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hh1 said:
@SueJB when I hypo, I take jelly babies, wait 15 mins, test, if I'm still too low, jelly babies again, 15 mins, test again, and I do that until I'm either over 4 or in the high 3s before I consider whether i want to add in any slow acting carbs. The reasoning is that if you take slower release carbs before you're back up to an acceptable level, any additional fast-acting stuff ie jelly babies/glucose tabs/whatever won't act as quickly as their absorption will be slowed down by slower acting carbs. A couple of weeks ago I was in the 2s and it took me three goes to get somewhere sensible as I had expected bg to come up more quickly in response to the normal treatment. The reason it didn't was because I was hypo immediately after eating my dinner so the jelly babies were on a go-slow, but figuring that out didn't happen till bg was back to a sensible number. Apologies if none of this is news to you :oops:
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@hh1 I was just told, fast once, wait 15 then onto slow so it's good to hear differently from someone who's experienced it. Thanks. Might try jelly babies instead of glucotabs which are quite disgusting
 
helensaramay said:
@karen8967 I second @porl69 with regard to going for a pump. It certainly smoothed out my peaks and troughs.
If you have your clinic on 10th June and you haven't chosen your pump yet, I would be surprised if they "plug you in" on that day. My hospital have to order the pumps for us so we have to decide on important things like colour.

I only know of other people on Medtrum trials and no hospital offering them as standard. In the last 3 week, Patch has been good but, his cousins are rare so I would be a bit more nervous if he was my first pump.
Medtronic is much much more common, I think they have a huge share of the UK pump market. Could this be what was mentioned? Medtronic 640G is the official pump for my area,

I think if you are larger than I (and most adults are), a tubed pump should be less of a concern. Whilst I am enjoying the lack of tubes with Patch, I quickly got used to holding Pumpy when I undressed. And he was quite resilient if I dropped him. I think in 3 years, I caught the tube on a door handle a couple and never pulled the cannula out. Most of the time, especially when I was out, I was conscious of keep them out of the way.

In your position, I would go for the pump clinic on the 10th and deal with your trip when you have to ... you can always go back to injecting whilst you are away.
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Hi helen ive just found hossy letter and consultant has said to pump nurse that i had chosen medtronic 640g which i never did have choice of 3 cant find that letter so i prob will be hooked up on appointment minus insulin i think you have to spent a week fiddling and getting used to it im a size 10 used to be 16/18 but have lost 3-1/2 stone since diagnosis 2 of them very quickly cant seem to put weight on now not that im complaining i had the weight to lose although dont want to lose anymore
 
Diabetes is having it's moment today, I'm jittery and shaky - BG is 8.1 and I've been having headaches since the hormone monster came crashing the party. I don't really want to nap because I had lie in today and I'm not hangry. I guess I'll go build a fort with the sofa and come back later :hilarious:
 
WuTwo said:
I use

Using Insulin by John Walsh - that's for prickers - truly a good and useful book.

and the Think Like a Pancreas one

I haven't read Sugar Surfing but I might get a copy
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Sugar Surfing’s good for pumpers and prickles, The author, Stephen Ponder, has tried his method with both, but some kind of cgm/libre’s essential if the best results are to be achieved. I’m on mdi and try to follow the Sugar Surfing way by using the libre’s arrows to assess if a jab’s needed and how much might be right. I say might because who knows, the Evil D might have taken a dislike to my socks.
 
Thanks @helensaramay I did REALLY think the dresses had been put to bed. Obviously I was wrong o_Oo_O. @karen8967 when I am not wearing a dress Mike the pump is clipped to my jeans on the waistline. I use the middle size tubing and tuck that into my jeans as well. I have had a few people ask me if its a pager, but most hardly now it is there OR just don't bother to ask. As for weightloss, well I was diagnosed when i was 4 1/2 years old and was a skinny little white boy then lol. Never really had any problems with weight gain and I really eat what I want :)
 
porl69 said:
Thanks @helensaramay I did REALLY think the dresses had been put to bed. Obviously I was wrong o_Oo_O. @karen8967 when I am not wearing a dress Mike the pump is clipped to my jeans on the waistline. I use the middle size tubing and tuck that into my jeans as well. I have had a few people ask me if its a pager, but most hardly now it is there OR just don't bother to ask. As for weightloss, well I was diagnosed when i was 4 1/2 years old and was a skinny little white boy then lol. Never really had any problems with weight gain and I really eat what I want :)
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I eat what i want but i have cut down on the sweet stuff my fave is donor kebab somtimes with salad sometimes with chips
 
I eat what I like but annoyingly, what I like is all disgustingly healthy except the hypo Oreos....

