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Hi Guys!

My name is Chloe. I'm 26 from Berkshire, UK!

I'd say I'm a bit ditsy, but very caring. I have 2 dogs, Poppy (pomeranian mix chihauhau) and Nancy (english bull terrier). I like watching football, and enjoy playing badminton.

I have 2 tattoo's, one on my hip and one on my ribs. I have my ears and nose pierced.

My favourite music is drum and bass with too many favourite artists to list..

I have a loving boyfriend.

I've visited Spain, Canada and Greece. My favourite city is London!

I work as an office/administration manager for 2 accountancy offices.




It's been nice to introduce myself, and hopefully I'll speak with some of you across these forums! Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction for a forum relating to high blood sugars (especially after breakfast) using the Omnipod 5 pump?

Thank you :)
 
Fitzzz said:
It's been nice to introduce myself, and hopefully I'll speak with some of you across these forums! Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction for a forum relating to high blood sugars (especially after breakfast) using the Omnipod 5 pump?
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Hi Chloe, welcome to the forum.

You can try the insulin pump forum, or simply use the more general Ask a Question or Diabetes Discussions section.
Wherever you choose to post, it always helps to choose a title reflecting the subject, something like "Omnipod 5 and breakfast spikes".
 
Giverny said:
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Are you male or female?
- Which country are you from?
- Which city/area do you live in?
- Are you religious?
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
- Do you have any pets?
- Microsoft or Apple?
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
- Do you get angry easily?
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
- What is your favourite flag?
- Ever gone camping?
- Ever been in love?
- Ever used fake tan?
- Which countries have you visited?
- Favourite city?
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
- List your five favourite films.
- Are you wealthy?
- Do you work? If so, as what?
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
- What do you like most about yourself?
- What do you like least about yourself?

Have fun!
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How do I answer your questions? ... thank you.
 
Giverny said:
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Are you male or female?
- Which country are you from?
- Which city/area do you live in?
- Are you religious?
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
- Do you have any pets?
- Microsoft or Apple?
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
- Do you get angry easily?
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
- What is your favourite flag?
- Ever gone camping?
- Ever been in love?
- Ever used fake tan?
- Which countries have you visited?
- Favourite city?
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
- List your five favourite films.
- Are you wealthy?
- Do you work? If so, as what?
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
- What do you like most about yourself?
- What do you like least about yourself?

Have fun!
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Lee Raymonde Sykes
58
Male
England
Suffolk
No
Placid / Lonely / Unfit
No
Microsoft, wanting to use Apple
Swimming / Gym / Workout
No
No, & no
The Beatles / Ambient music
Ambient
Don't have one
Not in years
Yes
No
USA / France / Netherlands / Spain / Germany
Berlin
I don't watch much TV Programmes - Cooking / DIY Interior, Painting / The Apprentice
European - Subtitled Films
No
No
English / Maths
I like my own company (though sometimes I do feel lonely)
Procrastination
 
Hello, I'm Martin.
Not sure if pre diabetic or not. Been feeling tired/head ache in the afternoon.
Got a trial of free style libre and blood sugar peaks at 9 mm/l so that's not good.
Really want to understand my options and what I can do.

Male
50 ish
Australia
Like walking
Whatever os works I guess
The Severance TV show was really good

Cheers!
 
Hi all!
My given name is Deborah, however, I go by Debbie. A nursing publication suggested this site for an autoimmune diet. I was very excited when I read that this is for diabetes. My future son-in-law has Type1

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ros_beef said:
Really want to understand my options and what I can do.
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If you're worried, what about asking your GP for an hba1c test to see where you stand?
Short peaks up to 9 are not that unusual for non diabetics, could be you're onto something, could be you're nowhere near diabetes.
 
