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Hi all So this pregnancy malarkey continues to include little snippets of worry. I know babies with diabetic mamas are renowned for being "on the bigger side" but the reality is starting to hit home a bit and the worry that I could be doing more is simmering in the background. At 26 weeks...

Hi I was informed earlier in my pregnancy that it is quite standard for Type 1s to be commenced on Metformin at some point in their pregnancy and it seems my time has come. My nurse gave me quite a bit of info over the phone around the number of studies showing it is safe and does not...

Hi Ive been approved funding to have the 780g with the Guardian 4. All the gear is actually sitting in my spare room waiting for an appointment with the Rep to set me all up... It's like tangling a carrot!! I've been looking for some genuine/honest experiences and advice when first going onto...

Not been on here in a while but after a call from my new DSN I have felt motivated to take a bit more control of my diabetes rather than just rolling with it as I tend to. I have agreed to do some uploads, which I've never done as I feel I am under a microscope and being judged, but agree...

Good evening. Has anyone else been notified of the supply problem with the Medtronic reservoirs? And/or (im)patiently waiting for their order? I ordered mine, before the message went on the store, back on 20th November and when I chased it up (7 working days later) I was told, by a rather...

Good afternoon all I am writing about my mam who has just been diagnosed today with Type 2. I am in the fairly unique position of being Type 1 so I have some understanding of the condition but just not from the type 2 perspective. I suppose the reason I am writing this is to get some ideas...

With the increase in popularity and the summer months I have noticed a surprising benefit of the Libre... You are no longer invisible to other diabetics! I have been stopped (and stopped people too) to acknowledge the fact that we share some common ground. It has opened up conversations with...

Morning pumpers! This is a one for fellow bra wearers... I am due an upgrade from the Medtronic Paragdim to the 640g which I'm really looking forward to because this old thing looks like a pager from the 90s (although it is pink). However, I've only just thought about it's shape. I wear my...

Morning All. Just looking for some.advice for my Libre. I've now had two in a row fall off, and my third is looking very precarious one week in. My first two fell off within less than a week and so this time I took the extra precaution of a skin tac wipe (I follow the other instructions to a...

Morning All I'm sure this has been discussed many times in the past but... Do you know if we can get replacement sensors if ours essentially fall off? I have had my sensor on since Monday and it has become unstuck on one side, I fear it's unstuck under the sensor too because it's really quite...

I would really value people's opinions of whether it would be sensible to come off the pump and go back onto injections for my two week holiday to Thailand in July. I've been abroad with my pump a few times and never really had a problem. I just limited my swimming pool time and kept it in the...

Morning All Can anyone point me in the direction of some type one blogs? I've stumbled across a few good ones but I feel a lot of them are American, which is fine but resources etc. are a bit different. Feel free to recommend your own blogs too! X

Hi Do people have an entire supply of equipment other than in there homes? I was at work today with high levels that I couldn't explain and could have really done with ketosticks, insulin, a pen and a new infusion set for my pump. I have spare cannulas for my pump at work but nothing else. I...

Good afternoon All Now that the weekend is nearly here. I was just wondering how people manage alcohol and there diabetes and more importantly what they drink? All in moderation of course! I only recently discovered how much wine spikes me and how fast! Normally I stick with spirits and soda...

Morning All I have always been in the mind set of "just eat a healthy balanced diet" obviously I'm human so there are days where pizza, chocolate, crisps etc happen to appear in my diet. But as a rule of thumb I eat carbs, I love them. However, I am getting a little sick and tired (oh so very...

I think I'm having one of those days where it all just feels a little overwhelming. - "It" being diabetes of course. Keeping a track just feels like it's impossible... finger pricking, scanning, pumping. Logging on Libre, notebook and mySugr. Counting carbs, syns (slimming world). Fasting then...

Just a quickie... what do people prefer to use to scan their Libre sensor, the app or the Reader? X

Hi all I am reading more and more posts about how the Libre is changing the way people look and treat their diabetes so much so they can't live without it. My financial situation currently means I can't justify purchasing a Libre and so (like many) counted down the days until 1st November...

Hi. I am currently reading Think Like A Pancreas which I am finding really quite interesting. There have been a few lessons learned so far (and I'm just up to page 91) including this... If a food is high in fibre, such as bread, then you take the grams of fibre off the total carbohydrate...

Morning As flu season looms I have started to develop a little anxiety over getting the jab, I've had diabetes for 18 years and had the jab each year without fail (my GP all but hunts me down). But two years ago I developed insulin resistance for about four days after the jab (I had to increase...