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Durdle door in dorset, What is the most exciting thing you have ever done?? (Mine is freefall skydiving!)

cool, sounds like its starting to work. Horrible feeling when your sugars are that high. Don't worry it happens to the best of us, sounds to me like the cannula wasnt inserted properly when you changed it this afternoon or was in a site with high resistance. Always good to double check about...

If your sugars don't start coming down now you have changed the sight I would call 111 and ask for an emergency doctors appointment at closest hospital (You will have to wait for ever in a & e) explain the situation and ask for a disposable insulin pen so you can level out your sugar levels.

Do you have a new cannula with you?? This is normally my first port of call if correction doses are having no effect. Check your cannula is still inserteed. Ive had a few very high highs following the cannula slipping out from under my skin without me realising. It may also be that that the...

- What is your name? Vicky - How old are you? 36 - Are you male or female? Female - Which country are you from? United Kingdom (England) - Which city/area do you live in? Wareham (Near Bournemouth) - Are you religious? Yes I am a christian - Pick three words to describe your personality. Kind...

what are the NICE recommendations for type 2 Diabetics....as this is what I was reffering to?

The trick is to convince your diabetes team that it will benefit your control and that you are trying very hard using your insulin pen but you are still not getting the results you want. I always used the argument of how frustrating it is when i carb counted and could not give myself the right...

I think it all depends on how quick your body reacts to you insulin. My body is very quick to react, if I reduce my pump to early I end up with rocketing blood sugars. My DSD recommended 2 hours before hand to me. I play football which is slightly different to cycling! You will have to try...

Yes I see your point, Doctors are given this advice to keep costs down I believe. A friend of mine is type 2 (Late onset) and he tests his blood sugar around twice a day. If people want test strips including type 2s they just have to ask their doctor. Another friend of mine who has type 2 has...

Not sure if its the same with Animas but you should be able to request they deliver to your work place if you are not going to be home? I order through Roche and they always ask where I want my parcel delivered

When I started on my pump I was put on the same fast acting insulin as I was already using, majority of insulins should be available in vial form for you to put in your pump. Sites for cannulas are an individual thing, I use my stomach, but people in my group also used to put in their thigh as...

Well done for persevering. The first day I had my pump I had a very important interview to attend and I went hypo! Luckily I had been pre warned and I had told my interviewees as well. Its just one of those things! I also got the job as well which was cool! Glad you are on a better level now...

Type 1 diabetics receive free prescriptions so it is not a worry. I did have to fight with my doctor to get enough test strips as the NHS allows an average of about 40 sticks per patients per month. Lots of people however don't bother testing, especially type 2 diabetics. I personally get 250...

I remember once that when i went for my HBA1C test that when the results were given to me they told me that my blood sugar reading at the time was 0.8 but they believed it to be a typing error! Looking back on it I was still walking, at the time but a bit vague with an overwhelming desire to...