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Hi everyone, Help! I'm going on a year long round-the-world trip soon and although I've managed to get travel insurance (which covers my type 1 diabetes) I can't find anyone who will cover my insulin pump should it get damaged/stolen/lost etc. Is anyone familiar with any companies who offer...

Hi, I'm moving to Oz for a year and wondered if any of our Aussie members could tell me whether One Touch test strips are available to buy over there? I phoned One Touch and they didn't know! I'm planning to take a large haul with me but it would be nice to know if I can get them should I run...

Hi everyone, Well that's me been on the pump for 6 weeks and it's going okay - wouldn't say my numbers are any better but I quite like it as it's much easier to give smaller doses for my low-carb lifestyle! Anyway, I'm thinking about going out to Oz in January for a year and wondered if anyone...

Hi everyone, So I got up the courage to open up the box my new pump came in today and thought I might aswell try out an infusion set. So I am now attached to the pump (no insulin in it though!) but I have no idea as to how to remove the set! Do I just pick at the adhesice and pull it straight...

Okay so my new pump arrived in the post today and all of a sudden I'm having major doubts :roll: Did anyone else start to panic/change their mind when that little box finally arrived? I'm meant to start pumping in May but I'm seriously starting to really not want it - I'm sure it didn't...

Hello folks and Happy New Year! I wasn't sure whether to post this in the low-carb forum, the type 1 forum or the insulin pump forum so I'll pop it here and hope for the best. I've been succesfully low-carbing for around four months now and have achieved amazing results - my last Hba1c was 6.1...

I just wanted to share my first HbAc1 result since I started low-carbing Berstein style. It was 6.1 - the lowest its been for a long, long time. I'm 26 and I've been a type 1 for 19 years and after years of rollercoasting between hypos and hypers I took the advice and help from the many...

Hello! Okay so I've got the Collins carb counter booklet in frount of me and there is a column for carbs (g) and a column for Net carbs (g). The net carbs seems to be the gross carns minus the fibre (g) so my question (actually questions!) are thus: Which carbs do I count? Is it carbs minus...

Hi everyone, I need a bit of help. I've recently started low-carbing and need some advice as to what is happening with my sugars. I went to bed last night with a bs of 7 (after having a minor hypo after exercise). I then woke-up this morning at 7am feeling hypo with a BS of 3.5 but recent...

Hi Folks, Right so after 18 years as a Type 1 I've decided to ditch the high carb low fat regime I'm on (I can't cope with hypos followed by hypers followed by hypos anymore) and give low-carb a try. At the moment I'm wading my way through Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution and had a couple of...

Hello, Not sure if this is the right place to post this but here we go and sorry if it's not. Quick intro to myself: I'm Katie, 26 and been type one for 18 years. I live in Edinburgh and I've been offered a fantastic job in London which I'm keen to accept. But I just wonered if anyone...