Nonni0417 said:
Hi all!
My given name is Deborah, however, I go by Debbie. A nursing publication suggested this site for an autoimmune diet. I was very excited when I read that this is for diabetes. My future son-in-law has Type1
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Hi Debbie, welcome.
There is no such thing as a diet to cure type 1 diabetes.
While adjusting your food choices can help manage blood glucose levels, no food choice can make dead beta cells produce insulin again.
The treatment for T1 is insulin, because we don't produce it ourselves in sufficient quantities.

Would you mind sharing the publication?
I'm very curious where they found thet this site is good for an autoimmune diet for T1.

There is a lot on diet on the forum, and most of it is about low carb in relation to type 2 diabetes, a condition your future SIL doesn't have.


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- What is your name?

Andy

- How old are you?

58


- Are you male or female?

Male


- Which country are you from?

Scotland

- Which city/area do you live in?

Orkney

- Are you religious?

Yes

- Pick three words to describe your personality.

Larger than life

- Do you have any pets?

A 3 legged German Shepherd reacue

- Microsoft or Apple?

Apple

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?

None

- Do you get angry easily?

No

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?

No

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.

Mumford & Sons
Runrig
The Lumineers
Simon & Garfunkel
UB40

- What would you say your favourite music genre is?

Classical / Folk

- What is your favourite flag?

A red one

- Ever gone camping?

Yes

- Ever been in love?

Yes

- Ever used fake tan?
No


- Which countries have you visited?

Loads

- Favourite city?

Istanbul

- List your five favourite films.

Gladiator
Kind Hearts and Coronets


- Are you wealthy?

Ha

- Do you work? If so, as what?

Minister of Religion

- List the subjects you study/have studied.

History of the Highlands & Islands
Island Governance

- What do you like most about yourself?
 
Hi All
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
Wouldn't want to risk breaking readers screens.

- What is your name?
bogwort47 - been this since I started posting on fora early in the century.

- How old are you?
77

- Are you male or female?
M

- Which country are you from?
UK for last 3 to 4 centuries at least, prior to that Celtic and mixed European origins. Like all other British people I am of immigrant stock since the last Ice Age about 12000 years ago; that's as far as we currently know our history.

- Which city/area do you live in?
Portsmouth - Southampton

- Are you religious?
Yes, but not in the classical way.

- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Persistent, helpful and forthright.
18 months ago I received a piece of paper which confirmed that I am on the ASD, Autism Spectrum - it has explained a great deal of my life in retrospect

- Do you have any pets?
Used to have cats.

- Microsoft or Apple?
Apple but now wish I had not - hugely frustrated by their business practices which are unspeakable.

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Love to be in and on the water

- Do you get angry easily?
Used to - not worth the trouble now - just try to chuckle to myself.

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
No way.

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Way too many - so many hit the spot in different ways.

- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
See above: from Ancient to synthesised.

- What is your favourite flag?
Union Jack

- Ever gone camping?
All my life and still at it - most recently slept out (over night) in January 2025 inside the Antarctic Circle in a Bivvy Bag on Cape America, Marguerite Bay, and yes it was on the snow and took a dip the following evening.

- Ever been in love?
Who knows what that is - would I have laid down my life for someone else? Have I been bewitched and drawn to someone possibly to the exclusion of common sense? Has someone filled my life with joy for a while? Have I cherished someone above all others? I will leave the reader to judge.

- Ever used fake tan?
No Way - I tan easily

- Which countries have you visited?
All 7 Continents - too many countries to list.

- Favourite city?
None - they all have their own essence.

- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Way too many - so many hit the spot in different ways from all the genres.

- List your five favourite films.
Way too many - so many hit the spot in different ways from all the genres.

- Are you wealthy?
I get by.

- Do you work? If so, as what?
Not for pay now - volunteer.

- List the subjects you study/have studied.
It easier to Identify the ones I think I know least about and that is music and art, but I have some basic study and grown experience.
In my early years I focussed on Maths and Physics thence Engineering and Management Systems integrated with the evolution of computers and their applications.

