surgeon

Sounds a bit worrying,I am alright here in France although a lot of people worry here if they will still get there medicines after brexit as they will be third country citizens and not EU citizens anymore

I do not know how it works where you are, but in france you have a choice for the health system to buy one out right or to rent it, I had the rented option which meant I can Change my pump when I want with my consultants approval

I have been on Medtronic insulin pump for the last 18 year's changing each time a new medtronic pump comes out, but it is a very personal choice, I often look at other makes of pump but for now happy with what I have, hope you enjoy the freedom a pump will give you but remember it will take a...

Sad to see that eye tests and diabetic nurse's have not got any better since I left the UK 25 years ago, it was a real surprise to find the treatment in France was so much better here in France and it seems it still is, I have had insulin pump for the last 18 years libre for the last 2years...