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That takes me back, Hoslten pills, I used to think they must be alright as they said it was alright for diabetics but after six it used to affect my speech and I found I couldn't walk in a strait line

France only delaying it till tomorrow, so not the great news the UK is makings it out to be, just a bit of extra imformation the blood clots that people who have had the AZ vaccine it is more to do with there plaquetes which changed which is not normal with normal blood clots

What agenda has Iceland or any other country got, just please remember the EU paid a lot of money to help develop the AZ vaccine, I think the UK needs to stop thinking the whole of Europe is against them, They are not, most of Europe are happy to use AZ vaccine, but it was rushed through so...

I am waiting for cataract operations on both eyes, I have an appointment beginning of April to have measurements for the first eye then the operation beginning of May, having tri vocal lenses so hopefully vision should be good

Hello and welcome, I was 16 when I became diabetic type 1, now 68, don't over worry with slightly raised blood sugers at the start, lows are more troubling at the start, hopefully your daughter will be put on a pump if not now soon with cgm, you both must have so many questions and of course...

Don't be ashamed admitting you have not been looking after yourself is the first step to looking after yourselve

I have been on statins for the last 26 years, do they help I don't know but I will carry on taking them, I have only had one doctor tell me to stop, his reason was they were American and he hated Americans so I ignored his advice in fact it was not not long after that, that I told him I did...

Yes the mods do a good job and deserve our thanks

That's what happened to me 14 years ago had a bit of retinopathy one year next it was ok and has been ever since, although I have just been told I have cataracts in both eyes and I have to have surgery but still no retinopathy

You are all so lucky, glad to hear you all getting your covid jabs, here in France the 75 plus are getting their jabs and the under 65 yrs starting next week, us 65 to 75 year old are having to wait a little while longer as over 65 year olds can't have the astra zenica jab

o_OApparently yes, worse with lows but I think I have always had short fuse, its just a part of wanting everything to be perfect

Did it improve my control possibly my hb1c was 6.1 to 6.5 before libre now it's at 6.9 to 7.3 with the libre but that could be that I do not have so many lows, I should have changed from the libre to enlite sensers but I had a bad cold so I had to cancel my training day and have rebooked for...

Hi Maco glad you are getting on so well with the 780g, Hope you don't mind me asking, a couble of weeks ago you posted you hated the cgms and was finished with them and the 780g, I beleive you said you changed 7 sensers in one day so I wondered if you could say what you were doing wrong so...

Glad t Glad to see you have got over all your problems Marco and everything is working well now, I have looked on the French forum and they seem to say problems at the start are normal

No one bottle won't, it will relax you and stop you having a heart attack so could increase your life by 30 years

I'm still here, at least I think I am, I have had type 1 for 52 years now, I was 15 when I became a diabetic

Sorry you are having so much trouble, is there another system in the UK that has auto mode, I know there is in France using dexcom I think it's called diabeloop, I think it is available in the UK, Hope they help you out soon

I am glad to say I don't have warranty problems as I have my pump on a monthly contract, that is what my consultant set up for me 16years ago, so I can change my pump whenever I like but of course I have to wait till a new type of pump is available in France, the 780g is being trialed here but...

Thanks for the update, sorry to hear the cgm is playing up, I shall be changing from the libre to the medtronic cgm in the next week or so, I have the pump nurse coming out to me next wensday then the following Wednesday I go into the hospital for a days training then the pump nurse coming out...

How are you getting on with the 780g and cgm, do you find it falls out of auto mode or not, I hope it is all well as I think this pump is the future, although in 10 years I am sure we will think it is old fashioned as technology moves so fast now