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[Amanda smiley]

Hi there my name is Amanda diagnosed type one 1974 under active thyroid 1985 and addisons 2015 so I have all three that connect each other was very well controlled until I got addisons so the steroids mess all sugar levels up I have three boys and work at darenth valley hospital DARTFORD at the moment I am shielding until April we be lovely to talk to you all x

 

[Inka]

Welcome @Amanda smiley 🙂 Lovely to ‘meet’ you. I can imagine how hard the steroids make things. Are you on a pump or MDI?

 

[Amanda smiley]

I am on insulin pump and LibreLink sensor changing to new pump feb gone for the 670g I am on apidra insulin

 

[Inka]

I’m on a pump too 🙂 I find it makes things easier because the basal rate can be more in tune with my needs.

Good luck with your pump change!

 

[trophywench]

Hi Amanda! Just going to call up @Pumper_Sue - because she has T1 and Addisons, was the first person most of us ever came across on forums who had a pump in the UK in the early noughties, and uses Apidra herself!

 

[Amanda smiley]

Wow would be lovely to talk to her lol

 

[Flower]

Hi @Amanda smiley and welcome, glad you’ve joined us 🙂

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Hello Amanda and welcome to the forum. 🙂 As @trophywench say's I'm another Addisonian, I use Fiasp in my pump though and until about 3 years ago used bovine neutral in it. Basal is def very varied due to the steroids 🙂 I'm supposed to shield but haven't bothered as lockdown is n different than so called every day life.

 

[Amanda smiley]

Hi there only taking a dive because I work in a hospital otherwise would gladly go to work

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Amanda smiley

Glad you have joined us. Hope the transition to your new pump goes smoothly. Will you have access to sensors for your MM670?

 

[Amanda smiley]

No they said the hospital would not support funding did go into it to buy them myself but would cost £1,800 a year but out my price range lol

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

No they said the hospital would not support funding did go into it to buy them myself but would cost £1,800 a year but out my price range lol

Ah shame! More people seem to be getting access to funded CGM, but it‘s still quite rare.

When I was on Medtronic MM640G I could run sensors for about half the year for something like £1000 a year by running a sensor a month and restarting it to get 12-14 days each. Transmitters were guaranteed for 12 months, but used to last 2 more like years.

At the time it was roughly equivalent to the self funding of Libre I was doing, but with the benefit of Smartguard 🙂

 

[Ditto]

Hello and welcome to the forum @Amanda smiley 🙂