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Jun 28, 2014
glen4
46 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets An Insulin passport is similar to a debit card! I have 2- 1 for Novorapid. 1 for Levemir. It states your type + dosage in short really! |
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Jun 27, 2014
Muna A H
34 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets Hi,Wow, you are very well organized, but I am actually wondering what is Insulin passport? Muna |
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Jun 27, 2014
stephenbrowne
37 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets I use a travel bag with a shoulder strap and handle in which I carry:Contour Link blood glucose meter with finger pricking device, spare lancets, paper tissues pack, small pack of hand wet wipes Optium Xceed meter for ketone testing with Freestyle optium beta ketone test strips Desang zip wallet with Luxura pen loaded with a Humalog cartrige and Novopen with Levemir cartridge with pen needles in case my insulin pump breaks down. Spare insulin pump batteries Small bottle of Lucozade Plastic cylinder with Glucotabs ( 4g CHO / tab) Sainsbury's fruit jelly sweets ( 10g/ sweet) for use as CHO supplement for exercise Carbs & Cals booklet Insulin passport Medtronic veo paradigm insulin pump instruction leaflet ( in case I were to be incapacitated and someone else needed to know how it works!) I like the Contour link meter as it automatically sends blood sugar results to the pump (wifi) and it does not need calibrating. It uses a minute blood sample and result appears in 5 seconds. |
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Jun 27, 2014
glen4
46 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Levemir clogging needles Best to change them so they remain sterile!
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Jun 27, 2014
glen4
46 posts
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It's best to use a new needle each and every time! Otherwise your needles are no longer hygienic! |
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Jun 27, 2014
BeccyB
50 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Levemir clogging needles Yes I get 'clogging' with levemir too. I use the disposable pens so it can't be a dodgy pen, unless there are a lot of dodgy ones!!I reuse needles but am trying to stop - just easier to not have to faff about changing it sometimes 
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Jun 25, 2014
Warwick
423 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Contact lens Hello Meltow,Like Alturn, I had blurred vision around the time of my diagnosis and my optometrist wouldn't prescribe new glasses for me until my BGs had settled down to normal. After that, I wore the same glasses, in fact I'm wearing them now. They are my backup pair as I got a new prescription a couple of months ago, but I can use either without issue. I've never worn contacts though so can't comment on that. |
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Jun 25, 2014
Warwick
423 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets Hand Sanitizer in small bottleSmall going-out meter - True Result. Jelly Beans - lots Frio cooling bag containing my pens. Small pill bottle to dump rubbish in - needle seals, used test strips etc. |
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Jun 24, 2014
Neville COL
23 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets Depends what I m doing: basically I always have QA insulin (Humalog in pen), Background (Levemir) if needed, needles for insulin pens, lancets for blood tests,blood test machine/strips, glucose tablets for emergency: all contained in a zip bag which once had socks in it... |
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Jun 24, 2014
alturn
78 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Contact lens Meltow - Blurred vision is one of the symptoms of high BM levels, so was most likely caused by diabetes not lenses, I also had blurred vision before diagnosis, and have it again if BM is consistently high - but since doing DAFNE nearly 2 years ago it has not recurred as my BM is not going so high and low.I wear glasses - I had lenses for about a year a long time ago but they didn't work for me. |
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Jun 23, 2014
Nat-Sav
15 posts
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I was just looking through the Carb Links page and I think the Harvester link is out of date. It's shown as http://www.harvester.co.uk/nutritional-information. |
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Jun 22, 2014
meltow
78 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Contact lens Before being diagnosed as diabetic I wore contact lenses. Leading up to my diagnosis, about 6 months before, I had problems with my lenses. Eyesight becoming blurry periodically, and my eyes were definitely less moist. I reverted to wearing glasses again.Having never had problems before, and comfortably worn lenses for about 15 years, was the onset of my diabetes the cause of the eye problems? I don't know and have never asked. Nowadays, I only tend to wear them as a one off. |
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Jun 22, 2014
avanella
9 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets Below are my GadgetsEzy-fit case Optium exceed meter - Free style test strips, Optium exceed meter - Free stlye ketone test strips, Accua CHeck multi Clicks - Less pain BI Pen - Glargine Qa pens - Spart Soft Jelly ( The natural Brand ) 3pcs = 25gram Carbs Alcohol wipes Dafne carbs booklet American Weigh Black Blade Digital Pocket Scale, 1000 by 0.1 G |
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Jun 22, 2014
john m
15 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets both insulins jelly babies accu check mobile great for when your out no messing with strips or changing lancets quick and easy needle clipper cereal bar booking my bm readings on my mobile dafne online |
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Jun 21, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets The PDM for my pump, a ketone meter, ketone test strips, finger pricker, lancets, insulin, blood test strips, spare pod (insulin pump), batteries for PDM, and dextrose!
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Jun 21, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Contact lens I wear lenses with no issues...have regular eye checks, contact lens checks and the normal diabetic screening that shows I have background retinopathy. |
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Jun 20, 2014
Garry
328 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Burning Palm I wondered if that might be the case.Sorry to be a bit negative but I'm afraid that as long term type 1s we are prone to carpel tunnel syndrome and to developing nerve pinching of the finger nerves within the palms of our hands. This is caused by the thickening of the sheaths which carry the sinews and nerves to each finger. It is a quite common outcome of diabetes. You may find over time that it develops into a trigger finger for which you may need surgery. I have been type 1 for 35 years and over the years have had to have both carpel tunnels and three fingers fixed so far. Afraid I am now making an appointment to see my friendly upper limb surgeon again for another finger. Regards Garry |
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Jun 20, 2014
Teanosugar
25 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Burning Palm Hi Garry, it's been 17 years now.Thanks. |
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Jun 20, 2014
Muna A H
34 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets HI,My insulin bag includes: • A blood glucose metre (doesn’t need coding), test strips, prick finger devise and lancets, my newest metre is free style. Sometime i carry another device just in case • My BI (Levemir) and QA (Novorapid) pens and pen needles • Disposable syringe (Just for emergency) • Hyper treatments ( Lollies) • Just very recently I included the ketones device along with ketones strips • DAFNE carbohydrate counting booklet • Small hand sanitiser • Tissue In my wallet I include the diabetic card. That's all I carry at the moment Muna |
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Jun 20, 2014
danielgad
1 post
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Topic: General Discussion / Aviva Universal Code Hello,I have requested the new Black Universal Code for Accu-chek Aviva, and I received a grey chip with code "113", instead of a black chip with code "111", I'm unable to check it on my glucometer right now and I'm not sure if I received the correct chip. Has any one got this chip as well ? Do you know if it works like the Black chip ? |
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Jun 20, 2014
Garry
328 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Burning Palm How long have you been diabetic?Regards Garry |
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Jun 20, 2014
avanella
9 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes gadgets What are the gadgets you carry? |