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I have a spa day on Friday does anyone have any hints and tips for using a pump?! I've only had mine 3 days so I'm very new to it!! Xx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

After stressing for a good 6 months about getting a pump today is finally the day!! I had built it up so much that I was pleasantly surprised this morning after my meeting with my nurse and the man from the pump company Roche! It's going to be a tough journey to start with but hopefully worth...

Lantus wasn't working so they put me on levemir in February, I still haven't managed to get that to suit me so now they want me to have a pump... I really didn't want one and have given myself loads of horror stories about them getting in the way and catching on things :( think I'm going to have...

Hey everyone, I have to keep a watch on my weight so usually stick to a low carb diet and exercise every day, but no matter what I eat I am ALWAYS hungry. I know its common for diabetics to be hungry a lot but I feel so sad as I am always thinking about food! Is anyone else the same or does...

3 months ago I changed onto 5 injections a day with a split background levemir insulin, and I just can't seem to get things right, I was going low in the night so dropped my night time levemir and now I am going really high during the night around 4.00am. Can anyone help that has had the same...

I have recently been told that I need to consider maybe going onto the pump rather than my 5 injections a day! To date I have really not wanted the pump but my control is not good and after trying everything I may be forced to try the pump! What do people think that use a pump? X Sent from...

What range should your blood be in go go to bed? I am 5.3 so I'm guessing if I don't eat anything I will go low? When I have googled it it says 13 but I would class that as being high? What does everyone else aim for? X Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi all, In the last year I have started carb counting properly (although I've been diabetic around 20 years) my doctor has booked me onto a DAPHNE course and just wondered what the views were of anyone that had been on it? Is it worth the 5 days holiday I'm going to have to take from work?

I have just started having 5 injections rather than 4. I have 3 fast acting humalog and 2 split doses of levemir. I have been doing this over 2 weeks now and after exercise on an evening my bloods have started shooting through the roof even though my blood sugars are fine before I exercise! This...