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Can anyone advise if they have used these or anything like this? if so how did you find them and what did you use them for (and I don't mean feet) :) https://www.diabeticsupply.co.uk/collections/insoles/products/liqua-care-diabetic-flowgel-insoles thanks

Afternoon. Need some recommendations please. Can anyone recommend decent diabetic socks to aid neuropathy symptoms in feet? Slippers and shoes too if you have good experience? Type 1 diabetic for 35 years well controlled but now suffering from itchy burning sore feet and its doing my head in...

Medtronic have done some maintenance and sent out emails telling you how to resync to pump but I have tried everything and still having issues. Prior to this maintenance work I had issues with the pump losing connection with the app so might be a wider problem with my set up. I have...

I have recently switched to a medtronic pump and as yet they don't have an app to bolus so you have to access the pump directly. I had a Roche pump previously which had a hand set so I would wear the pump inside my clothes and bolus etc from the handset. Now I have to keep the pump accessible at...

Hi. I’ve recently changed my Pump and going on holiday there is now so much more stuff to take it doesn’t fit in my usual travel bag. Anyone got any recommendations for large bathroom type bags suitable for carrying the sensors, infusions etc? Doesn’t need to be chill bag

Hi. Has anyone got any experience of taking r-ala? What did you take it for? How effective was it, what amount per day and where would you recommend getting it from? I am hoping it will help with restless legs and neuropathy??

Hi all questions for type 1's please. I generally low carb targeting between 50 and 100g but I am trying to go back to the start and get back into ketosis. However i have forgotten some basic things. 1) how long dos it take to get into ketosis on 20-30g carb per day? 2) say you have had your...

Does anyone know if you can change a setting in the Tomato app to change the readings from mg/dl to mmol/L? I know you just divide by 18 but its pain to have to do that if you are used to readings in mmol/L

Can anyone help with carb content of so called sugar free pholcodine? Contains sorbitol so needs some insulin cover but I can’t work out how much?

Has anyone experienced elevated bs when taking ibuprofen? Can’t work out of its chicken or egg. I know inflammation can cause raised bs but does the cure perpetuate the issue?

I have been using the freestyle Libre sensor for about 20 months now and have had endless problems with them. Wondering if anyone else has the same experiences? I know lots have people have had the problem with the sensor falling off. I now use several different other products to stop this...

Hi, Has anyone experienced stalling weight loss on LCHF diet when using polyols? Ignoring the obvious that they just exasperate the sweet tooth craving I have recently found an addiction to Oppo ice cream and the like. Taking into consideration the total calories consumed I have found that...

Hi Serial lurker, occasional poster here (very occasional) so apologies if this one has been run every year for the last 20 but does anyone have a really good low carb Christmas pud recipe? Or even lowish carb??!!

So sorry if there is already loads of info you have all discussed out there around this and apologies for the title to the post. I am Type 1 about 30 years. Tried low carbing 15 years ago and had really bad stomach issues. Thinking maybe too much dairy now??? anyway - after 15 years of semi...

Can some one help? I want to attempt low carb again. Over the last 3 years of eating "normally" I have developed Fibromyalgia and depression, I wake anywhere between 3 and 10 times a night and I am knackered all the time. I beleive this is due to the carbs. However, about 10 years ago I...

Hi I have noticed recently that my sugars peak significantly when I have milk. I dont recall this always being the case but now if i have a milky coffee for example, maybe 200ml, I need to take the equivalent insulin to cope with 20g cho. Does anyone know if lactose free milk will react...

If by BGL is over 15 can I still exercise (if I have the energy)? I am not ill but I am deliberately running my levels high to get back my warning symptoms.

Hi Is anyone able to eat a salad with chicken, small amount of red pepper and tomato, ice berg lettuce, egg, cheese and cucumber and not take insulin? In theory this should be no carb and therefore no insulin but it puts my sugar up 5 mmol. I think my basal is fine and I was told at DAFNe that...

Hi I was wondering on average how often T1's take time off work when we are feeling c*ap or just soldier on. I woke this morning 16.5, 2 hours later dropped to 3.5 (over corrected) ate a jaffa cake then ok. 1 hour later 3.2. I feel washed out now and a waste of space. I run a small engineering...

Am I a moaning mini or should I be concerned? I have been to the doctors a couple of times about some symptoms I have been having but on the last visit I was told it is probably age. I am 41 and although my symptoms are relatively mild I would like to know if these are common "side effects" of...