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Not sure. Will check now! Been so busy with work!

Hi mangobe. I self fund cgms through dexcom. It is not an alternative to testing as it is only really useful for predicting trends. I use mine one week out of every four. I've had pumps for 16 years (injected for 20 years prior) I had pumps with tubing for 15 years and 6m on Omnipod. There are...

Hi mangobe. The hyperlipotriohy is a different sort of fat hence they are not able to re use it. It is the same reason it doesn't dissipate with diet and exercise. A friend had a double mastectomy and had abdominoplasty post chemo. They used ordinary fat which had accumulated on top of her super...

Wow. I'm seeing my surgeon in 20th x

Remember these from the very late 70s? Mine was blue!

I second the pump comments. I was on the original trials and in 1999 took up the pump. I can't imagine life without it. It revolutionised my type 1 care. The pump allowed me to completely control my type 1 after 20 years of injecting :-)

Hi. Still none mail not even in junk lol! How are you? How is your post op stomach? X

Ha! I certainly hope not! Did you get my email? Hi No? Did you send it to: Angie b 2512 at g mail . com

Hey, I work in London, but I live near Guildford. :) But yeah - I feel your pain entirely! Although there are some odd side effects starting to happen...! :-S Ooh?? Nothing serious I hope?

Hi Great news. I am definitely going to have to pay. The sooner the better :-)I'm 5'9 and size 10. I'm a size 16 around my middle! Yuk! I wear pressure Bridget Jones pants to try and hide it! Am so pleased I looked on here last night after a year of absence myself due to being so busy! Kindred...

We've tried everything. I have to wear pressure underwear that comes up under my breasts. It is painful as they are hard lumps. Ben Gowland The CEO of NENE CCG says in his blog that he believes in putting power back to clinicians.... Not in my case clearly! They also said as I am not obese and...

See my posts. The pump isn't a solve all option. 16 years limited sites because of tubing lengths. Extreme hyperlipotrophy. A size 10 apart from the two huge lumps! X

Nobody apart from the medics have seen these. 21 years injecting. 16 years of insulin infusion. ! I'm a size 10 everywhere else!

t1 37 years. How things have changed!

Btw- I have now been on the pump for 16 years hence the extreme hyperlipotrophy. I now have a self fundes Omnipod i can site in more places and remote control in court! I'm having to take out a loan I can ill afford as a completely lone parent with a mortgage and bills to pay and mouths to...

Hi Diagnosed 1978 4 years old. I too had many years of bovine and porcine insulin. ( the most Frightening hypos I still remember now.) I went on a pump trial in 1999 and have two large areas of hypolipotrophy. My consultant says worse she Has seen in 30 years. Having had an eating disorder when...

I am Type 1- 35 years - diagnosed 3 yrs old. Ketones- are extremely dangerous one of my childhood diabetic friends (there were not many of us in those days) died of ketoacidosis bought on by ketones. Ketones are not normal in pregnancy and 24 hours of ketones is life threatening. Your wife...