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Holders again Many, many thanks for all of your replies. As suggested probably best to speak to my gp. The best decision ever to move up here, with such friendly and helpful people [emoji108] Thank you all again for your friendly support and advice.

Hi all. I have recently moved from the East Midlands, where my closed loop insulin pump care was excellent. Three weeks ago we moved up the Geange Over Sands in Cumbria. I have registered with the local gp and have attempted to find my nearest hospital/pump team. Any of you lovely people who...

Hi Into week 3 of my tandem tslim. Whilst the handset is ace and easy to use. The filling of the cartridge is cumbersome, as is the cannula. Both seem over complicated to me and use a lot of time and also waste quire a lot of insulin. I have just watched a YouTube clip of a guy giving his...

Hi All Just caught up with this thread once more. My insight has recently tried to kill me off twice. Can't wait to change it this Friday to the Tslim. No Dexcom offered yet but that may change in the future. Very interested on all your comments re novo sluggish and humalog I have always...

Hi there I too have an insight pump and being in the 50+ age bracket it is all a bit of a minefield. I have been offered the Medtronic 780, the Tandem T slim or Omnipod. Personally any advice as to which is easiest to use would be most helpful. I have good control EVEN with the insight pump...

Hi You will find all you need on gov.uk. I spoke to my dsn, as I too have a insight pump. She told me measures are being put in place to deal with this per govt guidelines. Good luck

Hi Is it clear or milky coloured pus.? I only say that as occasionally on removing my cannula there is what I perceive as just unabsorbed insulin.

Hi Still with libre 1 here. 2 failures and one just fell off. I have used this system since it virtually came out. Never had failures before, something must have changed. My current sensor is now held on with the ever attractive tagederm, won't stop a failure but at least it should stay on...

Jsywak Whilst I agree with part of your post. No, there is no scientific evidence out there that says, as a type 1 you are more likely to catch covid19. But if you are unlucky enough to catch it, I think you are between 3.5 and 3.9 times likely to die compared to someone without type 1. Think...

Hi I am 60 next month, type 1 many years and also a teacher in a high risk city school. No shielding letter either, even though my head thinks I should have had one, as school is back to normal on the 8th of March. I have though recently had my vaccine, so lucky on that one

Any type 1 teachers out there now returning to school. What are your thoughts on this? My head is looking to sort the staffing for return on March 8th and asked if I had been asked to shield. I haven't been.

Thanks for yellow card advice. Just done it.

Hi folks Had my AZ vaccine on Friday, on the day after mega lows. Then since high, cannot budge below 15 today, keep adjusting and keep drinking water and then, fingers crossed.

HSSS On the covid list of weighted risk of conditions, is the Townsend Deprivation score, this along with postcode will cover the finance side of things, I think. Hope this helps.

I have just today been asked by our headteacher, who is quite rightly trying to establish which of her teaching staff will be available as from March 8th, the date for re-opening schools. She knew also that many type 1s had been asked to now shield. She wished to know if that included me. I am...

Hopeful34 Many thanks. Take care too.

Hi Had my AZ vaccine yesterday. Blood sugar all over the place and today I feel like I have been run over by a bus, so to speak. But I know it will be worth it. Not helped at all by the fact that we live on a new housing estate and today for most of it we have no power. Never mind little things...

Hi Think this maybe as a result of the Qcovid algorithm that has been tracking patients with covid19. Oxford University have produced algorithm based on age, weight, ethnicity, post code. Quite a list really. On there are about 56ish conditions and type 1 diabetes is in 8th place. Quite high...

Hi I have an insight and this too was mentioned to me this time last year, as coming on board imminently. Then a certain virus got in the way and all has gone silent.

Hi knipster I have exactly the same problem and like you I am lean. Dry skin doesn't help me either, so I use baby oil and areas of skin having a rest so to speak. Also when the marks become a bit like join the dots, I insert cannula into my thighs which are just skinny and often spring...