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I note the hypoglycaemia video of 2022 and the advice given. Whilst I agree with the advice about use of glucose to combat or remedy a hypo, (assuming the person can safely swallow, I have come, at 58 years on insulin as a T1D, to realise that use of fizzy drinks, fruit juice and lollies is not...

I note the How To Treat A Hypo information. As a T1D for 58 years I have a 'passing familiarity' with hypos. What concerns me is that: a) whilst glucose is listed as the first option for treatment, the next options are 'fizzy drinks, sweets and fruit juice'. From past clinical experience and...

Having read many testamonials on forums about diet and its effect on people's weight, HBA1Cs etc what effect has your diet or change in diet had upon your mental health and well being? What dietary change seems to be responsible for that? For example, change to LCHF for me has enabled me to...

PEA has been discusessed in a previous thread or two as a substance used to treat pain in diabetics, particularly neuropathic pain. It is not listed as a pharmaceutical. 2 acquantances who are not diabétic but using PEA successfully for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome symptoms have remarked to me that...

In South Oz the community is being asked to comment on an Act which was passed 5 years ago about these directives. I thought some discussion might be worthwhile. Advanced care whatsies you ask? You may know of them as 'living wills', or similar and where someone may be appointed with power of...

Hi there. The following led me to posting this thread: pump reservoir and cannula change yesterday and BSLs all in range, including this morning, standard Adelaide time, like in the 4 to 6 mmol/l range. Mind you , basal rate is running at 125 % following flu shot on Friday - which is usual plan...

I put this on another thread and lost it on transfer duh !!! Today I saw a documentary film called 'The Bleeding Edge" by two US journalists about the problems caused by implantable medical devices: those mentioned and documented were mesh used for pelvic repairs in women, an implantable...

In another thread the timing and utility of single point gluco-meter readings was discussed. So I wondered what your actual measured peak times (or range of times) for BSLs is after meals (post-prandial) with use of CGMs? (Libre, or other??

I am trying to work out how someone with TID: on a recommended protein intake of say 80 g per day will ever get low enough in carb intake to go into ketosis? I am assuming that 50% of protein will be converted by the liver into glucose = 40g Does this person have to forego any carbs in order to...

My youngest twin has Down Syndrome. She struggles to pronounce 's' and 'x'. Soapbox comes out something like: "hopebok" - the hope part which is close to what I would like this post to be. Yet to be mischievous she calls it a 'bubblebok' 'cos that is what soap does. From my own reading and...

It has been 8 weeks for me on the very low carb high fat diet as a T1D. In the past may be 2 weeks I have noted this mild high-pitched ringing on both sides, fluctuating a bit if I am walking like it is sort of pulsing a bit but not when at rest. It does not disturb my sleep and if I am occupied...

The other day at my endocrinologist appointment he mentioned that new Medtronic pumps have an unalterable set range of BSL. The range was something like 3.3 to 7.0 mmol/l. Of course the lower figure was concerning to him because of car driving regulations and the risk of hypos to the patient in...

Years ago I asked my doctor why my skin tended to have a slight yellow tinge. He said it was a build up of carotene which is in carrots but which seems to show up in diabetics. The yellowing of the skin he called carotenoderma. I am not sure how this condition might appear on people with darker...

Hi all pumpers! Having had 3 needle port problems in the past 10 days or so with occurrence of a suspicious high BSL which fails to respond to normal, then hefty correction doses and on one occasion I noted staining of the adhesive of the needle port and slight dampness as a bolus dose was going...

I read the most profound truth in the local newspaper today. "Birthdays are important. Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer". Bom! Bom!!

There was a discussion on a thread which became side-tracked. This thread is to pick up that side-track. Which tests did you have to check or screen for thyroid conditions and for monitoring over time with or without treatment? Attention @DCUKMod.

This is about both things that have happened to you in a hypo and been sorted later such as you missed an appointment and maybe met a different dsn or Doc etc who has helped you, and also about what brilliant ideas have happened early, during or after a hypo, ideas which you have retrieved and...

It Ain't No Use Putting Up Your Umbrella Until It Rains. If you are in a bad situation don't worry it will change. If you are in a good situation, don't worry it, too, will change. Better bread with water than cake with trouble. Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt. How...

Note: the following has been altered to meet standards of political correctness. Warning: Liberal use of graphic imagination make cause upset !! What may people using insulin pumps have in common with executioneer-type axe persons of past centuries ...

T'was a drought year in outback Australia. The farmer's wife was expecting their first child, and due to health cutbacks the wife was having a home birth with the local midwife and doctor attending. The day of the onset of labour began. The farmer, anxious for his wife, called the midwife out...