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  1. itconor

    Novo Pen 5

    yup got 2 last week. very handy having the timer and amount of unit you took built in
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    What do you dislike most about diabetes? Is there anything you like?

    The Spontaneity is certainly one of my big hates, my friend group and even my wife get at me for not wanting to do things super short notice, or just wake up and go on a road trip or somthing, i like to plan my day come up with worst case senarios and bring everything i need, i dont like feeling...
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    Freestyle Libre Sensor

    ive never had an issue with the sensors comming loose. I also got the medical profeissional code to get into the more advanced settings if anyone is intrested, lets you turn carbs in to CPS/set ratios and it will even tell you how much active insulin you have left in your system.
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    Hair loss. Type1.

    No hair loss here, however Diabetes has been linked to an increase risk of thyroid issues which can cause your hair to thin, maybe get your Doctor to check your thyroid levels
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    Glucose testing with cold hands

    MY DSN recently told me i had been pushing blood our of my fingers wrong for 10+ years, i had been squeesing the top of the finger, which just never worked when im cold. she told me to squeeze bottom up like toothpaste, this seems to work a little better.
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    Giving too much insulin!!!

    Dont Worry at 5 hours all the Novorapid is out of her system. ive done this a few times but never as much as 11 in excess. if you do this the easything to do is calculate what carbs you would have needed to cover the 11 units and have her eat them, that will counter the potential hypo long...
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    Drinking and diabetes

    Dafne Tells you the first Pint is free and then suggests a 0.5U per 1CP there after so thats about 1 unit for every 2 pints not counting the first one. i just stopped drinking in the end becuse of the insane lows it would cause me at 3am in the morning was really not plesent
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    Dusk phenomenon

    Yes I'm on dual dose levmir. 18 in the evening 12 in the morning. Thing is blood sugars are tight in the afternoon. I'd end up low of I increased morning levmir . Doc suggested the pump was the answer
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    Really bad leg cramps, advice needed

    i wouldn't worry this used to happen to me all the time, though only if id been running high. the solution really is to drink water, and make sure your potassium/sodium levels are good, i used to wake out of sleep screeming in pain, simply increasing my water intake during the day and it went away.
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    Granulated sweetener

    IF you Plan to cook/heat it up Spenda is the choice you should make. it stays sweet at high temperature the aspartame based ones such as canderell loose their sweetness at temperature
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    Dusk phenomenon

    Hi All, I Was on DAFNE Last week and i must say it has been life changing! my blood Sugars have never been this good consistently on target, the DSN and the Doctor were both pretty impressed and interested on the Libre i had on my arm, i was even given the code to enable my Ratios and change it...
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    Type 1 Help Weird After Eating

    Rosserk thank you so much that really helped went to a&e ecg and blood puressure normal oxygen 99% blood work and x Ray fine. Going to see gp next week 're stress
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    Type 1 Help Weird After Eating

    Thank You! I have no Chest pain today but after eatting breakfast i feel very bloated and have a shortness of breath which im thinking is the bloating, ive taken the Rennie trapped wind, and been wondering around rubbing my stomach as it seems to help! ill get my wife to try rubbing my back...
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    Type 1 Help Weird After Eating

    No i had raised colestrol a year or so ago and they suggested, but when i went low carb it dropped right back down and they decided aginst it
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    Type 1 Help Weird After Eating

    Spoke to nurse suggested not to worry as it doesn't get worse with exersize, but to go to a & e for a ECG of it would make me feel better. So I'm going to do that tomorrow. Feeling a lot more relaxed tonight no pain tonight , apart from wind when I ate dinner. Sugar levels are a little raised ...
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    Type 1 Help Weird After Eating

    Hi All hoping someone can help me. i Completed DAFNE Last week and it has had a massive effect on my blood glucose already im pretty much on target now apart from issues witht he Dawn problem. however since the course i have had a dull pain in my upper left chest, it doesn't get worse when i...
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    Alton Towers air rollercoaster breaks down.

    Was Just reading this. i was on this coaster just a few months back. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alton-towers-air-rollercoaster-breaks-5985495 but they were up there for 2 hours plus. im curious as to what we could do in a situation like this behing strapped in and unable to access my...
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    Urgent any type1 diabetics tried metformin?

    when i was fatter i was given it, i was taking about 4 tablets a day in the end. had no effect to my weight or my insulin sensativity that i noticed. Did they tell you, you cant drink on it ? the side effects were woese than what i gave me, i gave up and low carbed insulin resistince droped...
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    Need help to lose weight, really confused

    Low Carb, even for a while. i lost about 5/6 stone while strictly low carbing now i stick to around 130 carbs a day and im sustaining my weight
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    How many is too many?

    i went on a 2 week honeymoon and took 600 tests with me... i didnt use them all but it gave me a sense of security
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