- What do you like most about yourself?
Still putting that into perspective after the Autism diagnosis

- What do you like least about yourself?
Still putting that into perspective after the Autism diagnosis


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My name is Susan
I am 64 years old, 65 later this month
My pronouns are she/her
I come from NY in the US, but have been in Britain since 1993. I live in East London
I am a secular Jew (so not religious)
intense, funny, neurotic
I have 4 cats and fish (we inherited the fish when we moved in and I've restocked the pond)
3 ear piercings
The Clash, The Cramps, The Ramones, the Grateful Dead, The Specials
- Favourite city? That's tough, probably, New York, Venice and Prague
- List your five favourite TV programmes: Bob's Burgers, South Park, Rick and Morty, and the Simpsons
- List your five favourite films: Young Frankenstein, Bladerunner, Alien, The Third Man, A Streetcar Named Desire
- Do you work? If so, as what? No, I have impairments which make that difficult
- List the subjects you study/have studied. Psychology and Philosophy (undergraduate) Economics (graduate school, I used to teach at University which is how I wound up here) ...

I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes when I was 50; there has been difficulty managing it and I probably have LADA as I have had ketosis twice and acidosis-ketosis once

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- What is your name?
Mika!
- How old are you?
18 years old.
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
America.
- Which city/area do you live in?
Ohio.
- Are you religious?
No, but my mother is a minister.
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Kind, honest, caring (according to my family)
- Do you have any pets?
We have 7!
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Ice hockey, and I used to play soccer.
- Do you get angry easily?
If it's for my family, yes.
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Yes! My ears and belly button are pierced, and i have four tattoos on my arms.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
1. James Marriott
2. Cavetown
3. Artic Monkeys
4. Mehro
5. JVKE
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Hip hop, according to my friends. I like most music, though.
- What is your favourite flag?
I honestly don't know
- Ever gone camping?
Yes! I loved it.
- Ever been in love?
Yes
- Ever used fake tan?
Nope
- Which countries have you visited?
Just America for now
- Favourite city?
Probably Pidgeon Forge, Tennessee.
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
We don't have cable, but I used to absolutely love TLC and Cartoon Network.
- List your five favourite films.
1. Swan Princess
2. Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
3. The Dark Knight
4. Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse
5. Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Are you wealthy?
Not quite
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Yes! I'm a barista and an accountant.
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
As of right now, sociology, journalism, Traditional art (drawing and painting), and coding.
- What do you like most about yourself?
My joy in everything I have around me, even the little things.
- What do you like least about yourself?
My fear of new things.
 
Hi all!

- What is your name? Lindsay (known as Linds, as no-one can ever spell my name right!)
- How old are you? 67
- Are you male or female? Female
- Which country are you from? UK
- Which city/area do you live in? Cheshire
- Are you religious? No!
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Easy-going, Friendly, Caring
- Microsoft or Apple? Both! (MS on PCs, Apple on phone/tablet/watch)
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? None
- Do you get angry easily? No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? No tattoos - piercings only for earrings
- Do you have any Pets? 2 cats (Or rather, our Cats have 2 humans)
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Very mixed!! Depends on my mood!
- Ever gone camping? - Yes - with the Girl Guides decades ago - hated it!!
- Ever been in love? Still am - with husband, my family, my cats, my saxophones,
- Ever used fake tan? Only if you count that ones generated by an electric sun-bed?
- Which countries have you visited? Lots!
- Favourite city? Venice
- List your five favourite films. Can only think of one that sticks out :-/ Top Gun
- Do you work? If so, as what? Retired Sofware Engineer and College Lecturer

Diagnosed at end of April with a random blood test showing hba1c result of 127!! Immediately sent for lots of tests, and put on metformin. (I was only marginally overweight). Started straight away on a low carb diet, and signed up for the free Libre Sensor 2 Plus trial. Managing so far to keep BS data within the 3.9 to 9 range, (Still can’t believe how - from a recent 127 hba1c result!!) …. Nothing more to do apart from wait another 6 weeks before next hba1c test. All the other test results have come back as “normal”. Doc and Diabetic nurse are both very confused - as am I!!!
 
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