You should ALWAYS have a spare in the house, I have a blue for my Novo and red for my Tresiba and a spare of each in the cupboard, so glad I keep spares as this happened a year ago tomorrow actually
if I see it coming loose or anything I'll just put Tegaderm over it as unfortunately @SB2015 micropore and Elastoplast both irritate my skin, SB it has ended up a bit further down my arm than I'd like, fingers crossed it stays put and survives! xx@Kaylz if you’re braving sensor without tagerdermIf it’s starts to get a little loose towards the end you could put a little bit of micropore tape around the sticky pad bit / the very edge of sensor. I sometimes do that but to be fair when it comes to taking the sensor off it’s still stuck firm - it’s just the worry of it may fall off! I know.
You do NOT need to self fund any of your diabetes paraphernalia if it is available on prescription, so don't just give in to whoever is restricting things for you. The government wrote a letter a while back telling all GP surgeries that they must NOT restrict test strips to people on insulin therapy, and of course you need to be able to deliver the insulin with something, so pens are necessary also. Obviously, pens are required less frequently - I think it's probably about 3 years since I last got one, I just requested it as a special request on my prescription. You must also have a back up prescribed too. GPs cannot refuse you these things, it's the law! 🙂 Where is your GP surgery? Let me at 'em! 😱 🙂
When I moved to a new surgery and they restricted my strips in a similar manner I booked an appointment to discuss why I needed more flexibility over ordering, and why it was logical to allow me more per repeat. Really, the only thing on my repeat that can be tied down to a fixed duration is my Candesartan BP tablets, as I get 56 per scrip, one per day. Everything else is variable, especially strips and insulin, but also needles to some degree. You really shouldn't feel guilty about this I doubt you actually 'waste' anything. Anyway, when you get your Libre you will be able to scan away to you heart's content and hardly need any strips 🙂 You do need to be firm with some GPs because many have little real understanding of modern treatments and recommendations for Type 1 diabetes. Here's the letter from the NHS that has gone out to all surgeries 🙂 Recommends 4-10 strips per day, or more than 10 in certain circumstances - your 150 is inadequate for anything beyond mealtime and bedtime tests, it's the absolute minimum (5 tests a day).
I'll hold my tongue 😉 Except to say, you are not a burden - no-one on this forum is a burden on anyone, because we all pay it back in our support for each other. As for the NHS and a financial burden well, we pay for that too, it's just that the government has decided to spend some of our taxes on other things. Or, another way of looking at it is that they've allowed those with 'the broadest shoulders' to hang on to more of their money instead of contributing fairly to the country that makes the money for them
I just want to give you a big hug and tell you it is not you ur fault. Those antibodies were sat around in you even before you reckon you were abusing your body. They just sat there and then got bored and decided to come out and play, and set off to find your Beta Cells.
I do understand. In the last two years I’ve lost 8 1/2stone basically halved my body weight . I had a very unhealthy relationship with food , I do the same as you eat very low carb diet and in addition I walk the dog a lot so I don’t use much insulin at all . Weekends I get away without taking novarapid by timing my walks . I do understand as I still don’t want certain foods in the house ( my darling husband is very supportive) as I still can’t cope with the temptation. I don’t know much about my family medical history . But I do know that my grandfather was diagnosed with diabetes later in life like me . It’s a c**p hand we have been dealt but we are both doing all we can . I’m sending you massive hugs
It’s cost me a fortune in new clothes . Was a size 26 now between an 8 and 10
Thank you 🙂
