Paul Gibbins
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Might join you in a rewatching of Encanto this weekend. It’s marvellous even though it is utterly deplorable how poorly Bruno’s family treat him just because he’s different.Good morning. 6.3 and although I don’t need to be up so early, here I am. Coughing and spluttering along with a terrible headache. Knew I’d caught Zara’s cold as I started with a very dry throat and cough on Wednesday, by yesterday it was full blown chesty and phlegmy. Sadie has the same and poor Zara didn’t manage to have a sleepover as she just wanted her mammy. She’s not well at all bless her. So only two of them today and they’ll probably have a bit of a lie in. And tomorrow’s childcare is not needed anymore so a wee bit of a respite.
We had our mini Halloween party at 5 o’clock as Zara wasn’t staying over, she was picked up her normal time. She didn’t eat much but she did dress up for a few minutes, her costume wasn’t suitable for sitting at the table! The girls insisted on doing their own “makeup” as I was busy doing food. 😱 I was glad when it was bedtime. Not sure what time they’re getting picked up but I think a quiet day is on the cards, Encanto, Paddington or Peter Rabbit may in order. Or all three!
Well done to the HSers yesterday. @freesia and relax! @Bloden you too!
Have a great day everyone.
Here’s the terrible threesome/ triple trouble amongst other things I call them!
To be fair, this is Omnipod and their gestapo customer service. I've had similar experiences with Abbott over failed Libres. Not that I have had many of those. The three pods that had to be replaced were entirely user-error and not the actual pods failing. 2 of them I filled with insulin that had become compromised due to being open too long - I use so little that a vial lasts forever. The other I knocked off when getting dressed. In the 8 years I had Combo pumps I only had one real problem, when the metal bits that held the handset batteries got very slack, but they replaced it without question and anyway I had the one from the previous pump. There are quite a number of things I dislike about the Omnipod system (apart from their Customer Service), but I was not to know before using it and I was only offered the Omnipod or an old version (640) Medtronic. For example, the minimum amount I can adjust basals by is 0.05u per hour whereas I could adjust by 0.01 with the Combo and often needed something like 0.03u. Sounds minute, but it often made a difference Now I'm stuck with the omnipod for 4 years or go back to injections.@Pattidevans You really are not selling this pumping lark much in my opinion. That phone call alone would be enough to put me off! And it sounds like you are supposed to go through that rigmarole each time you have to replace a pump early and obviously the fact that you are getting failures rather too frequently! And that is apart from the environmental and financial implications which are a big factor in my thought process. Not that I would qualify for a pump anyway. Of course, I maybe would feel differently if I had been diabetic for much longer and it was starting to weigh heavy on me, but thankfully at the moment my regime just seems to get easier if anything and I can achieve good management with my Levemir and Fiasp and the Libre, albeit with a few too many hypos for the consultant's liking. 🙄
I’ve not watched it properly although its been on quite a few times. I usually make use of the peace to crack on or have a doze! Bad grandma. 😛Might join you in a rewatching of Encanto this weekend. It’s marvellous even though it is utterly deplorable how poorly Bruno’s family treat him just because he’s different.
the previous week i had my annual consultant appointment lots of changes, but one he did say because i suffer from Dawn Phenomenon if over 10 i should take a correction even when i don't eat breakfast, never do, anyone else find it works
It is a great movie. I agree about Bruno but he is clearly not the only one with trauma in this family. Remember how Mirabel is always discriminated by her grandma for not having a "gift" (you don't have one either, ma'am!!). And poor Tia Pepa can't have a bad day in peace, everyone is moaning about the weather 🙄Might join you in a rewatching of Encanto this weekend. It’s marvellous even though it is utterly deplorable how poorly Bruno’s family treat him just because he’s different.
well i forgot it was saterday so i wasn't going be abbe to get one from my hospital so it may be cause of completely trusting the dexcom for the next couple of days which i know isn't ideal but i guess better then nothing. i have posted on a couple of groups i'm in to see if anyone has a spareMorning 8.3 never of my meters seem to be working which is quite odd as one of them is fairly new w So at least I got my dexcom. I'm going to have to take a trip to hospital but I'm worried there going be to quite anoyed and question it since it wasn't long since I picked one upm