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  1. Shaners

    “OMNIPODS” are they any good?

    Hi so I’m a type 1, have been 3years just turned, and I have a real sweet tooth so my bad habits mean I have high glucose all the time with a very high hba1c, I was wondering with my bloodsugara being up and down all the time and my libre not keeping up sometimes would the omnipods still work...
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE

    Has anyone had any trouble making a “LibreView account? The website that allows my diabetic nurse to access my readings off my phone... every time I go on to the site everything’s in the wrong place and won’t let me click most things or scroll down? It’s like the web page isn’t made for phones...
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    Freestyle Libre

    Is anybody else having problems with the libre meter? I just can’t get mine working properly it will only scan every now and again most times it just won’t scan...? Only sometimes it works, also is it normal for it to hurt from time to time?
  4. Shaners

    Any Advice Please? (insulin Doses)

    Okay so if I forget to take my daily long lasting insulin (Lantus) which I take once daily and only remember say 4 hours or 6 hours later ect. To take it, do I still inject the full amount as usual or less as I’m already a few hours into the day??
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    T1 Diabetes and Canabis - Give me your views...

    Not a druggy or anything like that I work hard full time, pay my bills and all that, but I did used to love a good smoke a while back, and recently I've read a few articles about how Canabis can help diabetes and stabilise blood sugars etc, not sure weather wether it's true or not, has anybody...
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    Type 1 High bs TYPE 1

    My blood sugars read at high all evening after forgetting to take novo rapid before meals but I then taken 7 units to bring it back down but it hasn't gone down just reading as (HI) on the reader... do I take more insulin? Only been 40 mins since I last injected...
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    Can exercising after meals work a bit like using rapid action insulin?

    Hi all, okay so I'm like a week new to all this just been Diagnosed with type 1 and this might sound stupid but.. I hate needles(I know know have to now get used to it) and was wondering if exercising brings blood glucose down, could exercising after a high carb meal bring my sugars back down...