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I’ve just been given an appointment with a hospital clinic diabetes specialist doctor, and it’s come approximately six weeks before the end of the max wait period. The poor appointments clerk I spoke with told me it was a real change to talk to someone who wasn’t angry. I am angry, but not with...

Has anyone else been having problems getting a direct link between the sensor and a watlaa with the Bubble bridge? It was working well for me until last Friday when the sensor I was wearing started giving erratically odd readings. I dumped it, and started a new sensor, having attached and...

Anyone else had the frustration of a Libre 2 sensor deciding it’s had enough after only 12 days? The lovely updated app told me this morning that my sensor had ended. Maybe it had had enough of all the background noise of the app trying to sort itself out. This morning I began recharging the...

Hi everyone, I’m asking for your thoughts. I’ve been asked to a friend’s tomorrow. One of the people who’ll be there has caught Covid and their isolation will end tomorrow. As far as I know, a PCR is no longer provided to ensure that a person is negative at the end of the isolation period. I’m...

Has anyone discovered a standalone watch that can link with the Libre 2? It seems that those of us who use the Libre are gradually bing moved to the Libre 2 and having set up a system with the watlaa and a Libre 1 that works well I see not having a similar system in place with a Libre 2 as a...

It’s based on a situation in the USA, but there are issues that also affect us all. https://apple.news/Akrx8bnnzRgOaJWTXYwtOnQ What is your view of the issues raised? How do you feel about the way you might be affected by decisions made regarding treatment. Maybe not just for Covid should you...

How do you feel about being in the same enclosed space, for instance a shop, with people who are not wearing masks because they’re exempt? It seems to me that we have a clash of two needs: protection of those who may be very adversely affected if they catch COVID-19, and support for those who...

Does anyone else find that Levemir vials have individually limited lifespans? I keep mine in the fridge but even so some last until the last 20 or so units, some have conked put by 150 units. This has happened with my last vial and a very bad night’s sleep with multiple corrections and an...

I know I can become irritable, snappy, tired and not so good to know when BG gets high (curses!), and if it’s low I can be garrulous, daft, inappropriate, embarrassing . . . Yup, I correct it. The BG, that is. I can remember some really awkward hypos, like the one where all the strangers left...

It’s some time now since @NoKindOfSusie joined in the threads, and even though her outlook was fairly black I miss her, and feel concerned. Has anyone heard from her?

A pretty technical article but bear with it, or skip to the final passages where there’s hope that research may lead towards a greater chance of beta cell preservation. It looks at causes and shows that a lot of T1s, especially those who developed T1 post 14, still have some functioning beta...

At my yearly check with the Consultant I was prescribed a hugely increased dose of atorvastatin - 80mg. The Consultant said he wished to protect my kidneys. He had in front of him some dire results: eGFR (39) and (related) creatinine (108) of a blood test I’d had done for the hospital. The...

This made my sympathetic blood sugars rise. I feel very very concerned about the way people from lower income groups are affected by the cost of staying alive. We know that stress, and wondering if you can afford another vial of insulin is high stress, makes it difficult to maintain good...

Hi everyone, I was having problems with Lantus not lasting for the full 24 hours and swooping from night-time lows to evening highs. Not a good place to be. The consultant’s prescribed Levemir. I find that it’s great overnight until 10 hours after I’ve injected, at which point it loses potency...

I’ve just received an email telling me my order is ‘on hold’ due to ‘exceptional demand’. Abbott say they’re aiming for three weeks from receipt of order to delivery so get that order in early! I think there’s been a previous thread about this but thought a reminder and update wouldn’t go amiss.

Hi everyone. I’m taking Co-Amoxiclav for an animal bite that became infected and 5 days in I’m feeling dizzy, high bs that won’t come down, nauseous, yuk! It could be a ‘bug’ and there are no warnings on the drug info sheet about diabetes but I’m wondering if anyone else has found it affected...

Has anyone else seen this article? If it’s verified by other labs also getting these results then there’s real hope for those who’ve not yet got T1 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180215125013.htm

Has anyone been swimming with a Libre? I’ve only been using one for five weeks and it’s been fine in a shower but fell off after a bath. Lucky it was when I needed to change to a new sensor anyway. I’ve been looking at how it could be waterproofed in a swimming pool or the sea and wondered if...

Me: A pack of chocolate eclairs 2 custard slices Rolos Fruit cake And a packet of chocolate-covered ginger biscuits. All I really needed was 2 glucotabs and a cup of tea.

Hi, has anyone else had problems with the clasp on a MediTag bracelet? Mine kept coming undone. The whole family tried doing it up for me in the hope that it'd stay done up. It didn't, and now it's lost. I contacted MediTag and they weren't helpful! I've now bought an SOS one but it wasn't...