MeiChanski
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Diabetes was strange yesterday, it didn't spike when I had a junk food session with my bf but it spiked very badly when I ate my usual dinner.
Diabetes was strange yesterday, it didn't spike when I had a junk food session with my bf but it spiked very badly when I ate my usual dinner.
I'm back from the clinic, and I asked the nice doctor I saw about a pump. I wrote something very tentative on the "what would you like to talk about" box of the form they get us to fill in. He looked at my Libre results and said "I don't see why not", and then said it could take about a year. He was very impressed by how few spikes I had, which I though quite amusing, because when I get one they don't feel like not very many. HbA1c was 38, which is an improvement on last time, so I suspect the longer we have it the easier it gets.
Really do hope you're doing OK @Robinredbreast. Know exactly how you feel when you lose your essential meds. I panic mega styleLast night i was hunting around for my RLS tablets, Ropinirole as I only have about 2 1/2 day left, I couldn't find any more so rang Boots this morning to ask if I could have them sooner ( my repeats are now on the 8th, this date had been changed because of a mix up) she said she would put an urgent through but it may take 72 hrs, so I decoded to phone my surgery.
I explained what had happened and she said the same, could be 72 hrs, but and there's a big but, the surgery will only allow certain medication to be classed as urgent and she said I can either go in to surgery or email, so I emailed.
I was getting very, very anxious as I can't do without the tablet's, as I am unable to sleep, relax, read a book because of the awful restless legs, and unable to sit down either also it can affect my arms too.
So, I decided to go through the kitchen draw that I keep the tablets in with other bits and pieces, well quite a lot really, so the kitchen draw had a big clean out and low and behold I found some loose tablets, about 2 1/2 days worth, but don't know how long they have been in there, but as I am desperate, I will take the anyway and I pray that they will work, so, so happy I found some
Here is the list :
Whilst the vast majority of medication requests are of a non-urgent nature we do provide same day urgent prescriptions for certain medications. This service is strictly limited to the following medications/patient groups: –
o Asthma and COPD reliever inhalers
o Anticoagulation
o Insulin, and associated products and other antidiabetic medications
o Antiepileptics
o GTN spray
o Long term steroids & Immune suppressants
o Antipsychotics
o Anti-arrhythmic’s
o Palliative care patients medications
o Long term antibiotics
I also asked receptionist If I could have a telephone consultation with GP, but he is fully booked until next week !!
@Alison54321 well done on the excellent figure
Keeping my fingers crossed for you with the pump, once you get the hang of it, it will make a big difference to your life
I concede that anthropomorphism isn't everyone's cup of tea but it makes me laugh and I don't drink tea. It also enables me to distance myself in a funny way while still dealing with the condition.
They’re fab. It’s not the first time it’s happened!
I always find when I'm trying to get it to go back down how weirdly accurate the little Libre gingerbread man is.
Alongside pre-bolusing, I'd put being able to track iob on a par as one of the most useful T1 management techniques. Makes a world of difference knowing how much iob I've got when I'm deciding whether or not to correct. I'd encourage any newly dx'd T1 to get some sort of device/app which lets them track iob.
@Alison54321 it is human because I am so I suppose it's not in the strictess sense anthropomorphism. Referring to BG as Madam makes me laugh and angry, frustrated and keeps me and everyone on their toes. Have to watch out for peripheral neuropathy too, heheheThat's interesting, it has the opposite effect for me, I don't like treating it as if it were human, and existed in it's own right. I don't know why, I'll have to think about this, I think to me it feels like a loss of control, but I'm not sure.
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Do you have a garden I can use if I ever end up at a party at your place?I am currently (slowly) redecorating my house, and that is so not going to be my new living room wallpaper, although I suppose if I got drunk enough, it might do for the bathroom...
Do you have a garden I can use if I ever end up at a party at your place?
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