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I was intrigued so googled Tresiba @Circuspony. Yes, the 100 and 200 strength pens are distinguished by colour: 100 yellow flash on the label; 200 green flash. Have you checked the strength @Esttther? If you usually take 100 but have been given 200 you’ll have injected 28 units. I do hope you...

Is this a step forward from the hybrid loop pumps that are currently being rolled out by the NHS? Tandem, Omnipod?

I hope this research results in a win for all with Type One. Not needing immunosuppressants is a very big step forward!

Worrying. Are there any small wrapped snacks you can tolerate? Things you can carry in a pocket or decant into a container that you can place in various spots in your home and have ready for times of need? I’m thinking crisps (potato or lentil come in various flavours), dried fruit, cheese...

I soak my Frios before I go to the airport and keep all the insulin in them as I go through security. I explain what they are and offer to remove and show the insulin. I’ve never had any difficulty.

Are you doing all this with the help of the DSN @ConcernedRelative? It seems that you’re undertaking a crash course in Type One management and it would be good to have your father’s medical team on board to answer queries and give advice. For instance, does your father wait until his readings...

70 years, just wow, and wow again @barbarapreston. When you were diagnosed, the tech was minimal and syringes were great clumping things that didn’t help if small doses were needed; carb counting was in its infancy, and the average lifespan of someone with T1D was 42. You’ve now lived for 70+...

I also use Fiasp and I wonder if your high blood sugars at 12 were due to the fact that you’d injected less than usual for breakfast porridge plus that, in general, fiasp is most active for about 4 hours. Like @In Response, I find that it takes much longer for a correction dose to work if blood...

Just thought of some more evening snacks. I’m assuming he may like things that were common in his youth such as bread and butter pudding, apple charlotte . . .

Healthy longer lasting snacks in the evening plus dentures? Banana (could be included in a smoothie/shake), porridge, weetabix is fine, and if the morning hypo tends to happen at the same time each day then an early morning snack before it strikes might solve it. If, and from what you’ve said...

Lindt? Chocolate plasters? It’ll be a teapot next. Lint

There are some nifty clear plasters that would cover and protect your Libre while swimming - I use the Elastoplast ones but there are a few to choose from. Just make sure the Lindt part is large enough to cover the Libre so it doesn’t get ripped off later. And spares of EVERYTHING, plus a couple...

I’m not surprised you’re worried @ConcernedRelative. It sounds as though your father’s not had to grasp the complexities of dosing for carbohydrate content if your mother looked after him. I wonder if he’d agree to contact his surgery and ask for an appointment with a DSN, and for you to...

I wonder what would happen if all those whose appointments are excessively delayed gathered to ask for more NHS funding.

I agree, it’s not the frontline staff who are responsible for the fubar. I hope, hope your daughter’s cardio problem is resolved, whether by the hard-working A&E people or an appointment coming through for her. The doc I saw today was great. I praised, of course, thanked and at the end of the...

I’ve now seen the consultant, a big relief! How many others are having to wait ten months for an appointment. Cortisol to be checked as a possible source of low sodium and frequent hypos. Also, my name will be put forward for a pump. It’s only the first step, and I may not be approved for one...

My understanding is that a request for a hospital appointment from a GP is given 6 weeks before the hospital responds and a hospital appointment then has to be given within the following 44 weeks: in all 50 weeks between request and appointment.

I’ve just been given an appointment with a hospital clinic diabetes specialist doctor, and it’s come approximately six weeks before the end of the max wait period. The poor appointments clerk I spoke with told me it was a real change to talk to someone who wasn’t angry. I am angry, but not with...

Hi @amym06 I’ve been using Fiasp for about 5 years and I’ve discovered that a cartridge of it only works well until about the 150 mark on the pen. I suspect it’s very temperature sensitive. I also know that if the Basal, in my case Levemir, is prone to decline before the full cartridge is used...

Can you ask the Court officials for guidance about how to deal with this?