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Hi all, I've done a quick search, but still have a few questions about pump (specifically the Omnipod). Background: I generally have good control, last hba1c was 7%, probably have 1 hypo a week which I recognise and deal with appropriately. The problem is I suffer from the dawn effect and...

Hi all, I went to see my surgery today to get my repeat prescription and they informed my they cannot issue my current prescription of bayer contour test strips as they are enforcing a meter change, they gave me a letter (summerized here) Now, I fall into the first category as I am a type 1...

Hi all, Does anyone know how to get spots of (dry) blood from shirts? Every so often when I inject at work, it starts to bleed (only a little bit) and these drops of blood then show on my shirts. Normally washing doesn't seem to get the blood out. I've tried googleing it but it only talks...

Hi everyone... My consultant recommended I changed to Insultard after a discussion we had last week. I take 11u of Lantus daily at 9pm. Currently my blood sugar in the morning is sky high after breakfast. Typical readings would be: 7am - 8 / 4cps / 6u NovaRapid (1.5 ratio) 9am - 17 10am - 12...

Hi all, Just had my regular DECS test (my second test). I got a letter saying: I was only diagnosed 18 months ago and have had a hba1c at around 6.5 (see signature). I was under the impression this sort of thing happened 10-15 years down the line, if you were not well controlled? I'm a...

Hi all, Just bought a house :) Also just been declined mortgage life insurance :( Does anyone know of any companies that will cover me - We were turned down by Aviva. (I'm buying with my girlfriend and looking for insurance to cover the balance of the mortgage in case either of us dies...)...

Hi all, I have a query about the amount of carbs in potatoes and 'dervied' foods. According to "carbs and cals" the amount of carbs in potatoes is: (grams carbs / total grams / %) Jacket : 20g / 95g / 21% Mash: 20g / 120g / 17% New: 10g / 65g / 15% Croquette: 5g / 22g / 23% Roesti: 20g / 80g...

Hi all, I'm going to the states on business and wanted a bit of a advice about background insulin. I normally take 8 units of lantus at 9pm. When I'm away 9pm will be 4pm. Since I'm only away for a week, I though it would be a good idea just to carry on injecting at 4pm then I won't have to...

Hi all, After a particular vicious game of squash, I managed to quite badly bruise my big toe - so much so it had already turned black with in a couple of minutes of doing it. That was last Wednesday, I couldn't walk on it for the first 24 hours, the build up of blood underneath the nail was...

They are developing one at De Montford University and although it won't be ready for 'a number of years', they are looking for people with diabetes (T1 & T1) to fill in a survey to help: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/hls/research/pharmacy/diabetesmedication.jsp

I signed up with the local diabetes research institute and got this in my email today. It said I was welcome to share the link with anyone else I knew with diabetes so read away...

Anyone know how many carbs are in a pint of standard Lager (Fosters / Carlsberg etc.) I remember reading somewhere it was about 7g - but I can't remember where and can't seem to find the info anywhere. Also, there is never any nutritional info on the side of alcohol, v annoying! Does anyone...

Just been reading about Frio (for those who don't know check out: http://www.friouk.com/) Does anyone have one of these - are they any good. As I am an engineer I am quite interested in how these work, I've read what it says on the website which doesn't really go into any detail other than...

Background info: T1 Diagnosed 5 months ago Carb Counting: 1:20 at breakfast, 1:10 after 1pm 8 unit of lantus in evening Still Honeymooning I came back from a skiing holiday a couple of weeks ago (first time skiing with Diabetes). I was snowboarding for about 8 hours everyday, mostly on...

Hi Guys, There is a possibility of bring offered a job in Europe, in Germany/Switzerland. I told my boss I would think about it, and it has only just struck me that my Type 1 Diabetes may be an issue (only had it 4 months). It would most likely be a placement, so moving out there for ~2 years...

Hi all, Had my first check in with the consultant yesterday and my reading was 6%. (Incidentally I used an online tool to estimate it from my BG readings and it estimated it at 5.97% - pretty close!). The consultant said this was very good, and after discussing many things I asked this: 1...

Hey all - I was diagnosed 6 weeks ago and using Lantus Basel and NovoRapid Bosul. I'm doing some self-testing to try and get my Basel dose right (in the random-ness of the honeymoon phase at the moment!) The DN told me in the hospital that changes in Lantus injection can take 3 days to take...

Out of interest I thought I would test my Bayer Contour Meter to see how accurate it was. I tested myself, then used some of the calibration fluid and then tested myself once on a finger on my left and right hands. These were done immediately after one another, the last time I calibrated my...

Hi, I bought myself an iPod Touch and have started using it to log my BG, Insulin, Food and Exercise. Personally I have found it really useful to track everything. The one I use is called Glucose Buddy (it's free) and I've found it excellent. I also use another app called 'CarbFinder' which...

Hi all, I'm carb counting and doing the Bolus/Basul routine (probably spelt that wrong!). I read somewhere you can calc your short term insulin by using: 500 / Total Daily Insulin = Carbs per unit of Insulin Is there a similar thing you can use to get a starting point for the background...