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Been searching here and can’t find anything but would love to know T1 experiences / plans RE the current situation Jan 2021. I’ve asked on Instagram with no luck (type1dee if you want to answer there!) Posted here RE Covid at start of first lockdown which was so helpful as we can’t ask anyone...

I got a shielding letter in May so assumed according to new info just published that I had to work from home but my employer says they think diabetes is not on shielding list and asked if have a new shielding letter? (Im sure shielding wasn’t just because of T1 anyway) Very stressed and confused...

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/type-1-and-type-2-diabetes-and-covid-19-related-mortality-in-england/ https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Valabhji-COVID-19-and-Diabetes-Paper-2-Full-Manuscript.pdf

Always hear of people with Libre who use MDI but anyone out there just on enlite and MDI using Apple products? I think this is possible? Having pumped for 13 years, I’m wondering if a little break would be possible to help sites heal and wear a bikini, jump in pool on and off all day, generally...

At work today there were new, fancy, magnetic name badges. It said on the packet that if you wear a pacemaker you shouldn’t wear it. Said ‘strong magnet’ on back of badge. I’m sure it’s all totally fine and this is a silly, embarrassing question as not huge magnetic fields - but can you wear...

Hi, I have a well used copy of ‘balancing pregnancy with pre-existing diabetes’ healthy mom, healthy baby if anyone planning pregnancy or is pregnant and wants it for free obviously but can collect it from Warlingham in Surrey or Liverpool Street Station. I remember it cost over £20 7 years ago...

This is a really quite a crazy idea but I’d love to hear what you think. It’s just an idea. On another post I mentioned how, eventually, Fiasp wasn’t a good match for me except a bit better for eating and I’ve moved back to Humalog. Someone kindly posted the suggestion of MDI, I guess with 2x...

I’m often here moaning about something trivial and it wasn’t until I read an email from a colleague who happens to run a charity for children with T1 in India that I realised just how lucky we diabetics are to have the NHS. In India there is no free access to insulin meaning T1 children often...

I had my hospital appointment today. I happened to mention that I felt waiting for my complications to come on feels like I’m a time bomb. (I’m almost 30years type1 although only got stable, background retinopathy.) I was seriously overjoyed at my amazing doctor’s well-supported argument that...

I’d love to hear from anyone who has had corrective laser treatment to correct vision. I’m type 1 (for 30 years), have background retinopathy but not yet required laser surgery for this. I went to a bog standard clinic to get treatment to correct my vision but due to the retinopathy /...

Think it’s from today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42316493

Thanks so much to this forum, the posts of other Fiasp users and the poster @tim2000s and his site http://www.diabettech.com which have been so useful when starting Fiasp only 6 days ago. I’ve switched from Humalog (novorapid not as good as Humalog for me) and I pump 640g Medtronic with...

At a hospital annual appointment recently, on a scale of 'always 1-7never' I ticked 3 regarding 'how well I think I detect my hypo' This is documented on letter to GP. I did this in my context, of my diabetes, that I always feel symptoms but occasionally WHEN ASLEEP ONLY I don't recognise until...

Having fish and chips tonight which always messes my sugars up with mega hypos after bolus despite using dual /square wave ... then mega highs in the middle of the night. But I really fancy it so I'm going to have it! Carbs and Cals just told me fish is 46% fat, 33 carbs (never would have...

After a long time of trying to get to the bottom of awful control, I've figured out with CGM that strong coffee raises my blood sugar with rapid and extremely high spikes. (If I've had two cups, it raises up to 18) It happens with or without milk. It's definitely the coffee. I'm yet to...

Hello, Started my sensors yesterday and so far they have been really amazing (stopping hypos - woo hoo!) and simultaneously awful (stopping pump when I wasn't going to go hypo but then ended up very high at 15) I'm sure I just need to learn a lot about the system/ my control and I was...

I know it's individual / has many factors but I'm interested to see what percentage people are reducing to? I'd love a chart that correlates temperature with reduction percentage! Ha! Yesterday I reduced to 80% but two hypos despite extra carbs.

Hello, I've previously used Medtronic CGM with quite horrendous accuracy so subsequently purchased Dexcom 7 and whilst accuracy somewhat improved, the significant cost, alarms and extra work didn't outweigh the benefits. I'm wondering if my experiences of inaccuracy with two types of CGM are...

hello, I'm feeling pretty rough with a chest infection. I went to A&E as I knew I needed medicine asap. I had 'elevated inflammatory markers' in the blood test which I think means I have protein showing I've got an infection. For a week, my insulin hasn't really worked and I'm on an increased...

Went to collect my test strips today without success and was told by pharmacist (who had been told by GP/receptionist) that I'm 'over using' blood sticks and that's why my prescription was declined. Apparently I must book an appointment to discuss my 'overuse' (but they can't fit me in until...