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    Isolated

    I’m 23, live in Surrey and feeling pretty low about being diabetic as well at the moment...shoot me a message if you’d like to chat.... :)
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    Malaysia and pumps - airports

    I went to Indonesia and Singapore this year and they were absolutely fine with the pump, I just said medication and they seemed to accept it and just waved me through without searching me or making me going through the body scanner !
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    Type 1 Medtronic 640g

    Hey I was on the animas vibe and swapped to the Medtronic 640 at Christmas ! I love my Medtronic it's so easy to bolous on and I love the fact that I can increase my carb ratios by 0.1 if your under 10 for them ! The only bad thing I find is the battery only lasts about 2/3 weeks but apart from...
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    Freestyle libre rock tape

    Hey ! I put rock tape right over my libre and it never peels of with it, you just hold onto your libre when the last bit comes of and then it stays on a ok :) I only get a reaction to it when I go swimming and leave that piece of tape on for 4/5 days afterwards, probably the chlorine more than...
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    Moving abroad for a year (to USA). What to do with what I need for my Type 1 Diabetes?

    Hey I moved to Canada this year, and the way I did it was just to take all the supplies I needed in September and then another batch when I come home for Christmas, just because it worked out to be easier that way ! I did have health insurance though and I took all of my prescriptions out so...
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    Question About Swimming With Libre

    Hey ! I'm a water polo player and I've done 2.5 hours in the water with my libre on and it's quite a violent sport ! I put three strips of rock tape H2O over the top of it, and it normally stays on fine ! I've never had any trouble because of it not being in the water that long, although...
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    Exercise getting me down now!

    Hey ! I completely get where you are coming from... I used to swim 13-16 hours a week... really the best thing is trial and error and what works for you might be really different from someone else ! I have no experience about running as you can probably tell I'm a water baby but have you looked...
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    Hiii

    Heyyy.. I'm a little older than you as I'm 21 but I was diagnosed when I was 12 and I completely get where your coming from... don't ever feel isolated there are loads of people on here to chat to, and maybe mention this feeling to your nurse and see if they do any meet ups because they used to...
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    Managing type 1 on very hot holidays

    Hey ! I went to Cambodia and Vietnam last year, and I found diabetes wise that I ran my self higher during the day because of the activity I was doing... walking miles and miles... then at night I would often be very low and have to make sure I reduced insulin both basal and bolus ! Testing for...
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    Animas or Medtronic?

    I don't use cgm with either of them because both aren't waterproof which for me as I know play water polo instead was obviously quite a problem ! I use a libre and I love it ! I know loads of people have problems or haven't got on with it but I love mine to pieces !!!
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    Animas or Medtronic?

    Hey there so I'm in the lucky position of actually being in both pumps throughout my diabetic life ! The positives I found with the vibe was that it was waterproof so I could swim with it on, the basal settings I can change relatively in small doses The negatives for me with the vibe is that...
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    Drinking Alcohol

    I have found that vodka and orange or vodka with some sort of mixer in it preferably quite high with sugar works for me because combined with going out and dancing and drinking I find I can go low quite easily ! I always eat something with no carb when I get back in ! But I totally agree with...
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    New Zealand and Thailand Travel medical bag

    Hey when I went to Vietnam etc for 3 weeks I got the frio wallet with the zips and found that they lasted longer than the ones with Velcro ! I would maybe contact the frio wallets because I've had some that have lasted years and I really do test them if that makes sense !
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    Pump or not?

    I got my pump at the age of 13 and literally I thought I had a life again.... it meant that if I wanted to et with everyone I didn't have to go hide to inject, I didn't have to have people stare and stuff, but I think that might just have been a self conscious teenager speaking! But now I'm a...
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    Type 1 at University

    Hey I'm Izzy, I'm 20 and also at university and girl I get you ! It's sometimes a nightmare when your so stressed because of uni work, which makes me go high, then when I'm high I really struggle to concentrate then I get even more stressed because I've done no work !! They way I've dealt with...
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    Any advice?! Freestyle Libre

    You do have to be careful though that you don't take the libre off when you peel the tape of that's my advice [emoji3]
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    Any advice?! Freestyle Libre

    Hey so what I do is I put tape over it normally one or two pieces just because in water polo there is often quite a bit of wrestling ! But normally when I'm just swim teaching so I'm in the pool for two or three hours I just put one strip over it and then once I'm done I take it off again, and...
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    Any advice?! Freestyle Libre

    Hey I've got a libre and I play water polo with mine in my arm, which results in it being grabbed a lot as that's what water polo basically is ! What I do is I put something called H2o rock tape on it and be warned this stuff doesn't come off and it's super good ! It for me survives a 2 hour...
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    counceling

    Hey I'm 21 and am type 1 diabetic myself, I think it's really important sometimes to agree with her that it is a rubbish thing to have because sometimes as a teenager you just want to scream and rave about it ! Unfortunately she is different because she has diabetes but maybe you could remind...
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    School unsure about trip

    Hey ! I'm currently 21 at university and you probably guessed I have type 1 diabetes. I am a firm believer in never letting the diabetes get in the way of anything.... as I'm saying this I'm currently in Canada on a year abroad and my family in the U.K....sometimes it just means doing things a...