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    Test Strips to give away Accu Chck

    Hi I have found 4 boxes of 50 strips of ace chek, I am not on a pump so these are no longer required The dates are 31/10/2016 30/11/2016 30/11/2016 31/12/2016. i am sure they will be fine and happy to send them to anyone who could use them (UK), I found them while clearing my locker out at...
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    thought I would share my DKA EXPERIENCE

    So I ended up I hospital. Suspected DKA. I wanted to let you all know that if you levels go high and you increase basal and correct bolus. Then after a couple of times you should injection from a needle. I am sure I must have been told this. But evidently it did not stick in my head. So I got...
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    CGM.

    Where can I buy CGM from. Also does anyone use CGM with Omnipod the website say the PDM is capable. I have searched the net but drawn a blank. I have been accepted for a pump but thought I would try a CGM too. Any ideas.
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    Need some help with what pump.

    Hi all I have the opportunity for a pump. I have sampled the Omnipod trial version to see what it's like. I have tried it it two locations. Arm and abdomen. The arm was ok, but I kept knocking into things. Will take some erring use to I guess. The abdomen tried and I did not get on with it at...
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    Hay fever ....

    Hi everyone. Long time since I have been on here. Just wanted to relay a story for hay fever sufferers. I have suffered with up and down levels of my dreaded sugars over the last few years. Tried all sorts of medication. This year more so. Until that Is I found bee pollen. So I thought I would...
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    Type 1 Sugars keep going up

    Hi. I have posed here several times but I'm at that struggling phase. I have had an increase in sugars for last 6 weeks They keep going to 24+ then come down to around 11-15. I have tried all sorts of thing. I am carb counting and been on the course. I completed insanity back end of last year...
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    Insanity work out!

    Hi all. I have been doing the insanity workout. Has anyone tried it. I'm t1 and have been for 3 yrs now. I thought of exercise like I use to pre t1. I use to train hard but when I was diagnosed I fell apart. 3 yrs on and insanity caught my attention. I took 6 months deliberating the challenge...
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    Type 1 exercise

    Hi. I have been type one for 3 years and just started some regular exercise, road cycling of all things. what I would like is some info advice please. I have had mixed results when preparing to ride, for instance 1 hrs moderate exercise usually increases my levels, thats fine I have this...
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    Hi Type 1.5 diagnosed December 2010!!

    Hi I have now been diagnosed with TYPE 1.5, but the NHS stated I am TYPE 1, its a matter of time for my body to stop producing insulin!!! The start 2010 diagnosed in July with TYPE 2 after having a urine test at the DR's. I had been feeling ill with a urine infection for 7 days and could not...