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I use mine with a Mac too and it works perfectly :) Hobs, I'm surprised you had problems getting through to Bayer, they're usually extremely efficient and get back to people quickly, guess you caught them on an off day :(

I think since getting this meter I've had the best glucose levels in years! I love being able to call up the stats and having such a friendly meter makes testing something fun rather than a chore. If there were awards for best meter, I'd definitely vote for this one to win! (I'm going to stop...

Thanks Phoenix, I've not considered continuing to monitor for the hours afterwards to be honest, I've only ever looked immediately afterwards then got on with my day. I'm glad you pointed that out, I'll definitely start keeping an eye open to see if there's a pattern.

I responded as I'm genuinely curious! I've always considered the two utterly separate and would like to know what issues might be faced I haven't considered, possibly to offer some support & reassurance that its not impossible to get by as a gay diabetic :)

Hi all, I've recently taken up running as a way to keep fit and hopefully lose a little weight (I don't need to lose much, just a kilo or two from around the edges!). I've got a 10k run coming up this summer, which I'm aiming to do in around an hour. At the moment my training hasn't been for...

Good luck phoenix! I've never applied before, and only been 'seriously' running for the past few months, but I've applied for the ballot. Sadly they're not going to be doing the 5-rejections-and-you're-in thing anymore so I'm just going to have to keep applying every year to ever get a chance...

Re: Sharps Disposal - Help Needed If anyone is having problems disposing of their sharps bins, contact the PALS department of your PCT. They're the Patient Advice and Liaison Service. It's their job to make you a happy customer, and in my experience they're pretty good at getting things done...

Re: Sharps Disposal - Help Needed Just so you know, lancets are clinical waste, even if snipped, so the needle clip device needs to be disposed of in the same way as needles themselves, via a sharps bin. A needle clip device can be useful for transporting the needles themselves but that's...

Hi Liz, I'm posting in sympathy - when I was diagnosed 14 years ago I was on to injections a day (Humulin M3 or something), then 3 years ago moved onto lantus plus Humalog at meals, but the nurse just 'guessed' what I'd need to take (she split my total daily dose with the 2 pens, half of it it...

The mind boggles - what diabetes issues have been a hinderance when trying to 'be gay'? I don't think it's ever been a problem for me! I'm actually trying to rack my brain to think of a situation where I've thought it'd be easier if I wasn't diabetic. Ok, maybe going out and staying over at...

Apologies - the email notification of new replies comes from 'dan' so that was stuck in my head when I came to type the reply! :oops:

Thanks Dan! I'd never actually considered I've been diabetic for half my life! :shock: I'd like to think I have experience to offer, sadly for the past 14 years I've had bad control. My last HbA1c 2 months ago was 9.8% :( However, I've become very motivated in the last few months. I met a...

You know I've been visiting this site for so long, I only just realised I've never introduced myself! I'm Caspar, I'm 28 and was diagnosed at age 14 as Type 1. My control isn't great but I'm working on improving this at the moment, I've only recently become motivated to sort things out for...

Hi all, I ordered a Contour USB last week, after seeing the offer on the front page of this site. My current meter is a Contour anyway, so no big difference for me, and its' nice they use the same test strips and i can use the same lancets. Anyway, it just arrived today and wow I'm impressed...