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  1. ingrid

    Lighting for poor vision, plus a miracle treatment

    Hello! I think you meant proliferative retinopathy - it’s what I have too and have in the past had loads of laser. The laser itself causes the loss of vision in low light conditions unfortunately. Now I’m bleeding again in both eyes :( the latest approach now is injections rather than laser but...
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    Type 1 51 years, pump since 2012, last HbA1c 6.2, using Libre 2, trying to be v low carb (as...

    Type 1 51 years, pump since 2012, last HbA1c 6.2, using Libre 2, trying to be v low carb (as well as vegan) due active retinopathy bleeding :(
  3. ingrid

    Full Fat Greek Yogurt

    Yes!!! That’s the one I remember and was by far the best!!
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    Full Fat Greek Yogurt

    The best Fage I remember from years’ ago was def much more than 5% and included added cream in its list of ingredients . It was by far the creamiest and tastiest Greek yog I’ve ever had (except the real real thing in Greece itself!). I’ve looked around to find anything Fage > 5% but been unable...
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    Cannula sites and scar tissue

    I use FlexLink 6 & 8 mm - no problems putting in with inserter but 3 out of 3 failures when doing manually! Gave up. Then I discovered that when inserting manually, you need to pinch the skin up first, and also to go in in one fast-ish smooth action, otherwise the cannula bends. Even though it...
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    Pump failure hits Uk news

    Hi all, not sure you're all on pumps, but IT IS possible to go into a life threatening ketoacidosis on a pump WITHIN A FEW HOURS because e.g. If a pump malfunctions you can have NO INSULIN whatsoever going into your body. Since there is no long acting insulin around for back up, DKA can come on...
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    I'm loving "think like a pancreas".

    Re: I'm loving Here's the man himself in a recent live interview : http://www.tudiabetes.org/video/tudiabe ... y-scheiner
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    Medtronic Veo Vs Animas Vibe

    Hi kangoo, you can easily change cannula or tubing or reservoir independently, they don't tell you this as they like you to change all at once so you use more consumables i.e. more money for them!! Poor diabetic pumpers in USA who pretty much have to pay for it all themselves, re-use consumables...
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    Animas Vibe, Medtronic or Accuchek Combo?

    Well done all you getting your pumps, it's so exciting!!!! I've been on an Animas Vibe for nearly a year and am seriously in love with it. I was given choice of any available pumps but chose the Vibe because of its very large, easy to read screen and its small neat size (though as such it has...
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    New doctors

    That's truly awful, disrespectful behaviour - doctor's not yours!! I would say that doctor has no real understanding of day-to-day life with diabetes, nor of young people. Defo change consultant/hospital. And if at all possible, especially for new appointments, take a friend with you, as they're...
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    Has anyone moved pct with a pump?

    Wow scary stories. I may have to move from N to S London in near future and apparently I'll be able to stay with my current hosp & consultant but would be under a new pct. So this question has been on my mind too. But with all the changes & privatisation of NHS, who knows what will happen? INPUT...
  12. ingrid

    Appalled at experiments on dogs

    Hi juliekem, you're not alone - here's a bit of moral support :) I've been type 1 over 40 years & have always been anti-vivisection, I'm vegan too. I did voluntary work for BUAV many many years ago & they had a pamphlet about how initially insulin trials in humans and diabetes research had been...
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    Losing weight but no fruit, veg or fibre

    Hi donnellysdogs (sorry this isn't of help to original poster's query), I use jelly sweets for hypos but as I'm vegan I use Goody Good Stuff - Sour Fruit Salad - 5g CHO per jelly I worked out. I take 2 or 3 of them depending on how low I am & other factors. First came across them in the special...
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    pump insurance?

    Hi all, I went on the pump last June & was asked by the hospital to insure it. As I'm on benefits I can't afford household insurance, and the only co. which insures pumps separately (mentioned by others, above) was way too expensive for me. I trawled through old posts about pump insurance here...
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    How often do you test on pump?

    PS dying to know which hospital you're at which doesn't appear to be clued up on pumping needs!
  16. ingrid

    How often do you test on pump?

    Presumably you need to test when you get up and before you go to bed, which on 4 a day leaves 2 strips for the rest of the day! And yet on a pump we're supposed to test at least before each meal in order to calculate boluses (& 2 hours after). I guess you wouldn't need to test quite so much if...
  17. ingrid

    How often do you test on pump?

    About 10 a day.
  18. ingrid

    insulin pump with porcine insulin

    Hi, if you join the ip-uk insulin pumpers forum, there is someone on the list who posts fairly regularly called Rhoda who issuccessfully pumping with animal insulin, it can be done! : http://www.insulin-pumpers.org.uk/discussion/ Good luck! Ingrid
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    Did you get to choose your own insulin pump?

    NOOOOOOOOOO ARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH just heard today that The Book Depository and abebooks.co.uk are now owned by amazon!!!!!! Oh well. Sorry - nothing to do with diabetes and pumping, but after my anti-amazon mini-rant above, and recommendation of The Book Depository for the 2 pumping/diabetes...
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    Did you get to choose your own insulin pump?

    Essential reading for any pumpers : Pumping Insulin by John Walsh and Ruth Roberts http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Pumping-Insulin-John-Walsh/9781884804120, and Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Think-Like-Pancreas-Gary-Scheiner/9780738215143 (please support...