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I'm T1 on a pump with a CGM (self funded) and if I went on NHS advice, I wouldn't be able to function at all. Maybe your guitar buddy would read a book called Sugar Surfing, it's about £6 if you get the pdf or kindle version and the best thing about it is that it frees you from thinking that...

I did when I was first diagnosed (T1) until I started doing some research myself. I found the NHS recommended diet pretty disastrous for me. I tried doing the pH miracle diet for diabetes, which I think has been discredited, but it did lower the amount of insulin I use by about 50% and that...

Thanks, that's helpful to know. :-)

Thanks @iHs. I've got Think Like a Pancreas, so I'll start with that. I couldn't get any infusion set to stay in without bending except the metal ones and those hurt so much wherever I place them, that I just can't use them. I've now had success with Inset II and Inset 30 but I'll try...

Thanks @CarbsRok . That's very helpful and I agree - it all feels like a mess at the moment. I'll try to sort my basals out....:(

Yes, I have and far too much! Absorption seems much better above my navel but although I've changed I:C to 1:15 and dropped basal slightly, I had 3 and dropping yesterday evening too...

Thanks - I saw my pump clinic nurse last week and she said that I need to test my basal rates to sort it out... Catch 22! That's why I thought I'd ask for help here :-)

I'm very new to pumping (Animas Vibe) and I'm struggling with the variations I'm finding. I haven't managed to test basal rates properly because I've had difficulties with hypers and hypos, partly due to kinked cannulas and difficulty with insertion. My basal rate is 0.3 dropping for a few...

If I catch it before I'm through the floor, dates and/or a cocoa Nakd bar (raw fruit and nuts). If it's too low I drink some Galvanina organic lemon drink. Basically I try to avoid sugar cane or derivatives unless desperate! It makes me feel really sick. That's what comes from a diet with no...

I'm sure you'll get lots of help from other members soon but basically foods which are high in carbohydrates tend to make your blood sugars rise and of course foods with added sugar do. I don't know whether shreddies have added sugar or not but to decide whether to have shreddies or toast...

Thank you Yes, the eye consultant said he'd seen a few problems linked to meter changes and the optician I saw firstly said it was the severe BS fluctuations that had done the damage. The GP surgery didn't want to know and even after all that just kept on at me to use less testing strips...

Mine changed our meters to a cheap, nasty and useless one nearly two years ago. It was disastrous. So inaccurate it completely undermined any intuitive sense I had of where my BS might be. I had a reading of 30!! I injected only 4 units of novorapid, being cautious, and 45 minutes later I was...

Started asking questions and then read the second page where they're all answered! [emoji4] I've been waiting for nearly 4 months. ... Do all of you who are using the Libre find that the BS readings are accurate compared with the meter you were using previously?

Sometimes I've had that experience, usually when I'm about to get a cold or something. My BS goes much lower than usual. But at other times if I'm having a lot of hypos at meal time, I work out how much novorapid I will need for the meal, taking into account the low BS. For instance, if I'm 3...

Likewise, it's stopped food cravings and snacking.

Yes, I've had very positive results and it's helped to lower my BG levels. I use more veg than fruit and it's best to use organic produce as otherwise you're giving yourself quite a lot of pesticides. I make, a really nice gazpacho for dinner and I have a smoothie for breakfast too. I feel...

Are your blood sugars being controlled by insulin? Usually there is quite a weight gain when you first start using insulin. I was wrongly diagnosed with t2 initially even though I had lost weight (6.5 stone). The gliclazide and metformin made me so ill I stopped taking them as soon as I started...

Yes, I think you're right. I looked at the timetable and 5 days from 9 to 5.30 would be really difficult. I hope there are some alternative timetables.

It may have been a bit highhanded of the Dafne people but please don't hurt yourself because of that. I don't quite understand why they did it because you don't know when you're going to produce insulin and so you still need to count carbs and measure your BS. I used to do that, produce insulin...

Thanks for that information. I'd rather download and read than go to a 5 day course. I'm counting carbs and injecting accordingly anyway but I have to convince them if I want a pump.