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  1. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    I'm told by a lady at work that testing my BS before and 2 hrs after food is really bad for me!

    I have a work colleague who is type 1 diabetic as well offer me sweets and I was like 'noooooo I'm being very good, I don't need any sugary treats' >.>
  2. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    NHS Doctors

    Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with a professor, you know you are entitled to see a different dr/consultant/professor and like someone said you can make a complaint to PALS because the feedback you give will go straight to that department and will be sorted...I had a consultant who was...
  3. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    TDD message: confused

    I have just had a message come up on my Animas vibe pump saying: Exceeds max TDD 60U No delivery. All bolus & active temp basal cancelled What does this mean. Have I gone over my TDD? I have never had this message come up before
  4. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

    I've had it since I was 10 and that was 14 years ago
  5. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    Insulin Pump and swimming

    I hide it in my swimming costume but i haven't had the chance to show it off whilst wearing my bikini :P if girls with colostomy bags show off in their bikinis then why can't we pump users? :)
  6. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    Can i clear something up please....

    Hello, I used to be on Lantus and I used to wake up with low bloodsugars in the mornings (which some of them made me up end having a seizure and going into a diabetic coma)...not to scare you but do you feel the symptoms of a hypo during the night? When I saw my diabetic team they were...
  7. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    Pump therapy changing my life :)

    It was actually my first time skiing. My partner and I went to Les Deux Alpes which is about a couple hours away from Grenoble. I felt it was a great form of exercise even though it really did bring my bloodsugars down real quick and I had to check them during the lessons. My partner and I...
  8. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    Pump therapy changing my life :)

    You need to speak with either a diabetic nurse or consultant who may ask you to fill in a form to see whether you would be eligible to have a pump that they can fund for you on the NHS. Well in my case thats what they asked me to do it may be different to how other people got theirs.
  9. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    Pump therapy changing my life :)

    I just want to say how grateful I am to own an Animus vibe pump which has given me a greater confidence with my diabetes. I have had diabetes for 14 years. I was always having bad HBA1C results and my blood sugars were all over the place that I was becoming unwell and losing weight the bad way...
  10. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    DVLA and the post office

    I think DVLA have been good and I don't really blame them for having to send me forms back and forth but it's the post office that took the mick and I'm surprised how rude they were when I told them the situation of why It kept saying that my form was still based with them when I typed in the...
  11. DiabeticWarriorPrincess89

    DVLA and the post office

    I have been going through a whole lot of palava with the post office and DVLA recently. Last year I had 2 seizures but had not informed DVLA because I wanted to pass my driving test so badly. When I had done I went to my diabetic check up at the hospital. The consultant there told me to stop...