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Hello everyone, Well, it's been a very long time since i've been on the forum. I've been taking time out to, shall we say 'sort my life out', and finally after 16 years we're seeing some positive results. I've gone right back to basics with the diabetes, such as reading up on exactly what...

Hi all, Just wondered really - what does everyone use to get rid of the sticky black bits left from cannula changes?? I end up rubbing at it and picking it and I go all red! And when that doesn't work I just look like a patchwork of old cannula sites....

Hi everyone, I've been away for a while but I'm back, yeey, hope everyone is ok and getting along alright with your pumps. I was just wondering what your views were on the quick set and silhouette infusion sets? I used to be on the quick set and I loved it - easy, painless, neat but the...

Hi, The other night, I had a kink in my cannula of my insulin pump which resulted in my bloods being over 30 for half the night, when I finally got them down, and my ketones, I felt ready for a shower and then I just fainted! My partner was great he checked my sugars and they were 12.2 but...

Hi everyone, I'm Jo, I have type 1 diabetes, I've had it for 14 years now, I was initially controlled by injections for 12 years, but for the last 18 months I have been on an insulin pump, which I love apart from the unpredictable hypo's and when the cannula's kink. I've never been on a forum...