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Have you actually been told this by your consultant or DSN? If your consultant thinks you are suitable for a pump the choice will be limited by what pumps are supported by your hospital pump clinic. Whether it's water proof or not depends on the pump. The Medtronic 640 is. the Animas vibe might...

So what kind of diet do you manage your diabetes with? And have you been sticking to that diet over the last three months? Nonsense. Hba1c is an indication of your diabetic control. It says nothing whatsoever about what type of diabetes you have. It's perfectly possible for someone with type 2...

Your blood sugar level really quite directly impact on your eye sight because the fluid in you eyes will also be more or less sugary depending on what your blood sugar level is. How thick (sugary) the fluid in the eyes is impact on the movement your eyes have to do to focus. You will have had...

You're type 1, there is no "diabetic diet" for people with type 1. The leading national course for type 1 diabetics is Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating. With emphasis on the normal eating. There's no requirement to eat brown bread or brown rice or wholemeal pasta. There is no "supposed to eat"...

I can't remember what my basal dosage was, it can't have been more than 12 units, and would have been down to 8 some days. But I found levemir worked really well for me. I much preferred it to lantus because I was nervous of lantus causing hypos.

Ive never flown with a tubed pump, only with an omnipod. Omnipod is a patch pump so the reservoir is stuck on with the cannula, there is no disconnect option. But that's not a problem with going through the scanners because the reason pump manufacturers say not to wear you pump in the body...

I was told by my DSN to split my lantus before I move to levemir because I was having nasty nocturnal hypos, so I took less in the evening and more in the morning. But the point is lantus can/does work as a split dose.

If you want a pump and your consultant isn't being receptive I'd highly recommend getting in touch with input diabetes - http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk - they are very helpful and will give you assistance with the best arguments to make you case for getting a pump to your consultant, and if...

You could try splitting it 3 ways if you have noticable decline at the end of both your evening and morning dose, so taking it 7am, 3pm and 11pm? You could try increasing the dosage to see if that staves off the decline (the less basal your taking, the shorter the lifespan), but you might need...

@eddyspaghetti I've not used a freestyle libre, but it would definitely have the flatest profile of the three sensors because it is NOT a CGM, it's a flash glucose monitor so the sensor doesn't have a transmitter. If you want a cgm that alerts you to highs and lows, that's not what the libre...

Novorapid takes up to 20 minutes to start working after injecting, for some a bit longer. If you don't inject until after you've eaten you blood sugar will start rising before your insulin is even in, let alone working. And when your blood sugar is high your cells will be surrounded by glucose...

You should never stop taking your basal insulin (lantus). With illness and blood sugars over 12 you should be checking for ketones and taking corrective doses of novorapid, following the sick day rules -...

Are you taking high dose folic acid? Ladies with type 1 trying to conceive or in early pregnancy are advised to do so. This is higher dose than the ones that can be bought over the counter. Are you familiar with correction doses? Are you familiar with sick day rules? What are you doing when...

I have a packet of dextrose tablets in with my test kit. I have another packet of dextrose tablets and a shot of glucojuice in the front packet of my handbag. I also usually have a packet of raisins or prunes/apricots and a packet of oatcakes in my handbag.

Check out the JDRF guide to travelling with type 1 - https://jdrf.org.uk/information-support/living-with-type-1-diabetes/everyday-life/travelling/ You need to pack all medical supplies in your carry on bag. They are fine to go through scanners but shouldn't go in the hold as this will freeze &...

If you find that dextrose tablets and full sugar coke don't raise your blood sugar levels that would raise concerns about gastroparesis.

How is your diabetes treated? Neither type 1 nor type 3 are treated with metformin alone. They are treated with basal bolus insulin regiemes. Neither type 1 (which is autoimmune diabetes) nor type 3 (which is pancreatic damage diabetes) is "brought on by hormones". Type 2 diabetes is often...

There is no weekly insulin. It's easy to assume that someone with diabetes who is injecting medication must be injecting insulin, but that's just an assumption, and a rather worrying one as it implies your sister in law has little to no understanding of the medication she is injecting. The...

You're not diabetic. Your hba1c is normal, your OGTT is normal. Your not slightly, eleven a little bit diabetic. I've got no idea why you'd be given metformin or a gad test when you clearly aren't diabetic. Are you paying privately to see this endocrinologist in Croatia? It sounds like he's...

You're probably loosing weight because you are so hyperglycaemic, your body isn't getting energy from the food you eat because the sugar is in your blood and can't get into your cells to fuel them, so your body thinks you must be starving and starts burning up your fat stores to give you energy...