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@Alexandra100 - great, thanks I’ll check them out

No I haven’t. I’ve never really known what that involves.

Hello all. Apologies in advance if this ends up being quite long. I’ve been T1 for 10 1/2 years now (almost 30 years old) and I feel like I’m stuck! Had my ups and downs with HCPs over the years, and have been out of touch for a while, but regularly seeing Diabetes Nurse at my GP for the last...

Wow. That’s appalling!

I remember being told the same thing years ago before I was carb counting properly, so was surprised when I was told to look at full carb value and not just sugar.

Hope you manage to get a supply of them. I was self funding but then my NHS board put them on prescription. If they hadn’t I’d be worrying now too I guess. Such a useful product, it shouldn’t be so hard to get hold of them!

I have used hypos as an excuse to eat **** more times than I should have, it’s easy to convince yourself it helps so it’s okay! Your body turns against you when you go hypo so don’t worry about it. I keep Dextro tablets EVERYWHERE these days. Every coat, jacket, drawer, car, bags. 4 tablets...

I haven’t tried it myself but a rep from Abbott/Freestyle told me about something called Skin Tack she gets from eBay. Apparently it’s very good if you do sports and sweat a lot/swimming