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hi i have been diabetic for 52 years. I have just started using the omnipod. Early days trying to get the basals correct at present. I have a dietican and diabetic nurse whom I can ring daily or email. They are really great and have told me lots of things that make sense now. I have read that...

hi My mother became diabetic in 1957 age 33. There were no such thing as tablets. I was diagnosed in 1960 aged 8 my sister is two years younger and is now 57 and does not suffer with any type diabeties thank God. The only person at the time when mum was diagnosed was a cousin on her fathers...

duloxetine ugh I was very ill once put on it. I would not get out of bed felt sick every minute of the day. Read the instructions which said it would take a while to get in the system, done it for a month but was too ill ,called doctor out he reduced the amount immediately but cutting a long...

hi I was diagnosed at the age of 8 i am now 59 I feel for you mum. My mum was type 1 diabetic all those yeats ago so she used to know the sins but many times she would spoon fed sugar into me and I would blow it out because I was too busy being a teenager I am not sure it got any easier through...

Hi just read your problem and the answers give. To be honest with you you may end up in a complete muddle with all the answer but my question to you is (unless I have not read all this correctly) have you been on a DAPHNE course drug adjusment for normal eating. I was having serious issues for...

I am sorry if I am to late to reply to you but go to u tube or even diabeties uk site and look up the Omni pod pump great no wires but unfortunately you will have to fine out if your health authority will fund it. Some hospitals only show you one or two but that does not mean you cannot have the...

Hi keiron I have just joined the forum and thought I would to reply to you. I have read all the advice some being said in a kind way to help you move forward and some quite abrupt and to the point but the truth is no matter how it is put in print everyone who wrote on the forum is probably right...

hi my first time to the forum and as I am a new pump user I thought this may help. I have chosen the omnipod pump. no wires, remote very easy to use but as normal it helps to know your carbs. I have been on it for 6 weeks and love it love it. I have been diabetic since the age of 8 and now 58 I...