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I think I know the answer to this, but I'll ask anyway. [emoji849] Is there such a thing as a smart meter that will let you enter a BG result, rather than doing a finger stab? I'm currently using the Freestyle Libre which I absolutely love. I'm happy to inject based on scan results so it's given...

I expect lots of people here use this app. Would you recommend it? How does it compare with MyFitnessPal, the app that I'm currently using. I've been T1 for 37 years and carb counting is still a bit of a mystery! Thanks for any info.

I noticed this morning that my 'gingerbread man' has disappeared! I recorded a bolus dose which appears in the log book, but the icon that shows insulin on board no longer appears. Anyone else had this happen? Ideas? I'll call Abbott tomorrow as today is Sunday, but in the meantime I feel a bit...

This is a brilliant app. I'm running it on my iPod Touch, as the iPod is small and handy to carry around. My only slight grumble is that the app doesn't automatically sync with my iPad. I was hoping to look at the reports on the iPad's larger screen. Does anyone know how to get the app to sync...

Can anyone explain what this is? I'm wondering if it's only suitable for T1's who use a pump.

I hope this isn't a silly question. I've been using the Freestyle Libre for a couple of days and I can't get the volume on the reader to work. It did when I first started using it but it's given up. It doesn't really matter as the vibrate works fine, but if something doesn't work properly it...

Sorry if this has already been asked but how do I reclaim the VAT when ordering a Freestyle Libre? Thanks

Apologies if this has been asked before. Does anyone have a recommendation for an android app, similar to the excellent RapidCalc? Unfortunately RapidCalc don't have any plans to develop a version for Android. Thanks

Let's have a grumble. I feel like a grumble. Don't you just hate it when people won't, or can't, take 'No, thanks' for an answer? I was at a coffee morning recently. I don't do this sort of thing much, for obvious reasons. There was coffee, which is good. I like coffee. There were also biscuits...

I'd be interested to know how you're getting on with this new insulin. I've asked two dsn's about it but neither of them knew anything! I'll have to wait until at least August when I'll see my diabetes consultant. I've been on Humalog for years and I'm doing ok but I like the sound of this...

I've just had a weird telephone conversation with a diabetes specialist nurse who contacted me at the request of the diabetes nurse at my local surgery. I'd asked her about the new fast acting insulin, Fiasp. Neither of them are specialists in type 1. Neither of them know about the new insulin...

I'm seriously considering having dental implants and wonder if there's anyone with Type 1 who has had experience of this. Did your diabetes impact in any way on the process? Any comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I'm going to South Africa next spring to visit my brother and his wife. (I like to start planning things early!) I'll be travelling from Heathrow to Johannesburg, which is I think an 8 hour flight and then on to Port Elizabeth. I'll probably stay for two weeks and will be travelling on my own...

This morning I received my latest HbA1c result and for once it was good news. It's down from a shameful 84 to a respectable 46. In percentage terms tests from 9.8 to 6.4. Yay! So I am well pleased! I just wanted to say two things. Firstly, a big 'thank you' to everyone on this forum who has...

I'd be interested to know what sort of BG most people are happy to go to bed with. I like to be 10 as that means no hypo in the night, but I'm wondering if it's too high. I've tried reducing the pm dose by one unit but then I was too high in the morning. If I'm 10 at bedtime I'll be 4-5 when I...

Is anyone using this? I'd be interested to know how you get on with it and what you think. I've been using the Accuchek Aviva Expert (my new best friend. Sad but true) and came across RapidCalc while reading a review of the Expert. The reviewer was quite scathing about the Expert and compared it...

Apologies if this question has already been answered, but does anyone have an idea how to guesstimate HbA1c results? If my average BG is 6, I'm wondering what my next HbA1c might be. I'm trying really hard to get mine down from just over 8%(too high I know) and have been using the Aviva Expert...

Following on from the 'would you take a cure' thread, I started thinking what are the things I dislike most about being diabetic? Number 1 has to be the lack of spontaneity. It's just impossible to do almost anything without first considering 'what state am I in? Should I do a test first?'...

I wasn't going to post this. I feel I've been so unspeakably stupid and I'm embarrassed about it, but it's a bit of a salutary reminder for all of us. As Type 1's, we're all aware that alcohol lowers BG. On occasion, some of us probably forget. In my defence, last Sunday was a really really...

Does anyone know if it's possible to load data from the Expert to an iPad, well an iPad mini? I have e-mailed Accuchek, but won't hear back until Monday at the earliest. I'd really like to know now! Well sometime in the next five minutes would be good! Impatient, moi? Thanks. PS I really love my...