Type 1'stars R Us

Morning fellow colanders. Woke to a wonderful blanket of snow up here near Glasgow about 6cm of the stuff. Looks beautiful.

Now down in south Englandshire, I am sure all the roads, shops airports travel hubs would be closed by now. But up here its business as usual

BG still being a pain still running high. Need to look at doing a few tweeks on them

Hope you all have a great day I am off to clear my path of snow

smc4761 said:

Woke to a wonderful blanket of snow up here near Glasgow about 6cm of the stuff. Looks beautiful.

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And 50 miles east of you, we've got a sort of aggresive mix of sleet/hail/rain! Think I'll just stay in today!

porl69 said:

Good morning all. Still nothing on my MM/xdrip....going to uninstall then reinstall later on.

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When I first got the blucon transmitter before mm, I noticed that each time a new nightly release of xdrip came out, there was posts on the "issues" page saying there was glitches.

I decided just to keep the version I had, not do updates or automatic downloads of newer versions.

I vaguely recall there's been some mention of glitches through newer versions of android and the watch OS, so I've been telling all the upgrade messages to do one.

Maybe wind it all back to an older version?

Scott-C said:

And 50 miles east of you, we've got a sort of aggresive mix of sleet/hail/rain! Think I'll just stay in today!

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Weather miserable here too. Having a day with my sewing machine and new vinyl. Very considerate of my favourite band to release a remastered version of my favourite album with a load of unheard stuff, I thought.

Scott-C said:

When I first got the blucon transmitter before mm, I noticed that each time a new nightly release of xdrip came out, there was posts on the "issues" page saying there was glitches.

I decided just to keep the version I had, not do updates or automatic downloads of newer versions.

I vaguely recall there's been some mention of glitches through newer versions of android and the watch OS, so I've been telling all the upgrade messages to do one.

Maybe wind it all back to an older version?

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Thank you. Is that easy to do lol

Couldnt resist

DCUKMod said:

What are you sewing Mel?

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Bit of patchwork quilting. I have a little freehand machine quilting to do on one I made a while ago just to finish it off. It’s been on the bed a while, and I can’t wash it (the filling will puff up) until I’ve finished that bit. Then I’ll get on with my reversible skull rag quilt!

helensaramay said:

We need to go careful with our anti "rest of the forum" rhetoric.

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Nah, some things need to be said.

It's really disturbing seeing newly dx'd T1s being misled into thinking they need to rule out an entire food group when the reality is that most situations are totally manageable with cgm and a basic understanding of ratios and timing.

It's absolutely pathetic the number of times a parent of a newly dx'd T1 kid is looking for advice on how to deal with spikes, only for them to be told that the type1grit kids are doing "better".

I'd love to see some psychological studies of how the long term welfare of type1grit kids have worked out.

I suspect many of them have turned up at school telling teachers, "mum doesn't let me eat this, can I try it, are carrots and onions really that bad, that stew looks nice but dad says it might have cornflour in it, so I can't, they make me watch that Bernstein guy on youtube, he's creepy..."

Post edited by moderator for misrepresenting the forum ethos and rules.

I think we all have a role to play in monitoring such food issues, if you see a vegan attacked go in and post decent info, if you see a T1 told no carbs - explain they can, if all hell is visible report. It’s no good just muttering, call things out guys, and on the thread in question- not back here.

If by some stretch of the imagination the now removed post I made in a vegetarian forum has caused angst even though well meant I apologise.
But I shall not abide the behaviour exhibited on this thread.
Time to leave this thread forever.

Scott-C said:

Nah, some things need to be said.

It's really disturbing seeing newly dx'd T1s being misled into thinking they need to rule out an entire food group when the reality is that most situations are totally manageable with cgm and a basic understanding of ratios and timing.

It's absolutely pathetic the number of times a parent of a newly dx'd T1 kid is looking for advice on how to deal with spikes, only for them to be told that the type1grit kids are doing "better".

I'd love to see some psychological studies of how the long term welfare of type1grit kids have worked out.

I suspect many of them have turned up at school telling teachers, "mum doesn't let me eat this, can I try it, are carrots and onions really that bad, that stew looks nice but dad says it might have cornflour in it, so I can't, they make me watch that Bernstein guy on youtube, he's creepy..."

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It’s the whole balance between physical and mental health that is key here. Speaking from n=1 personal experience, I know my mental health is better because my levels are way better thanks to following a grit way of eating. But I’m an adult, with two decades of horrible diabetes management under my belt. So I can choose how I want to manage the failure of my pancreas. I can’t seem to balance carbs and the insulin action/delivery to avoid swinging levels, and it’s not like I don’t have enough education and skills to be able to manage the numbers side of it. I’m mildly jealous of those of you who do, in the same way that I’m mildly jealous of those of you who can eat meat and cheese without your lungs seizing up. But it is what it is. One size doesn’t fit all.

