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Yeah I shall give them a call tomorrow Thank you

Yep checked and definitely libre2

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Not sure where this post is to go in but I’ll give it a try here. type 1 38+ yrs I’ve had the libre2 now for about 2 months, all was going well however changed sensor about 4 days ago but the alarms are not working!! It has blue box at the top which says alarms can only be used with Libre2 I...

Average in what you eat and count ya carbs and your racio of insulin! You even on a carb counting course?

Never feed the insulin!! You will put weight on!!!

Hi I'm a TYP1 and I've had weight problems! I've also had weight loss surgery! But that was 2Yr ago and over them 2yrs a little has crept on! However 3 weeks ago I joined Slimming World and I've lost 9lb so far! I'm eating more than I usually do and of course healthy food! I don't eat ****...

It certainly is even when your not pregnant it's a battle let alone being pregnant! I've been a type 1 for 32+ years I've got two healthy children! I battled real bad with my sugars whilst pregnant I was up and down like a yoyo admittedly if your sugars run continuously high can damage baby! But...

When I was pregnant my bloods were dropping like a yo yo! Have a slice of bread or a banana with a high content of carbs! Sweets will send sugars up and then back down again as there's not a great deal of long last carbs! Hope you feel better soon! Remember your little one inside will be...

Ah welcome to my world! Have you tried different injection sites?

Just wanted to say thank you all for all your advice and virtual hugs it's very kind of you all! It's funny how your own family sometime don't understand what your going thru and how hard it can be! I will be chasing all that I need to chase and am changing the way I do things checking every...

Aww thank you all, your kind words mean a lot. I always tell myself when I'm down that there are people worst off than me but so much is going wrong them words are not helping so much now! I've always been the one to look after my diabetes as I watched my brother suffer not because he didn't...

Aww thank you [emoji177] xx

Hi all I'm a T1 Have been for over 34yrs now, my brother was also a T1, he was 2 when he was diagnosed and I was 11. He was 3yrs older than me. It wasn't so bad for me as I grew up with the same kind of food regime as my brother, never had sugar in tea or coffee or had sugary drinks mum always...

Ah not all the time! Weightwatchers have this brilliant app where you just type in what it is like say for instance mcvities rich tea or you scan it and it just appears there and then! I am aware that majority of stuff is on the packet just that thought there might have been an app! I'm am in...

Hi does Diabetes UK have an app where you can put it scan an item of food packet and gives you the nutrition values i.e. Carbs etc Weightwatchers have an app where you can put anything in and it comes up with the values!!! I'm waiting to get on the Carb Counting course as hoping to get a pump...

Hi is there or anyone found a carb counting app! My friend has a weightwatchers app which list just about every U.K. food, tells you fat, sugar, salt, carbohydrate content etc etc like let's say I wanted 2 rich tea you type it in and it gives you a full break down! Why hasn't Diabetes UK got a...

As say everyone's different and diets are good for some people and not for others! Well done to you on your weightloss :-)

Thank you I did try this but didn't succeed and it wasn't the band I had it was the gastric sleeve, I was offered a band but I had my worries with regards to a foreign body inside me and the injections into the band to either reduce or tighten the band. So the consultant offered the sleeve...

Hi I have now been told that if you loose 70% of your weight loss you will be entitled to cosmetic surgery reasons being that obese people loose this weight and feel great as the scales are looking good however their bodies aren't! And these people were getting very depressed and piling on...