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One of the Brexit bonuses, I love fish and most sea food so I am glad I live in the EU and can get all the sea food I want as feel it is important for diabetics to eat a healthy diet, I hope all the diabetics in the UK can find lots of other heathy foods to eat

I think possibly 3 months without testing as a type 1 that's quite a long time but that was 50 years ago when you could only test with urine tests,

I had an Mri many years ago and it showed a shrunken pancreas, I just assumed it was because I had been diabetic for forty plus years type 1 so I don't produce any insulin, I have had many more Mir,s but they have never mentioned my pancreas again

I have been on a pump now for 18 plus years in France, I mentioned maybe one day I may be able to get a pump on the Thursday my consultant said would you like one I said yes, the following Tuesday I was back to the hospital to have it connected, I suppose I fitted the criteria at the time, I...

Still using the 640g here witn the enlite sensors, I don't have any problems but hope to change soon to the 780g

Sounds just the same as it was 30 years ago when I was last in the UK, not good, I have to say my treatment here in France has always been excellent, and has continued to be good even with the covid epidemic

It's just so-- law, it's always weekends or bank holidays for me or is it just me being negative

Just one Nan bread can be 70g but it will take a few hours to before your blood sugers really start to rise, with a Indian meal you may well need two injections a few hours apart so one big injections may give you a hypo just when you will be enjoying you meal, Hope you have a nice meal with no...

My blood sugers went high after the first phizer jab, then after the second jab 4 weeks later they went back to normal, I would highly recommend having both jabs phizer or astra zenica, I am looking forward to my booster jab in October

It seems to be different in each country here in France, I have my pump on a monthly rental so I can change my pump whenever I like, which is good when a new pump comes out, the Medtronic 780 is only just coming out here so I think I will change it soon but I may go for a different pump and...

I had the same problem 7 years ago with chemotherapy and steroids, although I have a pump but I had to increase my Basel by 500% and my bolus by 200%, I found it would last for 5 days after each chemo, Hope your treatment does not make you feel to unwell, That word cancer makes us all feel scared

Medtronic for the last 18 years, I find the service is excellent although that's by a third party company, I have never had replacement problems

£64 sounds exspensive to me, I Don't use the libre anymore but they used to be €35 each I to found the libre inaccurate a lot of the time found it better with xdrip

Out of all the surgeries I have had the cataract surgery last tuesday is by far the best no pain in and out in a few hours and my vision in that eye after just 2 days was perfect I am looking forward to the other eye being done next Tuesday

That's good news, I have just had cataract surgery so I have drops 4 times a day and have to dilate my eyes every night, having the other eye done on Tuesday so will be having drops for the next 5 weeks but the good news hopefully will be no need for glasses ever again

It takes up to 12 hours for my eyes to recover from the drop sometimes, I think it depends on how much or many times they put the drops in, I hope your eyes recover soon

50 year medal sounds good 52 years for me, Makes me want to move back to the UK, Not really, may be someone in France will tell me there is a fifty year medal here in France, still its nice to get medal

Well I know if my mother had asked would you rather not have been born than have diabetes I would have chosen the latter, and treatment was not very good when I became a diabetic in 1970, now I am glad to say treatment is so much better and I know both my children would have rather been diabetic...

Never had a problem raising a family I have two healthy children four grandchildren never felt my diabetes affected my family life, I suppose I just got on with life

I think I'm back to normal now, it has taken a while, just got remember not to take so much insulin now, going in to hospital for cataract surgery tomorrow so I hope my blood sugers stay level