This is the first protest I’ve been on since having my pump, so it’ll be... interesting! I have a million dextrose tablets with me, and a weeks worth of insulin and spare pods, so I’ve got all the tools to manage things. I suspect there’ll be several rounds of “gin in a tin” while we’re on the streets, which will add more entertainment into the T1 mix. Graph to be published tomorrow! I’m not bored (about halfway there), as I have the forum, music and all the wonders of the inter web at my fingertips. Plus my kindle and some knittingSo at the start of the day is it "Morning coffee grounds"? I hope you have a great ride and do not suffer with travel sickness. Riding in public transport for long hours is going to affect one's BSL compared to the everyday routine, I would expect!! Travelling is also a good way to either succeed in Sodoku or be driven insane!!
@helensaramay - I have always thought you had an exotic surname 'Saramay' now I realise how daft I was Ms May
I like tea, and with all the holes I may actually resemble a teabag.[/QUOTE]
We are definitely a perforated lot
I thought the exact same thing for ages lol@helensaramay - I have always thought you had an exotic surname 'Saramay' now I realise how daft I was Ms May
At least 25 years ago I was told by a specialist that the most effective place to administer insulin was....
Drumroll please...........between the shoulder blades.......
In those days we used whacking great needles so how this was achieved is beyond me.
I've pointed out before that I still marvel at the 4mm ones I now use and I still recall being on 60 plus unit all in one go with whacking great needles!
Anyhoo I struggled again last night with lows and overtreated and ended up in the 12s this morning.
I've started making reindeer again so need to adjust but am struggling as I've just returned from my jollies and can't find a happy medium.
Have a freaky Friday
Tony
Good afternoon fellow pin-cushions
Work has got in the way of say "Hi" this morning.
On the "where to stab?" question, I was told stomach below the belly button, bottom, top of thighs and upper arms. However, I too was told to pinch and never managed to master my double-jointedness enough to pinch my upper arms so never had.
With the pump, I was told I could put the cannula in all these places AND above the belly button provided it had some fat.
Going through the odd ab-obssession at the gym, I still avoid above the belly button but I imagine this is fine for most and would provide another area if you were to migrate from injections to pump.
I have not read the Express article (I read a couple of Matt Atherton stories about diabetes a few months back and got so annoyed about the terrible reporting). However, I found Theresa's (I can't call her "Mrs May" because that's my Mum) response a typical political response. She didn't lie; she said the Libre was available on the NHS which it is. Unfortunately, the MP who posed the question didn't ask the post code lottery aspect and, in politics, asking the right question is as important as getting it answered.
No one I have spoken to without diabetes is aware of the issue and, to be honest, have as much interest in it as I have about a postcode lottery for bowel cancer treatment, for example.
I am not defending Theresa or the NHS but it is the way our political system works, unfortunately.
Still laughing re shoulder blades. Brilliant!
I've always misread your name as "helensarmy", as in fighting diabetes!You are not the first to be confused by my name.
When I don't use my middle name, some have thought "Helen May" was double barrelled first name like "Sally Ann" and, when I lived in Australia, some people thought I was Asian but had Anglicised "Mei".
My favourite is when I work with French people who email "Helene".
Agree. Even more so with her avatar.I've always misread your name as "helensarmy", as in fighting diabetes!
Greetings fellow teabags. Regarding the where to inject issue, I was told way back in early 80 to use legs, and arms and not to inject in stomach. At that time it was glass syringes and needles the size of a small javelin.
Up until very recently I was still using 8mm needles, I was not aware that others were available. Now using 6 mm needles and bruises are now few and far between.
I was also only changing my needle about once a week which no doubt has contributed to all the lumps and bumps on my legs arms and stomach. Now it is changed every injection. I also used to inject through my clothes and on odd occasions still do
Greetings fellow teabags. Regarding the where to inject issue, I was told way back in early 80 to use legs, and arms and not to inject in stomach. At that time it was glass syringes and needles the size of a small javelin.
Up until very recently I was still using 8mm needles, I was not aware that others were available. Now using 6 mm needles and bruises are now few and far between.
I was also only changing my needle about once a week which no doubt has contributed to all the lumps and bumps on my legs arms and stomach. Now it is changed every injection. I also used to inject through my clothes and on odd occasions still do
I can't remember what I was told. Is that new avatar a picture you took yourself, as well?
Hi Alison, yes it was one I took a few years ago. A company brought some owls to our work and we could get really close to them and handle them. Beautiful creatures and this one was very obliging and posed very nicely
that one from Scooby Doo who no one remembers.
As for the use of "teabag" no sorry can't use that as being an online gamer it has a very different meaning
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