I do irritate myself sometimes!
 
SueJB said:
@hh1 I was just told, fast once, wait 15 then onto slow so it's good to hear differently from someone who's experienced it. Thanks. Might try jelly babies instead of glucotabs which are quite disgusting
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@SueJB I think an HCP in the dim and distant past suggested treating hypos this way. It was definitely a nutritionist way way back who told me that jelly babies get into your system faster than anything else; I think there's probably a 'we're all different' aspect to that but I can't bear glucotabs and I don't like jelly babies either, they're just the lesser of two evils for me. And more acceptable now they come in berry flavours only or the tropical ones; I used to throw away the orange and green ones. It just seemed to add insult to injury to have to eat something I really really couldn't bear just because I was hypo.
 
When I was diagnosed I was told to eat two jellybabies and re-test. Thankfully she also mentioned Glucotabs which I don't like but are at least edible from my point of view. Later, of course, I discovered Oreos..........
 
Good grief. So stuffed with dinner I didn't want dessert! I had a jacket potato (Flora Buttery Plant inside), edamame beans, broccoli and a jackfruit burger. I didn't think it would take much to fill me up because my bowl of salad & veg at lunch was very full....

I shall stagger off to the sofa with himself, snuggle up and watch telly for a while.
 
@SueJB - Your hypo, on the back of a series of other hypos sounds vile.

Whilst you say you don't qualify for a Libre on prescription, why not invest in a couple? Even as a T2, I learned a lot about how my body works. That insight was very useful for a few things.

I use the word invest deliberately, as that's how I vew any diabetes supplies or tests I buy. I have never had anything prescribed for diabetes, having managed to treat by diet alone.
 
@wu two I thought of you today as I wandered around Planet Organic - soooo much vegan produce, including reduced price vegan choc. I say reduced price, it’d still be easy to spend all the salary in there....
 
Just a quick mention for the founder of this wonderful thread @Robinredbreast . Not only has this thread proven to be one of the best ever started but if anyone visits forum games there’s a game called ....make a sentence from five words..... it’s a great game and has just reached 1000 pages (one of the most popular games). The game was originally started by no other than RRB.
Well done RRB for giving so much to the forum.:)
 
hh1 said:
@SueJB I think an HCP in the dim and distant past suggested treating hypos this way. It was definitely a nutritionist way way back who told me that jelly babies get into your system faster than anything else; I think there's probably a 'we're all different' aspect to that but I can't bear glucotabs and I don't like jelly babies either, they're just the lesser of two evils for me. And more acceptable now they come in berry flavours only or the tropical ones; I used to throw away the orange and green ones. It just seemed to add insult to injury to have to eat something I really really couldn't bear just because I was hypo.
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@hh1 you've made me smile so much. I just imagine you selecting the colour of the baby to treat your hypo. I'm going to give them a go. Clearly baby production has come on long way on the flavouring
 
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DCUKMod said:
@SueJB - Your hypo, on the back of a series of other hypos sounds vile.

Whilst you say you don't qualify for a Libre on prescription, why not invest in a couple? Even as a T2, I learned a lot about how my body works. That insight was very useful for a few things.

I use the word invest deliberately, as that's how I vew any diabetes supplies or tests I buy. I have never had anything prescribed for diabetes, having managed to treat by diet alone.
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Well done you @DCUKMod for managing the Evil D. Think you might have a point about investing. Any suggestions about where to start looking? what type?
 
SueJB said:
Well done you @DCUKMod for managing the Evil D. Think you might have a point about investing. Any suggestions about where to start looking? what type?
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The Libre, probably from Asda is as good a place as any, when Abbott aren't currently supplying new customers directly
 
Had a great afternoon nettle fighting and I'm cream crackered. I'm having an early night Evil D is smirking at 9 and I'm ignoring her and going to read my book in peace. See you all in the morning
 
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