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  1. Snapsy

    Glucose tablets

    I decant Glucotabs into old test strip containers - perfectly pocket-sized and very practical to run with, or at the gym (they don't get sweaty packaged in that way!). 7 Glucotabs fit perfectly into an Accuchek Aviva test strip pot. I remove the label so I know which are strips and which are...
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    Type 1 Am I doing something wrong?

    Oooooooooooh Omnipod! You'll never look back, I'm sure! Pumping changed my life after 29 years of type 1 - it's amazing the difference my Insight pump has made to my life! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! :)
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    Type 1 Am I doing something wrong?

    Hi @bradley_smasher , I'm a pumper these days rather than an injecter - but in my injecting days I would always have my favourite stab spots! I ended up with liperhytrophy - I think that's what it's called - lumpy bumpy rubbish-absorption areas that were simply black holes for insulin! Are you...
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    Surprised! Hurt my hand and diabetes didn't care.

    Ooooh I try! :):):)
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    Regular moderate exercise log

    Ahhhhhh, but as long as you change those SOCKS every day too...........! ;)
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    Surprised! Hurt my hand and diabetes didn't care.

    I use the Libre reader rather than my phone, but if I can't get to my hand to use the reader, I pop it on my desk, turn it on and then take my arm to the reader rather than the reader to my arm. Would that work with your phone? :)
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    Freestyle libre supplies

    All was well - the parcel was delivered on the Friday morning as we were pulling off our driveway to set off for our Christmas week away. Parcel did therefore arrive but at HUGE expense to my sanity..............! Ironically it was the most important thing I'd ordered and, and I'd ordered in...
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    Confused about carbs

    I'm so sorry! I had subsequently realised that the two I had been meaning to tag were in fact AvocadoSevenfold and Enclave! Call it pre-Christmas brain freeze........ xxx
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    Surprised! Hurt my hand and diabetes didn't care.

    Yup! Best thread of the night! Still, commiserations to the hand. Does it fancy a drink to take the edge off? There's some leftover cooking brandy round here somewhere......
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    Surprised! Hurt my hand and diabetes didn't care.

    Oh wow, I love the thought of taking control of our bodies in this way! I'm going to henceforth batter my knackered pancreas with humour! An absolute winner of a post, @CherryAA ! :):):)
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    Surprised! Hurt my hand and diabetes didn't care.

    You're really not helping me narrow down my emoticon choice either! Hug or funny - funny won! ;)
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    Freestyle libre supplies

    I ordered four sensors last night and I had a despatch email from Abbott earlier this evening saying they'd 'left the warehouse'. Phew! Sounds good so far. Mind you, I'm never quite sure of online ordering having been successful until I actually get my hands on what I've ordered..... Christmas...
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    Surprised! Hurt my hand and diabetes didn't care.

    Close call there between the 'funny' emoticon and the 'hug' emoticon, @CherryAA . I picked the former, but please please accept a mahoosive hug as a side order. @Antje77 - OWWWWWWOWWWWOWWW OWWWWWW! Hugs coming your way too, m'dear. Hope it heals very soon. xxx
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    Type 1 b diabetic

    I'd never heard of type 1b diabetes so have just Googled it! I never stop learning things thanks to this forum. Sending hugs your way, @Corina_Smith . Take one day at a time, and ask loads of questions. There are lots of helpful peeps round here. Love Snapsy :)
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    No prick blood testing

    Hi @Hunters_1 and thanks @therower for the tag! I love my Libre, but as far as I know (from reading posts on here) it's not been made widely available yet via the NHS, if at all. I've got my annual review tomorrow so have printed out a couple of graphs showing my Libre data to show my...
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    Regular moderate exercise log

    Thanks, @kev-w ! Have got a spiky firm rubber ball that I've been doing just that with - and my calves have been showing my foam roller no mercy - or should that be the other way round?! Experience tells me to pay plenty of attention to the bits higher up than the stiff bits. So far so good -...
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    Has anyone got CGM funded?

    Hi @Natasha23184 I'm tagging @catapillar as I believe she has a funded CGM due to lacking hypo symptoms. And I think @donnellysdogs might have some helpful input on the question too. :)
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    Regular moderate exercise log

    Ooooh, good thinking! Did 30 lengths this morning - I think it was really beneficial to get everything moving after yesterday's efforts. The swim felt amazing and really set me up for the day! A little stiffness remains in my right foot, as per usual after a long run, and my left heel is...
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    Freestyle libre supplies

    Thanks for the heads-up on this, @Gloucestergirl - it's reminded me I ought to get my next order in. :)
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    Dissertation about Type 1 Diabetes

    Hi @Chloejasmine , all done! I just want to say how very thoughtfully worded your survey is. Hope all goes well with your dissertation. Love Snapsy (a York alumnus - please give all those campus ducks my love!) :)