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  1. Harrysdad

    US Insulin Costs!!!!

    Thank you NHS! :):):) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csy782
  2. Harrysdad

    New to Omnipod

    Hi, I've seen photos of Olympic Skier Kris Freeman wearing his Omnipod on his chest and wondered if anyone knew if there was a particular reason for using this position? Has anyone else used this or other places not covered by Omnipods recommendations?
  3. Harrysdad

    Dawn Phenomena

    Most mornings my blood starts going sky high (upto 17 ish mmol/l) before I wake up from about 5 am and I spend most of the rest of the day chasing it down again. I went onto Levimir (AM and PM) from Lantus in an attempt to solve this however, I not having much success. I've read that some...
  4. Harrysdad

    Big Shock (not)

    Spoke to my GP about prescribing Libre in November, unsurprisingly he didn't really know anything about it (he described it as a button thinky on my arm)! A quick look on the internet-super-highway found the attached, looks like it's a no go for the foreseeable. If only these people realized...
  5. Harrysdad

    Humalog action time

    I'm using Humalog for bolus on MDI's and I'm finding that with me rather than it peeking in about 2 hrs and tailing off over the next 3ish hrs as most information about it suggests. I'm peeking in about 1hr and it's almost all gone in about 2 1/2 hrs (based on Libre data). My questions are:-...
  6. Harrysdad

    Strategy Advice

    A couple of times recently I have had the scenario of 0 units (RAI) required for a meal. BG 5.0 with a target BG of 8.0 and a 25 Carb meal (1 unit per 10g Ratio). However, my 2 hr blood has been very high with no IOB and I've had to take some RAI to correct. I was just wondering what different...