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  1. Ushthetaff

    Back up

    With the latest upgrade on the Libre link app , it has brought home to me about having a “ back up” , I’ve always had a Libra reader as well as my phone , so had my upgrade not worked it wouldnt have been much of , a problem ,more of an inconvenience , im not sure how many of us rely totally...
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    There’s no accounting for stupidity

    Well what can I say with over 41 years experience of diabetes I have been stupid ! Not the first time in my life I might add , My blood sugars have been terrible for about the last 3 days , so this morning I awoke with a bs of 14 feeling like ****, so I gave myself some short acting insulin...
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    Novopen 5

    Dunno if this is old news but it was to me , I’m on Levimir twice daily and maybe due to my age or me just being a tad dopy I sometimes forget if I’ve taken it , Following a conversation with my diabetic consultant during a video call I was informed of the Novotel 5 , it remembers the last dose...
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    How would you manage if ......

    Quick question .. how do you think you would manage your Type 1 diabetes if there was ... No personal blood sugar meters Only urine tests to control blood sugar No insulin pens No Bolus Basel regime No insulin pumps No internet Eat to amount of insulin you take rather than other way...
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    Belated “ Happy Birthday” to me

    Well having being so busy latelyI totally forgot that I have passed the 40 year anniversary of being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes . Like life in general it’s been full of ups and down , experimentation and experiences. To be honest when I first got diabetes I didn’t think I would last this...
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    Question .. dunno if it’s been asked before but here goes

    Ok just doing this cause I want to see whose like me , Simple question Star Wars or Star Trek. myself it’s Star Wars every time even put down Jedi as religion when I’ve been in hospital, asked why I said I have more chance of seeing Obi Wan Kenobi than God , ( sorry to all religious people...
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    Freestyle Libre sensor

    I put a new sensor on my arm two days later . I had “ sensor error “ message, so left it 10 mins still same another 10 mins still same.so I took the sensor off, I phoned Abbot and to cut a long story short they are sending me a new sensor , but the guy said that it should be left it for 2 hours...
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    Oh dear I don’t think Libre reader survived the washing machine

    Well it had to happen I left my Libre reader in my shorts pocket and they ended up in the washing machine. I’ve put the reader on the radiator but don’t hold out much hope . I have a spare reader and my phone but just means I’ve lost the data , wondering if this has happened to anyone or am I...
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    Libre Sensor .... has this happened to you?

    My latest sensor ended this morning , so I fitted new sensor. However .. “Houston we have a problem “. There new sensor was faulty , when I attached it to my arm , the needle which is used to place the sensor element under the skin snapped off instead of retracting and remained in my arm I...
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    Corona virus anti vaccine

    I’m not sure how it works , but from what I gather some people get this virus and not everybody dies, in fact it seems that only people at high risk sadly seem to die, is it possible to take an anti virus serum from the people 5hat survive , as it seems that sometimes is done with other stuff, I...
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    Hypo symptoms..... what are yours?

    Hi All When I was first diagnosed with T1 , one of the few things I was given was a sheet of paper with a list of various “ common “ symptoms of hypo. They varied from headaches , to trembling , irritability, sweating , etc etc etc. Quite a long list as I remember. I was just wondering what...
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    Back in the day!!!!!!!!

    I know there are a many newly diagnosed diabetics on this forum and there are a lot of concerns about life expectancy and diabetes, so I thought I’d like to try and give a bit of perspective to people who think diabetes is the end of the world. Don’t get me wrong it is a minefield especially at...
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    Hypo what number ?

    Hi All Thought I’d ask a wee question, At what BS reading do you consider yourself to be having a hypo. The medical theory at my health authority is anything under 4 is considered a hypo. I agree with this theory but in practice and let’s face it, thats what we as diabetics are interested in ...