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Hi! I've been invited to attend a conference with the DEN by my pump nurse on the 23rd June, to represent people with Type 1 diabetes. There is another person there also with diabetes representing people with Type 2. Some info for you... The Diabetes Education Network (DEN) was set up in 2003...

I went for my Ac1 blood test on friday... before pumping it was 7.9%. Im just waiting for the results now!!! I'm hoping for under 7%. ideally under 6.5%!

Does anyone else find that the infusion site gets "messy" when it comes to change? The last three or four that i've removed have looked like there's blood all around the site around where the canula goes in, but the blood is under the skin, like a blood blister. I've not found that it's...

I've heard a lot of good things about macadamia nuts for us diabetics (being low carb and all, good for snacking) I've never tried them before... i just bought some.... and emptied the packet pretty quick! YUM!

Well I got connected yesterday with the Animas 2020. I love this little thing already! It seemed weird that I didn't have to have my basal injection last night, but I didn't loose any sleep over it! Well I did actually, but not for that reason lol The first night... I couldnt fall asleep! Not...

New year... new hobby! I've always wanted to learn how to play the guitar, so i borrowed my sisters accoustic guitar and learn to play book! Now im looking for my own guitar :) I've found that im gonna need to start testing on my other hand becasue my left fingers are needed to play the...

blah... 7.9% :( That's gone up from 6.8% last time... it's the highest one yet and im not happy with it! Doesn't seem to matter what i do, i've experimented with different ratio's, injection sites and basals and my bg's are still swinging up and down. corrections seem to have no affect and i...

We often see people here asking about why their blood sugars aren't behaving themselves. More often than not, it really helps to test at certain set times of the day to discover patterns in your readings. Logging your blood glucose results and carbohydrate intake, along with meds can help you...

Stupid sugars!!!! I can't seem to shake off of this 13mmol/L today!! I Went to bed last night (as you would) at 13.3. Bearing in mind this was after 2 hours ice skating... including spins and jumps, etc, so it's pretty hard exercise that gets your heart pumping nice and fast. When i woke up, i...

While we were at the Body Worlds exhibition on saturday, i took my blood pressure... i've yet to really understand exactly what each number means, i haven't read anything yet that's made it really clear what the numbers mean. Can someone explain it in laymens terms?! My blood pressure was...

Hi Guys, I just learnt about a new blood glucose meter coming in 2009 from Accu-Chek. If you're interested... http://www.accu-chek.co.uk/en_GB/micros ... index.html You can order online now in advance... i've ordered mine and it didn't ask for payment... so i guess it's free! I hope it's...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hamp ... 735079.stm Poor lad...

One of the things i talked about with the pump nurse this morning, was my targets and what i'd be happy with. I said my targets are between 4 and 8... i thought that seemed fair and doable right? She said that they are quite harsh targets? She told me that one of the nurses at the clinic, who...

Hi! I LOVE carrot cake, and i do make carrot cake myself... But my recepie isn't wholey suitable for diabetes... contains a fair bit of brown sugar and icing sugar in the cream cheese icing (mmmm...) Does anyone know of a good recepie for carrot cake that's more suitable for diabetes? One...

I used to give blood before being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes... gutted now i can't give blood anymore. I just read on the DiabetesUK newsletter that they are now allowing some TYPE 2 diabetics give blood... http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/New ... od-donors/ Great news me thinks!

Well i had my appt today at the diabetes clinic to talk about pumping... I was quite nervous before going in, but the Dr started straight to the point and said, lets talk about the referal letter... your GP has written to say you may be better of with pump therapy... Then we talked about my...

I've never really suffered from odd feelings when im high before, but this morning im waking up at 10.8 :( it's been well over an hour and i've had a correction shot about 15 minutes ago, i kinda feel hypo, shakey inside and a bit light headed... I usually just feel lathergic and pee more...

Just for fun... I was thinking the other day, if i could make improvements to my favourite meter, what would they be? Well i use the OneTouch Ultrasmart meter, which is already a pretty funky machine and does a lot of logging... what would i do to improve it? And why? The rule is that it has...

Hi, I used my control solution on my ultrasmart meter because it's been reading high since i changed back to that meter after using my compact plus for 8 months. Anyway, i did the control solution and it read 7.3, where it should be in the range of 5.6 to 7.4 I knows it's still in range but...

http://www.latimes.com/news/printeditio ... 7516.story Interesting... I dont agree with the statement that it's like turning a PC into a Mac simply by loading a new operating system... they obviously dont know computers lol.