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Hi everyone, Just wanted to say how delighted I am with my lovely Accu Chek pump, three months in and have just had HBA1C checked at my first pump clinic appt and have gone down to 6.5 (48) from 7.3.....I am sooooooooo pleased!!! Haven't made any changes to diet etc, still eating lots of...

Hi everyone, Have had a search on the forum but can't seem to find a specific question / answer to my little dilemma. I've just had a new Mirena coil fitted (have had two previously but last one run out over a year ago....ooops) and have seemed to have had a increase in my insulin needs since...

Hi everyone, Have had a search on the forum but can't seem to find a specific question / answer to my little dilemma. I've just had a new Mirena coil fitted (have had two previously but last one run out over a year ago....ooops) and have seemed to have had a increase in my insulin needs since...

Hi guys, Well started insulin on pump on Monday,,,,,,was fine until Tuesday evening (had my last lot of Lantus at 22.30 on Sunday). Then before bed B was up at 22.....continued to ruse through night despite corrections and ended up with Ketones at +4 and BG of 28 at 5am....changed infusion set...

Hi guys, Well finally got my accu chek combo pump yesterday (woohoo) and have opted for the Rapid-D Link Infusion set. have no probs using the steel cannula and having to change that every 1 to 2 days HOWEVER my first cannula change this evening was not easy. I inserted the new one before taking...

Hi everyone, I have posted a couple of times before with general questions on pump therapy but have now been given the date for the pump on 11th June (saline) and then on 18th June for insulin. I was apprenhensive as been a T1 for 40 years (with a couple of complications)on MDI but after...

Hi everyone, Have just been down for my first appointment with the consultant at Tunbridge Wells Diabetic Centre, hopefully have put things in place to get a pump, however that's not the subject I need some help with. I have been taking 10mg of Lisinopril for prob about 12 yrs (to help with...

Hi Guys, Just need a bit of reassurance about getting a pump. Been a T1 for 40 yrs, on Lantus and Humalog and have attended DAFNE. I am reasonably in control of my BG's (around 4 to 8) and last HBa1C was 66 but do suffer with dawn syndrome....have elevated BG's first thing (can go up to 20's...

Arrrgh, I've just been to my GP to discuss some specific questions about my diabetes and have walked out of the surgery feeling really frustrated and angry. I don't know quite how I'm being looked after by my GP, I used to see my consultant with my GP under care share scheme but that stopped...

Hi to everyone, I have had diabetes for nearly 39 years and am now aged 42. Not been in good control for all of my life but over the last few years have finaly managed to get a hold on everything. My complication is the dreaded proliferative retinopathy, I have avoided laser surgery so far (due...