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Ok, so it's the 5th today but I meant to post up yesterday but got distracted with uni stuff and friends comming round for dinner, to celebrate star wars day. For me it's not just a geeky fun day it's also the day I got my pump 8 years ago and my life hasn't been the same since. Getting a pump...

Not wanting to get into a low carb debate, but would just like to get your opinions on a talk I had at university today. I study environmental science, although I specialise in micro, I'm trying to get more into the chemical aspects which will help with jobs etc. The talk was by a professor...

I've been on this forum for over a year now and I'm getting slightly confused, I would like to hear everyones opinions on what BG range a non-diabetic healthy person has? I regularly test my husband as sometimes he will excercise a lot in the cold and get hypothermia, sometimes he's really...

For anyone who might be interested I thought I would share how I'm getting on with my new toy. Day one christmas day; So i spent most of the morning reading instructions and was completely disinterested in what everyone else got including me 3 year old niece who was trying to show me every...

Just ordered my CGM it will arrive tomorrow by sleigh! i'm not allowed to open it to christmas morning which is a shame as it takes a while to get acclimitised to your body. Role on boxing day!! Laura

This may be very random and maybe not diabetes related at all but maybe someone has an idea. I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping at the moment as when I lie on my side my ears go completely numb. like completely and I can't actually feel them if I touch them, until the blood runs back in and...

Hi my husband and I are thinking of becoming foster carers and as part of that we both have to have medicals. Has anyone else had any experiences with having them? Do you know how detailed it will be how far back in my notes will they need to see etc? Or is anybody else a foster carer or...

Hi I'm a type one so haven't posted in this bit before. I'm giving one of my bg testers with strips to my husbands friend who is a type 2. He's 64 and is trying to get a better handle on things of course the best way to do that is to be able to know what's going on. When I was talking to him...

Good Evening, This will probably sound very stupid, But I'm very worried at the minute about my license. When I applied for my provisional license nearly 10 years ago (17) I filled out all the forms and clearly put that I was diabetic, I then got a questionaire back and I had to put the name of...

After writing some more letters back and forth with the health secretary in Scotland I thought instead of complaining and having a whinge I would try and do so mething that might help. So I'm sure lots of you have bad experiences with doctors and clinics and nurses etc and as much as I love to...

Hi everyone, my pump has just broken and I've contacted the company and they are sending me out a replacement but luckily for me they don't have any 2010, 2012, 2020's left so I get upgraded for free to a vibe yay :D :clap: I've been having a lot of control issues regarding differnt hormone...

Hi there, I've come back to forums to help me get some exta info on my own condition as I'm between doctors and clinics I've not got anyone to bounce ideas off so I thought I would ask around. I'm 26 had type 1 for 14 years and been on a pump for 6. About 3 years ago I also discovered I had...