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Started on Simvastatin, cramps in calves and thigh muscles every night that would make me leap out of bed with pain. Stopped taking them and cramps stopped. Then started 20mg Atorvastatin, have cramps about 2 nights out of 7, not as bad but still not nice. Calf muscles always feel 'tight'...

1.2 I think has been my lowest, but that was back in the days that I had no hypo awareness at all. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Oh. You don't look diabetic. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Most people who don't want a pump quickly change their mind when they've had one for a few weeks. Why not give it a go and see what you think? You're lucky that you're being offered one - plenty of people have to fight tooth and nail to get a pump. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Yep! I'm a DSN & also wear a pump! Much easier to deal with. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi Emma, the pump DSN's and Consultant are meeting with the CellNovo rep this month. Fingers crossed! I've been watching the developments with this company for over a year and think its a neat piece of kit. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Certainly Diabetes Specialist Nurses look at the forums, as a DSN, Type 1 (42 years), pumper (7 years), I regularly look at the forums. I 'listen', empathise, and learn from them. Very rarely post, but when I do, I make it clear that I'm posting from a personal perspective and not...

Move to Plymouth. Their equivalent to DAFNE course is called PASTIE, regular pump clinics with Consultant and 2 DSN's who run nurse-led pump clinics. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thankyou Daibell, this is just the sort of feedback we are looking for :D Please keep it coming! Any comments from anyone else please?

Our hospital is in the process of reviewing the Diabetes website. We would love to receive feedback on it (presently undergoing updates), preferably with constructive criticism! What do you like about it, what do you dislike, anything missing etc etc. Here is the website address...