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I did a lot of walking, a quick weights session and a bout on the exercise bike this week. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Why not just offer to disconnect your pump for thirty seconds, ask the guard to walk it round to the other side and then you put it through? If they don't agree to that, I bet they offer you a pat down and swab. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Then I think we're just talking different brands, so the cap question may be affected by what brand the OP is using. I'm using Medtronic Minimed Quick-sets. They definitely need capping. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Like donellysdogs I'm T1 in my fifties and I've had it since I was 5. I live in Turkey where T2 is extremely common so when I say I have diabetes, someone ALWAYS says, 'My mum's got that.' I just agree, add, 'Yes, but I've had it since I was five' and flash my pump at them! Having said that, at...

Let's not forget that much medical research goes on in universities and funding comes from both private and public funds. Pharmaceutical companies don't have the monopoly on research. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Don't wonder, you haven't got time to wonder, just bring it down. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I'm sorry, Wurst, but I can't stop laughing picturing this![emoji23] Does anyone else have experience of using the tongue as an injection site? Mmmm, my money's on '***! No!'. I think you should hand over the results to your endo, though. I'm sure he/she can get a paper out of it. Sent from...

Another question. You are asking a general question about insulin sensitivity, not a specific one about adjusting ratios/doses etc. Could this delayed reaction to insulin be to do with your body composition or activity levels (or both)? The better your muscle to fat ratio, the greater your...

Yes, this happens to me too. Even to the extent that I can go hypo after eating and then see a rise later if I grit my teeth and wait it out. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

It's extremely interesting that your blood sugar rose the first morning but FELL quite dramatically the second. That implies something altogether different from Dawn Syndrome. If you ate something fairly late at night before starting the fast, and it had both high fat and protein, it can give...

You are doing fine. Your results are good except for the cholesterol. At your age it is far more likely that the cholesterol rise is due to the shift work than your diet. Exposure to sunlight can lower cholesterol levels and you're probably not seeing enough of it. Maybe try to increase the time...

No, Torq. I've had diabetes all my life, have always worn the most carefully fitted and conservative shoes and I don't think I have ever, in fifty years, had a new pair of shoes or trainers that DIDN'T give me blisters at some point. One of the hazards of treating your feet as if they are two...

Ok, yes, basal first then. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I can't see how there can be a rubber membrane in the set on the body. If there were, there would need to be a corresponding needle to pierce it on the end of the tubing. Otherwise we'd be getting no insulin at all. And there's definitely no needle inside my set. There may be some other reason...

Shame, because Theresa May is a Type 1 - she might be a bit more well-inclined towards the NHS. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Here's the European Animas site. If you scroll down there's a button for the Middle East distributors https://www.animaseurope.eu Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I do the same as azure and noblehead. I also tack on an extra unit 'to be sure' or for the fat content. I do a dual wave bolus. I make the extended bolus 3 hours long because I found without an extended bolus my bs was high 4 hours after the meal, so I wanted the insulin in place to peak at that...

I've had it for 50 years and it does get easier, IMO. But you have to beat it by knowledge and good habits. Eventually you master its management (and learn to accept the odd off-day, even normies have off-days, you know). Useful as this site is for learning, sometimes I need to take a break from...

Yep, that's me too. But over a lifetime those spurts of exercise add up. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I've been away for a few months but I've been getting back into the swing of things again lately. I walked 12,000+ steps today. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app