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I find once removed, use some liquid soap and rub that directly to skin then after a few minutes wash off with warm water. After that just rub in some baby oil and that does trick
 
Knikki said:
Interesting, by the look of things yes your next HB1Ac might be higher but if they are playing the long game, which you have to do in T1D, then one higher HB1Ac might not be a bad thing if it gives you the constancy your after.
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Yep, I've had 17 years of high hba1c results so I'm sure 1 more won't be a terrible thing. Glimp is currently predicting my next hba1c will be 42, my last 1 was 66. But at the same time I have been having daily hypos and loss of hypo awareness. As the DSN said it's about more than your hba1c result but quality of diabetes life, and that's not good for me at the moment.

After my first meal with the 10:1 dosage I went from 5.6 pre-meal to 12.5 3.5 hours later...this is going to be hard to give up control and my urge to interfere and leave it to others to decide what I need to be doing
<-- control freak
 
helensaramay said:
Have you tried the generic "sticky stuff remover"?
Some people call it nail varnish remover which is weird because nail varnish is not sticky once it is dry.
I find I use mine for removing sticky labels and the like more than removing varnish from nails.

That's nails of the finger and toe variety; not the hammering in wall variety. Unless they are covered in sticky stuff, I guess.
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Sticky stuff remover is great.
I've used it to remove the "3M" adhesive padding used to stick aftermaket gadgetry to dash boards? (Like ETC card readers for Japanese toll roads or badly positioned tranmitter airials on windscreens.)
Or used it to clean up areas where applying an adhesive mounted fixing like a number plate..

Comes in a funky deodorant style can! :)
 
Mel dCP said:
Just having a coffee break on my training day, and the subject of medic alert tattoos came up. Paramedics are told to basically ignore them, as they could be done in honour of a loved one, while drunk etc. And they’re also not told to actively look for them... also, they’re not trained to check on people’s phones for medical info, so don't do it. The police would, if they’re on scene, but basically we can’t rely on that stuff. Dog tags would get noticed on an unconscious patient because of checking heart stuff and doing CPR.

Back to the grindstone, with my dead leg following tourniquet practice.
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That’s really useful to know @Mel dCP, I used to have a dog tag and now have a bracelet but will get, or make, another dog tag. Are SOS bracelets ignored too?
 
Wow!

An interesting day. Some of you may remember I posted a couple of days ago about an argument with an angle grinder?

Well last night I was considering "should I go for a second opinion & get this stitched up..?"
I took a pic last night before bed when I uncovered it to let it breath & it was starting to look a little dewy..
During the night, the wrist was getting angry...

I woke this morning for work feeling spaced out. Yep, hypo 3.2. Treated it but something was still not right. By this time I was 7.4Mmol.

Phoned work told em I was off to A&E & I'll get there when I get there.. Put the phone down & passed out.
Came too a couple of hours later & realised I hadn't walked the dog.. I was ready for work & the wound was dressed. BGs were fine & the walk cleared my head a little.

Not familiar with the layout of this hospital, I eventually found a minor injury unit.
Now I hadn't been to an A&E in years but I know there tends to be a bit of a wait. My BG dipped again during this time. (2.9.)
By about 1pm I was seen by an HCP. Uncovering my dressing, the "dewyness" looked to have a green snotty hue?
I even had a little trouble removing my wedding ring when asked for the treatment.

I was thoroughly cleaned up & prescribed a course of Flucoxacillin 500mg tabs. (Antibiotics.)

Moral of the story. Watch yer injuries out there they can turn quick..

I can honestly say I've never had an issue with healing, so saw this one as not such a big deal...

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Fairygodmother said:
That’s really useful to know @Mel dCP, I used to have a dog tag and now have a bracelet but will get, or make, another dog tag. Are SOS bracelets ignored too?
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Emergency medics don’t tend to take pulses, but they do rip the tops off unconscious patients in the event of a cardiac arrest, so they’d see dog tags more than bracelets. They just don’t actively look for them. The primary objectives are to deal with catastrophic bleeding, then the airway, breathing and circulation stuff. Blood sugar issues and other stuff are way down the list or priorities. There is further training to do that, if we want to. However, when doing your initial assessment of their breathing, you use not just looking, but hearing and sense of smell, so you’d pick up the irregular & noisy breathing of a DKA as well as the smell of ketones.
Having said all that, if you were to keel over in Sainsbury’s, whoever calls an ambulance may look for tattoos and medic alert jewellery, as well as your phone, and pass that info on, so it may still be worth having.
 
