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    Type 1 Please I want your answers in regards to Insulin pumps and the access to them.

    Hey I really appreciate your views really helps it’s just a shame the world is revolved around money , and no I’m not what is a halve unit pen ?
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    Type 1 Please I want your answers in regards to Insulin pumps and the access to them.

    I disagree if you can provide the nhs with reason as to why you would benefit from the pump then yes you should get one this is peoples health we are talking about what is the difference between wanting and needing in this circumstance it is the same thing I want it because I know I need it and...
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    Type 1 Please I want your answers in regards to Insulin pumps and the access to them.

    Completely agree they should prioritise people but my point is that regardless of anything if you want one you should get one end of, they said at my diabetics centre that they used to just give them out and I completely understand about my injections been second nature I inject so much average...
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    Type 1 Please I want your answers in regards to Insulin pumps and the access to them.

    And can I add I understand these company’s needs profit to make more pumps but people are literally getting personally rich of these devices I don’t get how that is fair should be a sole benefit to the patient and no one else
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    Type 1 Please I want your answers in regards to Insulin pumps and the access to them.

    Defiantly personal I’ve been diagnosed little over a year now and wanted the pump since diagnosis I understand how much they cost and we must have rules for stuff like this , I get that but what I don’t is if there is now the cgms interaction with pumps meaning that it will inject based on your...
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    Type 1 Please I want your answers in regards to Insulin pumps and the access to them.

    Oh yes cost is a major implement into the pumps agreed but I still see no accuse in that, we pay national insurance everything is on the rise it’s not a case that the nhs can not afford to give diabetics pumps if this country and government wanted to they could easily pump abit more money in the...
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    Type 1 Please I want your answers in regards to Insulin pumps and the access to them.

    I’m starting a movement let’s call it… I see the wonderful cgms that are now integrating with insulin pumps like the omnipod 5 are coming into play. BUT I guarantee it’s going to be just as hard to get these ones as it is to get the standard insulin pumps, I find it disgusting I really do that...
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    Alcoholic

    Yeah I’ve tried there’s only tuning point and I just don’t feel like waiting I am addicted to not been sober at the moment it’s alcohol but I just jump from high to High and it’s hard not Gonna lie
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    Alcoholic

    But I am struggling im 20 and ruining My life
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    Alcoholic

    If your still on here Wally I’m Drinking a bottle of vodka a day and can’t cope type 1 and I wanna let u know your not the only one mate
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    Type 1 Insulin

    Yeah helps a lot Thankyou , take care.
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    Type 1 Insulin

    I do carb count mate yeah just seem to go a tiny bit I’ve ten sometimes and it does head in so I correct it
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    Type 1 Insulin

    Oh right that’s good to know I’ve been very aware of stacking so it seems to be going okay with the corrections I normally inject 6-7 times a day , quick question on the pump I’ve been reading about them and they seem really useful how did u get a pump on the nhs(if it is even on the nhs) and...
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    Type 1 Insulin

    Over ***
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    Type 1 Insulin

    Yeah am carb counting am already on 2:10 tea 1:10 lunch and 1.5:10 breakfast but find my self going abit high nothing bad but I take that correction when I’m going aver ten ,was just wondering if there is any dangers to injecting that many times a day mate accept the obvious hypos ?
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    Type 1 Insulin

    Hey , I am nee diabetic been about three weeks just wondering how many times people inject isulin as I find my self injecting without food to correct highs and have good control at doing it , I end up injecting at most 7 times a day is this too much ?
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    Type 1 High blood sugars

    Yeah I’ll be carful cheers
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    Type 1 High blood sugars

    Okay great thanks only got diagnosed last week so think it will take sometime to get ratios right and stuff I’m guessing a few weeks at least
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    Type 1 High blood sugars

    Okay im going to speak to the diabetic nurse tomorrow about this thanks xx
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    Type 1 High blood sugars

    Hey yeah just trying to get the right ratio to carbs I got told to do 1 unit to every ten carbs but think I need more units to the carb as it’s still high
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