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Hi My Accuchek expert meter has finally died a death after 11 years of use. They are discontinued now but has anybody got their hospital/Gp to provide one that does the same calculations for calculating food and correction bolus’s? Have had a look at all the ones available but it’s endless...

Low cholesterol can also be a problem. I warned my now husband about his low cholesterol. He had a heart attack 6 months later. Unless you have family history of heart disease you do not need statins.. total cholesterol is rubbish too. You need to know what your ratio and triglycerides are...

See optician but with your bloods running in the low mid teens, that will not help your eyes at all.

I have done this all my 40 years to be honest of T1. Unless!!- medics or well meaning friends have insisted I eat 3 meals (ugh). That makes me basal testing all day!! Brilliant. I do have coffee’s though with whole milk-but that for me is my lifestyle- if I didn’t have the milky coffees and...

I have used CBD oil for 5 years since cancer diagnosis. It’s kept me good as my hubby died suddenly at 51. Bloods are good but my anxiety level should have knocked me flat and I have remained calm and healthy since starting it. I also use CBD balm for aches and pains and that is so eyeing that...

Thanks Pipp, just been so busy with life and living... hope you are well too. Trying to just dip in occasionally to see if any news etc. Miss a lot of people on here. Got remarried last September after my hubby dying suddenly in Mar2018. Had lots going on despite the lockdowns. Hoping to...

Not logged in for myself for a very long time but glad to see forum still going and some older members still here, and of course new ones.

I’m normally blooming good and rarely go above 7. Since Astra Zeneca jab I initially had 4 days and nights of no amount of extra bolus getting bloods down from 18’s. Since that jab 3 almost 4 weeks ago my tresiba doses have raised from 2.5 and now on 7.5. Insulatard use as well gone from small...

Depending where the cramps are you may wish to speak to your dr as cramps can be a sign of clots and ask if you need a Doppler scan done... Can be a sign of peripheral artery disease. You should be tested. I had-to ask as I had years of crams but mine was salt and magnesium being less than...

As you are just on tresiba it’s May be a case to firefight with the fiasp for a few more days. That’s the reason I Am on insulatard aswell as tresiba . Flexibility for things like stress, illness, etc. The trouble is with tresiba is the long time for adjustments to kick in.. if I get anything...

I had horrendous highs for 4 days after covid jab with Astra Zeneca. Nothing with shift bloods downward. I was hugely correcting and nothing for 4 days. Reported to MHRA. However, I have 2 basals... tresiba and insulatard as tresiba could not handle myriads that started at 3am until midday. I...

Workplace deaths in service should also be taken into account when looking at life cover for mortgage. However, that would rely upon you working forever whilst you have the mortgage... so some pro’s and con’s to it to consider. Also with workplace pensions there can be problems with partners...

Low cholesterol is also a problem that isn’t talked about. My lean hubby had heart attack in May 20. I kept telling him for 6 months (only knew him before May for 15months) that his low cholesterol and high trigs were a problem and he would have a heart attack. Sure enough he did. Despite...

I’ve had a Medtronic standalone enlite sensor for 3 years. The last 3 months I have stopped using it. For me over night it shows lows when I’m not. The first 48 hours of use as well is pretty inaccurate. I had to stop pump after 5 years (2015). I do have excellent control with 2 basal...

You are insulin dependent but that does not necessarily make you a T1 unless you have the extra tests done that were mentioned. Your GP and sound like hubby treating you as if you are a T1 because you are on insulin. I’m aT1 for 40 years, with fibro for 10 years, double breast cancer (happy...

Used to get chronic cramps all night and both legs. Crippling. Spoke to dr. Was advised to take prescribed quinine.. dreadful side effects. Then I tried magnesium capsules. I take taurate version of magnesium. Cramps gone. I did also ask Gp for Doppler scan of legs and that proved ok. Not a...

Practically 40 years except when consultants or nurses or well intentioned people have tried to force the carbs on me.. Low carb not keto although recent years have been pretty much 90% keto

Please get yourself checked out by a GP... ref chest. My latest hubby was tired for weeks, had discomfort in neck one night in bed, couldn’t get comfy, got up to see if it eased, came back to bed and for some reason I asked him if he wanted an ambulance.. then bham—- heart attack. If he had t...

Hi Tim I had to come off pump 5 years ago due to the cannulas and my skin reactions...my skin blocked the insulin releasing every time I had a new cannula. Went through hell with hospitals putting me back on pumps, changing pump types to get different cannulas etc... but 1) cannulas for 3 days...

There are enough people now living with diabetes over 50 years to reassure yourselves that it isn’t a problem! The most probable problem causing earlier deaths is not looking after the blood levels, and supporting body with good food and cutting the carbs. Do I worry about what is in the...