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Yes got me this Wednesday and it promptly stopped working on Thursday. If they are shovelling clinic appointments back a year then how are they seeing now ? I’m not looking for anything special just a appointment to be kept even at least once a year. Removal of cladding is building work, why is...

I have just today had my diabetes clinic hospital appointment cancelled today with less than a week. I’m with GGCNHS at the new QEUH. The next appointment is December and this has happened frequently, and it’s also happened to my teenage daughter at the same clinic. Anybody know what’s going on...

I’ve been trying to re enter the dating game, but it’s hard but I have a 640G pump and I’m proud of it, the only problem is sometimes I get the tube caught. I used to be ashamed and embarrassed about my t1, now I’m open, honest and proud. You have no issues, it’s other people that have them. You...

I have just had a notification letter from Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board inviting me to book a class for the introduction to the Fs Libre but the web site listen has no mention of this class, and the contact listed has a constantly engaged telephone. So things are on the up . Great news .

Constantly it’s never as predictable as they tell you, x = y, tosh ! It’s a constant tight rope walking exercise, they recommend 10 grams of carbs, but you just need to gorge, then bg of 30+ all day

Bears, I wouldn’t be so cruel plus they’ve got teeth and claws ! Stick to beer, I find it tastes less of bear

It’s something I’m not bothered about, my pump is usually in my pocket, or suspended from my belt. Why should it bother me ? I make sure I tuck the tube away as much as possible, not because I’m embarrassed but in case it snags, life is complicated enough, get on with it, live large and enjoy it.

See above post from Adam, for men to have “ wood” is slang / anecdotal for erection and it’s a long standing joke people allegedly told the male children “ touching that will make you go blind “

Touching wood can also cause blindness, or so were told lol

What is xDrip+ ?

There is a lot of fear banded about on this site / subject, in my experience I’ve had good bg control for many years but after 44 years I’m getting many complications, I’m very aware of them and live with that awareness/ fear constantly but I can do nothing about things happening. I am no longer...

I have sexual impotence, erectile dysfunction, call it what you will I have tried viagra and taladafil ( I think ) without any improvement and I do miss the physical side, but I’m not embarrassed about it or ashamed to talk about it, I think it’s very negative to repeatedly say “ men are...

This is your life, not someone’s sensibilities, get on with it, most people if not all just assume ( I think ) it’s a phone or MP3 player, anyway by its nature it’s discreet and it just takes seconds to enter the data. For many many years I was ashamed of having t1 and having to inject, now I...

Hello any update on the Freestyle Libre prescription carry on in Glasgow yet ? I have waited patiently to ask my specialist Doctor at QEUH Glasgow, but this morning I got a letter putting back my appointment for another 3 months. This kind of treatment really pisses me off. We are disjointed...

My daughter who is 18 and a type 1 on multiple daily injections but suffers terribly from tiredness and lack of go, but she holds down a full time job, any advice cheers folks

Last night I was hypo 3.3 bg but as usual all day today my bg has been 20+, ketones 0.2 and despite many corrections on my medtronic 640 pump no decrease in bg levels. Is this the same for everyone and any tips on how to stop the high bg the next day. Cheers any help, comments ( funny ones...

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I’ve had these ops in both eyes a bit similar to leahkian, I now have no vision in my left eye, I had to get it done as I lost my sight totally but I have regained some sight in the left so it has been positive.

Ps it’s funny when I was first diagnosed in the dark and distant 70’s I was the only poor working class young teenager it was all older middle class people ( teachers, bank managers, ) now I am the auld white haired foagy. In my t1 career I have seen doctors and nurses start their careers and...

Your being way way too harsh on yourself, feeling sorry for yourself ? I don’t know but if you feel your entitled to it, why not ? When you get up to your knees, then your own two feet, and it will happen, struggle on, there’s no secret to it, it grinds you down, kicks you in the teeth but then...