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Odd isn’t it when it’s starting to be rolled out in Europe and the app will come from Abbott?

You poor thing, what a shock and you are totally entitled to a huge rant! The main thing now is probably to put all the hassle you've had behind you, difficult as this may be and concentrate on the best way to get all the help you need to deal with the pancreatic diagnosis and to find the best...

I've just come back from Italy where temperatures were 28/30c and kept insulin cool in 20 year old Frio cases, they have lasted so well and really do the job. I keep thinking I should buy new ones but these work as good as they did 20 years ago. I use a large one to keep everything in hotel room...

I do pretty much the same as you after a pod change with rising sugar, this happens around 1 in 4 pods but I do find using the pen to correct can mask a dodgy pump for longer than I'd like but no alternative really. Totally agree about not going to sleep with a dodgy pod, I change mine around...

One other thing is to experiment with giving a bolus say 30 mins before eating, 50g of carbs which is mostly sugar is quite a big hit and the fast acting ( which really isn’t )doesn’t have enough time to get to peak reactive levels so a pre bolus might help.

Thank you, that makes sense and nice and clear.

How did you find setting up the Libre 2 with Xdrip and do you disable the Libre 2 alarms and just use Xdrip alarms?

There is someone on Facebook's Miaomiao page that supplies it from the UK, his name is something like Andrew Borrett but can’t remember exactly. It costs a bit more but delivery will be quicker, I had to wait weeks for mine 3 years ago from China due to New Year celebrations, it’s a great...

I've just had my 4th booster which just involved going to a walk in centre and saying I had an auto immune condition ie type 1 diabetes and was given it without question so am rather pleased, it was Phizer if anyone's interested but think the pharmacies are offering Moderna which doesn’t need a...

yes you’re right, there is no reason a pump user should be more eligible than any other type 1 for a 4th booster, just clutching at straws as the thought of dealing with inevitable high sugars again with Covid isn’t appealing!

Oh thanks for your reply but should probably have added an NHS proviso as I'm in the UK.

It’s six months since I've had my last ( third) Covid jab and having had two nasty colds in the last month I'd like to avoid Covid if at all possible having had high sugars with the illnesses but am well under 75. I'd really appreciate knowing if anyone has been able to get a fourth booster shot...

I'm currently away but only in Belfast and travelled with a few out of date letters to say I'm type 1, mustn’t be separated from my kit etc; it can’t go through x Ray, an old repeat scrip but as ever none of it was looked or necessary. You'll be fine so enjoy Prague, it’s lovely.

There's a lot of us Omnipod users with this issue and some oddly who don’t, I do most of the time but not always, no logic to it at all. To combat it I leave the old one on for a few hours but also do a temp basal of 40% for 2 hours if it’s on an underused area or really un fatty place such as...

That is really useful to know, thanks. I had a very rare incident recently when my husband had to use a 4 year out of date one and getting a new up to date one from the GP took 4 visits and a week's wait. The chemist's won’t replace out of date glucopen's either or issue over the counter as an...

Hi Juicy, Reading your post reminds me of a year ago when my lovely, fit mother died three months after her cancer diagnosis and I was absolutely upended by grief and trying to manage type 1 on top of it seemed just impossible and it was. The surges of grief, hormones whatever made me spin in a...

I swim a kilometre in a pool most weeks, I tell the life guard and have my bag on a chair nearby with sweets or sugary drink in and all fine. Worst thing is making sure pump, Libre and Miaomiao combo all stay on. I had the Libre/Miaomiao kicked off a few months ago by a swimmer in the next lane...

Smoked salmon, nice olives and really good nuts such as pecans work as treats, I guess one very slight comfort of not eating everything that’s rubbish is not being afflicted with too many unwanted pounds/ kilos to get rid of afterwards!

I just want to update you on my original post. Having sent off a paper renewal to DVLA on 9th Sept and followed that up with a fresh on line application two weeks ago I've received two letters in the post today, one to say I'd be receiving my license in 2 to 3 weeks time, the medical check up...

Nope! ‘All lines are busy, please look on line or try later’. The ‘try later’ is admittedly an improvement.