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Yes, I take a small rucksack with all my diabetes stuff and my other meds and my cabin case. You need to email them via their medical assistance address or do an on line chat to get a waiver letter. ( which nobody ever looks at!)

In short no! It went of it’s own accord but now it’s back again. My dentist is referring me to the dental hospital, I’ve not had a referral letter yet but I’ll keep you informed.

Thanks all for your replies. Today has been a little better bar starting to climb again from 10pm, but I’ve corrected and will see what happens over night i think as last night it did hold pretty steady my dinner was late. Could be illness, hormones or of course the beginning of the end of my...

Rant alert! My BG Just doesn’t seem to be behaving itself at all! Just when I think I’ve cracked it, it all goes pear shaped again. My basal has gone from 8 units a day ish to 13 units a day (I’ve been increasing by 10% ish a day) and it’s still climbing over night and through the day. I’m so...

This is from input diabetes; • If the security staff insist on a whole body scan (Manchester Airport have advised that if a passenger refuses, having been selected for the scan, they will not be allowed to travel) either disconnect the pump and hand it to the security staff (preferred option) or...

I’ve never been asked to go through one for a European flight until now, it seems to me they’re rolling them out so everyone has to go through. To be fair they didn’t ask me to take it off but it was that or go to a private room on my own and they were very intimidating.

I think I will complain. I was made to feel like a criminal tbh.

Earlier this year I flew to the US, no problems experienced at any US airports regarding my pump. I declared it prior to arriving at the full body scanner, a shout of ‘Female pat down’ or ‘Female opt out’ was shouted and a female customs officer would be called. An in depth ish pat down would...

I’d not heard that about the dvla, interesting. I always thought their ‘above 5 to drive’ guideline was a bit useless really, I do test via a finger prick for driving but the arrow on the libre is far better indication than blood on its own. I’ve emailed my DSN today kinda under the guise of...

Apologies if someone has already posted but this is the statement that covers all CCG’s in England as far as I can make out from twitter. (@parthakar) My initial thoughts are, it’s ambiguous. For those of us already using the libre, do we fit the criteria of testing 8+ times per day if we’re...

It does, great explanation thanks, I can remember being told the differences between T1 and T2 when I was diagnosed but I think I had enough on trying to get my head round injecting/ carb counting and didn’t take much notice! Thanks.

This friend of mine is so active she sends me dizzzy! She literally is always on the go and doesn’t understand how anyone can slob about on the sofa! Amazed she’s my friend as I’m more on the slob side of a weekend! Well she can’t get an appointment until middle of November so I can keep testing...

Thank you squire & bluetit, that’s hugely helpful, it was the fact it was returning to normal and she didn’t have any other symptoms that pointed me towards T2. Another question! What causes t2 in people who are not overweight? She’s only 8st and while Im fully aware t2 isn’t only diagnosed in...

Hello, I’m asking on behalf of a friend of mine, I know plenty about type 1 (as Youll see from my signature) but not so much about type 2! My friend recently had her BG rested at work as part of a health screening event. Her reading was 11.9. (1hour post cheese sandwich, a small one) She went...

What was your reading before you ate though and more importantly when did you inject? If your blood glucose is within range, try injecting between 10 and 20 min prior to eating. 10.8 after 4 hours may indicate that your ratio is slightly too low, you might need a bit more insulin with each meal...

It does sound like you need some fast acting insulin . The insulin you’re injecting at the moment is really to keep you steady and stable when you’re not eating, so in between meals. It shouldn’t hurt as much as it does either, only on occasion when you have hit a blood vessel. But I’ve never...

Maybe we should all stop buying them from 01november as a protest if they're not going to prescribe them then Abbott might be able to assert some pressure? Has anyone found out anything concrete from their local CCG?

Thanks, yes you're right, when I started on the pump my basal was pretty much flat rate, but I think my 2 year long honeymoon is over as my bolus ratio has changed a fair bit too. I'm a mix of apprehension around airport security and time zones, and excitement around seeing my teenagers faces...

Thanks for your reply, I think I will need to change the time. Is it best to change it as I board to go to the next time zone or when I land? I can't get my head round how my body clock will react though! I think I'll be getting Dawn phenomenon at midnight, well, not quite but, at least I'll...

Hello everybody, I am hoping all you wise pumpers might give me ideas on how best to handle my basal rates for my upcoming travels! I am anxious about how it's all going to pan out and the plan that I had in place, might not now work. Here goes! I am making the following journey, first time long...