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I have been on a pump now for ten years. I initially started pump therapy when I lived in Holland, where they are very keen to get people onto pumps. I resisted it for years, in fact I only decided to go on a pump when I was about to move back to the UK because I knew that would mean I could...

Hello pumpers, it's a while since I've visited the forum, but I have a question. At the moment I live in Northumberland, where the health authority accepted me and my pump when I moved here from the Netherlands in 2010. The process was slow, but relatively simple and funding was not too much of...

I was told recently by the assistant in my local (very) small branch of Boots that I would need to get myself an insulin passport. I duly made an appointment with my GP and asked him about it. He'd never heard of it, so called in the nurse who deals with most of the local diabetics (I'm on a...

Having just moved back to the UK from the Netherlands I've been issued with a cupboard full of new kit including a pump. Even after ensuring that I keep enough spare kit to cover all eventualities, I still have a bagful of surplus hardware (various pens including an Innovo and 2 Lilley Memoirs...

Have had diabetes - retrospectively diagnosed as LADA - so Type 1 - for nearly ten years. After going on a low-carb regime shortly after diagnosis my weight dropped to a sylph-like 52 kilos, which I was pretty happy with, and stayed stable for over 5 years. My BG was never very stable though...

Hello fellow pumpers, I've had my Cozmo for a couple of months now and we're doin' fine, but I'm off on holiday next week - flying from Schiphol (Amsterdam) to Florence - and I'm wondering if there's anything I'll need to know about getting through airport security with my pump. Will I be...

Hello, I've only just discovered this forum so this is my first post. Please excuse any silly mistakes. I've been living in the Netherlands for 17 years, been diabetic (LADA) for 9 years. Always had very high HBA1C - generally around 9 - and wildly unstable blood glucose, and was finally...