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Oops, didn't realise you not quite got to the contact sport stage yet :oops: She be fine, there's plenty of things you can do, to help keep her tiny mitts off the pump.. All pumps can be locked, so that tiny exploring fingers, pressing buttons can't self-dose themselves.. But there are a...

Hi The con's You've got something attached to you 24/7, but you can take the pump off for exercise such as swimming, contact sport, baths etc.. You've only got 2 hours worth of insulin on board at any one time, So a slight higher risk of DKA but with saying that, pumps have an extensive alarm...

Best time to change to do a planned infusion set change, is before a meal this helps bring any problems to your attention a lot quicker due to having to bolus for food.. If he's at school, either before breakfast or before his tea, some depends on what arrangements you've have about dealing...

If you using AST testing you need to be aware that the reading isn't as accurate as finger tip testing.. Due to lag times involved... Which for an T2 similar to Hana isn't a problem but if you are using results to adjust medication can be a problem... Most meters (meters always come with a...

Air bubbles can develop with the changing temperature of the insulin, air because more or less soluble in liquid depending on it's temperature.. I always wear my pump with the tubing facing down, as if any air bubbles develop then it remains clear of the tubing at the other end of the...

Different clinic's have different approaches.. Some will use saline to get you started, others like my clinic will use insulin from the word go.. Starting with insulin wasn't daunting for me, because I had done plenty of research into pump therapy before starting, so it was such as 'unknown'...

I mentioned the dog website, because yes sitefiners also cater for dog owners... With a similar site to this one, but without a forum at the moment apparently that's coming soon.. Looking through it's pages, lot's of information, but pretty basic and mainly 'rule of thumb' information type of...

I remember that sad tale phoenix far from pleasant.. Personally I think sitefinders/dcuk are wise enough business people to know where not to go! But we forget that in fact they have given members some backing where they are able, Benedict's e-petition anybody, now haven't dcuk/sitefinders...

Zyzz And which bit of the criteria would DCUK says was their reason for being a stake holder! Not sure if the forum qualifies them for being 'indirect' care provider! DCUK is part of an internet business, that's found a nice little way of generating money via the internet! The only thing it...

If you check out the front page, at the bottom you will see that it says, DCUK is part of SiteFinders Net ltd and if you check out Sitefinders at company house, it's company no is 03283027 and Company Type,privately limited company, nature of business sic62090 - Other information technology...

What motivates me! not what you think DCUK is a company that is making money to provide a internet service, to do this those that run the company don't have to have in-depth knowledge of the subject matter, nor do they have to invest money into research etc... All they need to do is design a...

Re: Can you become immune to insulin? Can hospital mix yr re Animal insulin yes you can build immunity to it, human insulin unlikely but possible.... As to hospital mixing up results unlikely but again possible on a rare occasion. But a large discrepancy would more likely to be either an...

I think a lot of people are forgetting what the DCUK actually is! DCUK is a internet franchise company, that sells diabetic products mainly for the UK market etc it's not an organisation that actually provides support for diabetics.. The forum it provides is done so for business interests...

What would have happened.... It very much depends on how much insulin you had floating around your body really... Even though our pancreas are a bit duff, often it still retains the ability to signal a liver dump, but can a bit sluggish about getting around to it.. And there's also the...

It depends whether the 'sugar' is contained within certain foods... Chocolate will kill most small animals, such as dog has the can't process the Theobromine in it.. And you get foods, such as mushrooms, garlic, onions, grapes, currents to name a few which is also toxic to dogs.. But it...

I think you need to pop her along to the doctors... By what you'll saying it sounds that a urine infections is more the probably cause, this can give very similar symptoms as the body tries to flush out the infection... But you do need to get her checked out and if you can get her on her...

It's generally several hours, unless you'll like me who happens to be one of the unfortunate people that full strength eye jobs can take absolute hours to clear, in my case up to 8 hours or so :shock: And boy does it give you a banging headache.. They now use children's eye drops on me, with is...

Dotty I would so go for it... But do remember it's can be hard work setting up the pump to begin with, but if you've go good control with injections it should be easier than those who are looking to resolve control problems.. Whether you be able to keep the pump afterwards, well you'll have...

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For most people the difference is pretty negligible so doesn't make a difference. But for an odd few who are particularly sensitive to insulin it can make a real difference... I think that all you can do, is do a trail and compare the results, so how it effects you individually.. It's a...