@Jaylee .
Close call on both fronts me thinks.
Should make next angle grinding job a bit more interesting :). Maybe one of those cold sweat feelings, if only momentarily.
Never underestimate the power of the dark side / green stuff.
 
therower said:
@Jaylee .
Close call on both fronts me thinks.
Should make next angle grinding job a bit more interesting :). Maybe one of those cold sweat feelings, if only momentarily.
Never underestimate the power of the dark side / green stuff.
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Oddly, I'd just turned the device off when it kicked up? But the wheel was still rotating as it came to a stop..
My gaffer "suggested" that this wouldn't have happened if I wasn't wearing gloves.? The gloves helped slow the wheel as it chewed though the cuff, thus restiting the exstent of the injury..

I've dressed worse cuts on broken glass doing the washing up, with no ill efect.
It really did almost feel like I was coming down with flu? This morning, but without the snot.. Well, apart from the weeping on my wrist..;)
 
@Jaylee .
I’ve done the very same with angle grinders. The switch is off, you put it down and yep the **** wheel hits whatever and up jumps the **** thing.
My most feared power tool though is .....chain saw. Don’t own one and don’t want to.:)
 
becca59 said:
So, on World Diabetes day it is my 59th birthday. It has been a good day. They have said I am going to get the Libre for free in April. Quick, duck and watch that flying pig!! My Fiasp and new half unit pen has arrived after a couple of weeks of chasing, Whoop! The decorator has finished in my lounge in 2 1/2 days. I am tipsy, whoop! and testing my new insulin with a 90 carb meal from M and S. it was yummy![/QUOTE

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Jaylee said:
Oddly, I'd just turned the device off when it kicked up? But the wheel was still rotating as it came to a stop..
My gaffer "suggested" that this wouldn't have happened if I wasn't wearing gloves.? The gloves helped slow the wheel as it chewed though the cuff, thus restiting the exstent of the injury..
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My employer does civil engineering consultancy, so as a result I get exposed to a lot of H+S stuff, even though it doesn't directly affect me (IT...). The difference in attitudes towards safety can be quite scary - the amount of effort our lot put into it compared to the real life accident reports I read occasionally. This isn't paper cut level stuff, this is "man crushed between turning digger and wall" or "metal tape measure falls off bridge being measured onto overhead railway lines underneath causing electrocution" - little mistakes causing death. The main thing I've learned over the years is don't take shortcuts and don't mess about with safety.

Unfortunately the HSE site is offline otherwise it would be easy to find what they say on the subject, which should be the end of any argument with the boss if they say use gloves. I've found various other places mandating gloves - but they also say two hands on the grinder at all times while it's moving.

Hope it all gets better anyway - it probably will, albeit with a nice scar :-)
 
Jaylee said:
Wow!

An interesting day. Some of you may remember I posted a couple of days ago about an argument with an angle grinder?

Well last night I was considering "should I go for a second opinion & get this stitched up..?"
I took a pic last night before bed when I uncovered it to let it breath & it was starting to look a little dewy..
During the night, the wrist was getting angry...

I woke this morning for work feeling spaced out. Yep, hypo 3.2. Treated it but something was still not right. By this time I was 7.4Mmol.

Phoned work told em I was off to A&E & I'll get there when I get there.. Put the phone down & passed out.
Came too a couple of hours later & realised I hadn't walked the dog.. I was ready for work & the wound was dressed. BGs were fine & the walk cleared my head a little.

Not familiar with the layout of this hospital, I eventually found a minor injury unit.
Now I hadn't been to an A&E in years but I know there tends to be a bit of a wait. My BG dipped again during this time. (2.9.)
By about 1pm I was seen by an HCP. Uncovering my dressing, the "dewyness" looked to have a green snotty hue?
I even had a little trouble removing my wedding ring when asked for the treatment.

I was thoroughly cleaned up & prescribed a course of Flucoxacillin 500mg tabs. (Antibiotics.)

Moral of the story. Watch yer injuries out there they can turn quick..

I can honestly say I've never had an issue with healing, so saw this one as not such a big deal...

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Oh my goodness Jaylee, I hope you make a good recovery, my stomach is turning over just looking at it. Sending you a get well (((((((( (hug ))))))
 
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becca59 said:
So, on World Diabetes day it is my 59th birthday. It has been a good day. They have said I am going to get the Libre for free in April. Quick, duck and watch that flying pig!! My Fiasp and new half unit pen has arrived after a couple of weeks of chasing, Whoop! The decorator has finished in my lounge in 2 1/2 days. I am tipsy, whoop! and testing my new insulin with a 90 carb meal from M and S. it was yummy!
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From mr "health & safety". :p;) Happy birthday, enjoy you evening in your new makeover lounge..

But above all.. Keep an eye on the BGs with new insulins & booze.. :)
 
therower said:
@Jaylee .
I’ve done the very same with angle grinders. The switch is off, you put it down and yep the **** wheel hits whatever and up jumps the **** thing.
My most feared power tool though is .....chain saw. Don’t own one and don’t want to.:)
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Lol, I don't own a chainsaw either..

One of my previous jobs, I've needed to be mindful strimming in a dog walking area... :hungover::banghead:;)
 
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