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Hello wonderful people, can anyone tell me if I can just walk into a pharmacy and buy a Freestyle Libre? I use the Dexcom G6 but had a couple of failures last night (I was doing something wrong that I didn't know about!) and cannot get delivery of more sensors until sometime on Monday. I...

I currently have my first Dexcom G5 sensor inserted, it has been restarted and is now on day 10. Last night I had an error which the app suggests could be because of the transmitter attachment, after it hadn't cleared for a while I restarted my iPhone and Bluetooth and it reconnected. But it...

I'm soooooooooooooooooo excited, just had a call from my DSN with the good news! I now have an appointment on Wednesday to make a final decision on which pump I want and get prescriptions and everything sorted. I'm sure I'm going to be on here loads with questions soon :-)

Just seen that the Sainsburys website has a section labelled 'carb alternatives' with cauli rice etc. I don't know what the availability will be like but so good to see the message is getting through! Hopefully this link will work...

I've had laser treatment for a couple of years but my retinopathy was getting worse as my bloods were still out of control. So earlier this year I started having Eyelea injections, and have made a good start on control bringing my HbA1c down to 8.5% (yes I know it's still high but it was 13.8%...

Is anybody using the LibreLink app to scan directly into the mySugr app? I have an iPhone so can't use LibreLink (I've always had an android until a couple of months ago - bloomin typical!) but am thinking of getting a basic android to use instead of the Libre scanner so I can use the apps...

Just reading down the list of recent posts and this made me chuckle....

Positive post alert!! I had my first Anti-VEGF injection on Friday and want to post something so others facing it might find it. The main point is that the injection's bark is definitely worse than it's bite! The thought of having a needle put into my eye has been horrifying and I'd been...

Does anyone know if a unit of basal insulin should have the same effect as a unit of bolus insulin, albeit over a much longer time period? I think I missed my Levemir dose last night and am wondering how much I can expect to correct throughout the day for it. I should've taken 10units, so...

I decided to have a look at where I can inject as I realised I was still basing it on what I was told age 8/9 yet my body is quite a different shape now(!) But there are diagrams saying different things - eg. front&side of thigh vs. side only, top of buttocks vs. anywhere on them (that would...

Just need to write this to help hammer the message home to myself! I'm currently at 5.2 but I'm so used to being too high and have a fear of hypoing that my head is screaming at me to get my glucotabs. I need to keep telling myself I'm ok until it's time to go for lunch. I am not too low, I...

I currently just see my GP for my diabetes care but would like to look at the possibility of using a pump so am going to ask for a referral to a hospital team. There are a few hospitals I can easily get to from home & work and I'm wondering how I could find out which is 'best', i.e. which one...

@Administrator I thought this would be a useful tool but I'm really disappointed by it. My understanding is that the NICE Criteria are much more stringent than this implies and basically this just encourages anyone interested in getting a pump to go with a certain manufacturer. It's just a...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, feel free to move/copy it somewhere else! The Health & Social Care Information Centre (hscic) have today published the latest report on "Prescribing for Diabetes" in England - some of you may be interested to see how the trends in prescribing...

Hi All, I was diagnosed yesterday with a folic acid deficiency and have been prescribed folic acid supplements. I'm wondering if the change is likely to affect my blood glucose as I know folic acid affects red blood cells. Does anybody have any experience with this, or perhaps anaemia...