I’ve only been following Bernstein’s method for just over a year, and while it is undeniably restrictive (especially combined with my enforced vegetarianism), I feel it’s given me the freedom to not worry about swinging levels because I don’t have much insulin or carbohydrate in my system to affect it. I pretty much forget about diabetes and can concentrate on what I’m actually doing, be it teaching or first responder stuff. Psychologically that’s been really beneficial (for me), but I don’t know how it'll pan out mentally long term for youngsters. It’s totally different for me as a middle aged woman. I’m not even vaguely fussed about fitting in or doing the same as my peers! But working with young people in schools, I’ve observed that anyone that sticks their head above the parapet gets shot down. Differences are picked on, teenagers can be pretty vile to each other.

There’s a lot of cultism about - be it veganism, keto, LCHF, carbism, carnivory... the Internet makes it easier to find other like minded people, and echo chambers easily develop. Same with politics and religion, not just food! I find some of the T1G stuff a little bit too extreme, tbh. Bernstein’s recommendation that women continuously take the contraceptive pill to avoid menstruating and the accompanying hormonal insulin resistance each month makes me very uneasy. I’d rather work with my body and learn how to react to its natural functions rather than quash them with hormones.

I’ve had a few PMs from members asking me how I eat, and I’m always happy to chat, same as when I get tagged into posts when T1s ask about low carb eating. I may suggest having a go reducing carbs when someone complains that they just can’t manage, as another strategy to try, but I don’t believe for a moment that it’s the only way to manage T1.

I love this thread because we can talk about our food choices sensibly and mostly without castigating each other. It’s such a crucial part of T1 management and it’s wonderful that we’re all so open here about discussing our food choices. Last night I had my favourite of the fake meats, a vegan shredded shwarma kebab thing. I fried that in coconut oil until it went a bit crispy, chucked in half a tub of chilli and garlic olives to heat through and served it with spicy roasted broccoli.


Was 12g carbs, for what it’s worth. The broccoli stems tasted a little like chips to me - quite sweet in the centre with a slightly crisp outside. Anyway, I’m rambling so will shut up and turn my record over. Listening to the Hooten Hallers, I’d highly recommend them! They were supporting the Dead South last month (also recommended) and are one of my new favourite finds.

Knikki said:

Evening.

Yeah I know not posted much this week mainly because of the food fanatics in other threads which just depress/annoy me intensely but now drunk so though would wonder in.

@porl69 did you get your tech issues sorted?
@Capt-Slog your Jelly Baby and the microwave experiment was the funnies things I have read on here for a long time.
@Cumberland what's up? What the doc say?
@Mel dCP get your voice back?
@karen8967 how's the lie ins going?

Everyone else hav a HUG!

Anyway I am now off to blow s*** up somewhere in the universe, might have to split dose around Venus mind you plus also drunk and feel awesome after a full on carb plus tea and chocolate.

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Hello @Knikki

Past 2 years have had Neuropathy quite bad in my feet tried Amitriptylene, Duloxatine, Gabapentin a mix of Gabapentin and Amitriptylene along with Cocodomol

Yesterday the Doc said I’ll have to basically live with it as the meds have provided no relief

That’s life

porl69 said:

Thank you. Is that easy to do lol

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Yes on the xDrip release page they usually have a whole stack of releases, all you need to do in uninstall the version you have now and reinstall with a previous version.

I think, can't remember, but you will have to set everything back up again, like alarms, limits etc.

Knikki said:

Yes on the xDrip release page they usually have a whole stack of releases, all you need to do in uninstall the version you have now and reinstall with a previous version.

I think, can't remember, but you will have to set everything back up again, like alarms, limits etc.

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Thank you. Just done it all. Had a brain meltdown before lol. It's all working as of 5 mins ago. Will keep you updated. Again thank you

Mel dCP said:

It's the whole balance between physical and mental health that is key here.

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For sure, Mel, I'm not knocking low carb/keto per se, I'm knocking those who stridently insist it is the only way, to the point where they say, as they often do, that any other way is irresponsible.

Mel dCP said:

Listening to the Hooten Hallers, I’d highly recommend them!

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I revisited my (mildly) misspent youth a few weeks back! The Cameo, a small independent cinema near me, ran a documentary about Sonic Youth and a film of them doing Daydream Nation live on Glasgow as a celebration of its 30th year.

The drummer Steve Shelley was there doing a question and answer session, totally down to earth bloke, no rock star airs and graces about him.

When asked what their motivation was, he said, "well, back in that era, don't want to kick a man when he's down, but we didn't want to sound like Phil Collins."

Cumberland said:

Hello @Knikki

Past 2 years have had Neuropathy quite bad in my feet tried Amitriptylene, Duloxatine, Gabapentin a mix of Gabapentin and Amitriptylene along with Cocodomol

Yesterday the Doc said I’ll have to basically live with it as the meds have provided no relief

That’s life

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Wow sorry to hear that, not sure I can offer any help other than a shoulder.

But a question, does not running lower blood sugar levels, like between say 5 - 10 not help?

The Scientific Experiment of the stresses of Rugby Supporting v. Church Going is on its final weekend. Marathon weekend for both, so plenty of data will be produced.

Early morning walk has happened this morning, and will happen (weather permitting) tomorrow!

Started well with an excellent pre-lunch, post-walk number. Italy v. France the least stressful of the three matches, for me.