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<blockquote data-quote="sicko666" data-source="post: 609846" data-attributes="member: 19942"><p>Thanks for answering, as usual theres total confusion here in the UK when it comes to what you can get or not...</p><p>CGM's = I live in Havering,Essex and apparently in this county there is NO funding for any CGM of any type for any purpose. The CGM i had for the week was a loned one (and the only one) that the diabetic team has and they lone it out to its patients with wierd blood results or conditions,lol yep thats me, but they only loan it to you and only for a week total time, if you need one full time then its bad luck if you live in Havering because you wont get one. I cant afford to buy one myself ( i would if i could after using that one for a week) as the yearly supplies come to over £3,000+ thats just a bit less than i get to live of off for the entire year in total.</p><p></p><p>Blood testing itself i now do using the accu-cheks Mobile BG machine, it contains 50 tests on a drum inside and has a finger pricker that has a drum that holds 6 lancets, you never see any lancets so i have been able to fool my mind into thinking its using something else other that metal shards,lol ie like plastic or glass shards instead, dont ask me how this is working but so far it has made it possible for me to test...( there was a 30 year period with NO BG testing before this meter! ). I alsouse a jet injector at the moment to inject with, the "Insujet" so the hidden needles on the BG machine are the only needles i use at all at the moment....I cant stand seeing them,guns or knifes no worries but needles eck!!!!!</p><p></p><p>As for whats causing the hypo lows in the middle of the night even though i am high before bed i havent got a clue, and neither it seems does my diabetic nurse hense her agreeing to get me a pump as different ratios can be set up during the night. Personally i believe i have always had this condition as all my life, even when in hospitals no-one could stop my night time hypos even when under exact carb input and hourly BG testing but then there was never a CGM thats showed graphs of the exact times and periods of the drops so precislly as there is now. I cant recomend it enough, every diabetic should have one atleast for a week it reveals such detail normal BG testing misses.</p><p></p><p>The pump choices i have are limited too, i could either have the:</p><p>Medtronic Paradigm.</p><p>Roche-Accu-chek.</p><p>Advanced Theurapetics - Dana.</p><p>Aminas.</p><p></p><p>That was all the info she gave me, when i asked what specific models she said she didnt exactly know, but none with any CGM capability just the cheapest ones they make. I am just assuming its the Veo or Combo models as there the ones pushed the most on the sites and the ones people here talk about having. The Veo one is the one my sister got so i am guessing it would be the same one as her, thats the non CGM one, i contacted Medtronic and they said it would probably be the non CGM Veo one too. Like i said its such a postcode lottery when it comes to healthcare nobody really seems to know anything for sure and finding that info out is almost impossible! Lol heck i have my consultants recomendation, my diabetic nure ( whos in charge of pump assignment in havering ) recommendation but it still has to go in frount of a nameless and faceless funding board before i even get the thing, if i get the thing! </p><p></p><p>She told me to choose one from out of the four makers ( the cheapest one possible ) but as they dont tell you the prices i am just going to submit my prefference...I dont really care, they all do exactly the same thing, i just want one,lol, any one...If it happens to be one most people who use them would choose it just means it would probably be the better one of the bunch and i should request that one.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for answering </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/members/novorapidboi26.90156/" target="_blank">novorapidboi26</a></strong></span> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Ps should also add i have retinopaphy ( spelt that wrong! ) and trigger finger nerve damage, hence my rush to get a pump before anything else drops off! These are expected after nearly 40 years of type 1 but i want to try and slow the deteriation, after all i was told i wouldnt make it past 20 so!!!!!!!!!!!! lol <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sicko666, post: 609846, member: 19942"] Thanks for answering, as usual theres total confusion here in the UK when it comes to what you can get or not... CGM's = I live in Havering,Essex and apparently in this county there is NO funding for any CGM of any type for any purpose. The CGM i had for the week was a loned one (and the only one) that the diabetic team has and they lone it out to its patients with wierd blood results or conditions,lol yep thats me, but they only loan it to you and only for a week total time, if you need one full time then its bad luck if you live in Havering because you wont get one. I cant afford to buy one myself ( i would if i could after using that one for a week) as the yearly supplies come to over £3,000+ thats just a bit less than i get to live of off for the entire year in total. Blood testing itself i now do using the accu-cheks Mobile BG machine, it contains 50 tests on a drum inside and has a finger pricker that has a drum that holds 6 lancets, you never see any lancets so i have been able to fool my mind into thinking its using something else other that metal shards,lol ie like plastic or glass shards instead, dont ask me how this is working but so far it has made it possible for me to test...( there was a 30 year period with NO BG testing before this meter! ). I alsouse a jet injector at the moment to inject with, the "Insujet" so the hidden needles on the BG machine are the only needles i use at all at the moment....I cant stand seeing them,guns or knifes no worries but needles eck!!!!! As for whats causing the hypo lows in the middle of the night even though i am high before bed i havent got a clue, and neither it seems does my diabetic nurse hense her agreeing to get me a pump as different ratios can be set up during the night. Personally i believe i have always had this condition as all my life, even when in hospitals no-one could stop my night time hypos even when under exact carb input and hourly BG testing but then there was never a CGM thats showed graphs of the exact times and periods of the drops so precislly as there is now. I cant recomend it enough, every diabetic should have one atleast for a week it reveals such detail normal BG testing misses. The pump choices i have are limited too, i could either have the: Medtronic Paradigm. Roche-Accu-chek. Advanced Theurapetics - Dana. Aminas. That was all the info she gave me, when i asked what specific models she said she didnt exactly know, but none with any CGM capability just the cheapest ones they make. I am just assuming its the Veo or Combo models as there the ones pushed the most on the sites and the ones people here talk about having. The Veo one is the one my sister got so i am guessing it would be the same one as her, thats the non CGM one, i contacted Medtronic and they said it would probably be the non CGM Veo one too. Like i said its such a postcode lottery when it comes to healthcare nobody really seems to know anything for sure and finding that info out is almost impossible! Lol heck i have my consultants recomendation, my diabetic nure ( whos in charge of pump assignment in havering ) recommendation but it still has to go in frount of a nameless and faceless funding board before i even get the thing, if i get the thing! She told me to choose one from out of the four makers ( the cheapest one possible ) but as they dont tell you the prices i am just going to submit my prefference...I dont really care, they all do exactly the same thing, i just want one,lol, any one...If it happens to be one most people who use them would choose it just means it would probably be the better one of the bunch and i should request that one. Thanks for answering [SIZE=4][B][URL='http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/members/novorapidboi26.90156/']novorapidboi26[/URL][/B][/SIZE] :) Ps should also add i have retinopaphy ( spelt that wrong! ) and trigger finger nerve damage, hence my rush to get a pump before anything else drops off! These are expected after nearly 40 years of type 1 but i want to try and slow the deteriation, after all i was told i wouldnt make it past 20 so!!!!!!!!!!!! lol ;) [/QUOTE]
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