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    Can you estimate your HbA1c from finger prick readings?

    I "test" 288 times a day with a reasonably well calibrated cgm, and it estimated 90 day hba1c as 34. The hospital reading was 31.
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    If it was earlier than 22:45, I might have googled "kamelaphobic", but it's now 22:47, so I can't be bovered..will do tomorrow, maybe
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    I'm stockpiling Tunnocks Caramel Wafers, 15g a pop. If society breaks down, there's no reason why we shouldn't still be sophisticated about hypo treatments... Am going to have to find some room in the bunker for some Marzipan Ritter Sport too.
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    Get Husbeast and the Youth to divert staff, stick the x-ray machine in your battle handbag, then hide it in your purple shed. I'm not entirely sure why you should embark on that sort of illegal activity, but gut instinct tells me that, post-Brexit, there's going to be a huge demand for "off...
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    29, just diagnosed, feeling hopeless

    Hi, @emmamae , I'm T1 so rarely venture into T2 threads (different conditions, yadda, yadda), but I'll do so here to tag @Caeseji . He turned up a while back sounding as if he was in exactly the same position as you, doom, desperation etc. etc., and, over the course of the last year, has done a...
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    Probably a 1st on here , but what foods are best for gaining weight

    Hi, @Diabeticger , if I remember correctly, you're recently dx'd? Your body will have been basically eating itself prior to dx, so weight loss is probably down to that. Now that you're on insulin, it'll start rebuilding itself ok. I was in pretty serious death's door DKA at dx, skeletal, but...
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    Freestyle Libre - Lows

    Hi, @kazam401 , sure, libre can be sketchy at times and I don't trust reader scans that much. But... A lot of us have bought a small transmitter, MiaoMiao, which gets put on top of libre, and bluetooths readings to a cgm app every 5 mins, xDrip+ for android or Spike for iphones. The apps let...
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    LADA - precise definition?

    If you were to be re-dx'd as LADA, you'd get free strips, maybe free libre depending on area, and free insulin which allows much more leeway on food choices - carbs are back on the table.
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    Type 1 ****

    The main flaw in my set up is that I've chosen dreamy, quiet ring tones for the alerts, so, as the Events Log pic below shows, I basically just sleep through them! I'm going to have to revert to the xDrip+ default, which sounds like a combination of a badly tuned orchestra, a screech owl and a...
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    How fast does a glucose subcutaneous injection raise blood glucose?

    Cheers, @Mel dCP , the idea of it being the amount and not any inherent property makes sense. When I started out with libre, I read a paper, A Tale of Two Compartments, and it helped me a lot with understanding the bg/ifg lag, and how to make more sense of, and (pre-blucon/miao miao) mentally...
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    How fast does a glucose subcutaneous injection raise blood glucose?

    Fascinating stuff, Mel. I've sometimes wondered about this, but not much as there's usually something more interesting on the telly (new series of Peaky Blandaahs!). Haven't done biology since secondary school, but what I've found, and this may be wrong, from messing around with T1 for a while...
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    Type 1 ****

    @Jed.s , cgm are useful for hypo alerts, but don't forget about setting a hyper alert too. I've got three overnight hyper alerts set at 7.3, 8.5 and 10, so if I've over ate or underbolused, the alert will wake me and I can do another shot to keep me from going too high. If you'd had a hyper...
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    God is the only one can deliver us from this disease

    He's also got some explaining to do on how he can turn water into wine, which is quite impressive, but I'd like to know if he is just messing with our heads when insulin turns to water...
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    God is the only one can deliver us from this disease

    Lol, he doesn't even seem to be doing much to sort the Brexit insulin supply concerns!
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    Sending data to mobile from Contour Next Link

    Hi, @wcndave , one thing which springs to mind is Parakeet. The lead developer behind XDrip+ is jamorham, his page is at the link below. There's some links there about a homebuild project, Parakeet, a small 7cm by 7cm box which can be carried around by a small child to send cgm readings...
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    If sensors are going to start failing, we're all going to have to get the "Warning -T1 Diabetic" emergency deely-boppers out just so the ambulances know who to treat...
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    Miao miao question

    Hi, @Mad76 , @porl69 ,s link works ok on my phone. Here it is in full in case there's some sort of phone glitch: https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip/releases It should open at the page in the puc below, you would then click "Assets" and download and install the apk file. Another...
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    Hmm, maybe the pesky students are stealing your bluetooth... There seems to have been a few posts dotted around over the last week or so from folks saying sensors are panning out early. Some have suggested it's been since the librelink and reader accuracy up dates, no idea if that has anything...
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    High blood sugar Spikes

    Hi, aigo, just a suggestion, but I'm wondering whether this might be a basal issue? Bolus lasts for typically 3 to 5 hrs depending on the individual and amount. So, say you do a bolus shot, it takes care of the meal, but wears out over 3 to 5. If basal is too low, the bolus can kind of be...
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    Miao miao question

    Cheers for the tag, @helensaramay . Hi, @Mad76 , sorry, I've not used glimp. The only thing I can see in its manual is an option to switch on a "beep" when bg goes out of range, but I'm not sure how up to date that manual is, so there may be more options tucked away in the app. Looks like the...