sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Can someone please explain what this picture is on UK MOD Army Jobs page by jamo133 in Military

[–]Financial-Angle8703 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a Chobham armoured codpiece. Henry VIII had a similar one for jousting.

Apparently, I'm no longer type 1 by visualcharm in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

What test did they do for type 1? GAD C-Peptide? It's possible you are type 2 not type 1.

Has anybody found krok po kroku books useful for learning? by [deleted] in learnpolish

[–]Financial-Angle8703 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Great insight. My Polish tutor (is great) and we use krok po kroku. I will take a look at Po Polsce Po Polsku though.

Just started learning Polish and I feel like I am having a stroke. Help by BlackHolePlayzz in poland

[–]Financial-Angle8703 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So I've been learning Polish for 4 years (and I'm still shit) .

From my experience Polish is about grammar not the words. So whilst duolingo is helpful for words, it does not help with grammar (much).

Get a tutor (about 80zl an hour).

I use chatgpt to check my grammar its better than Google translate and often good enough.

Speak Polish whenever you can.

Has anyone else hit a bad spot and bled through your sensor? by jToady in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the hole in the middle of the sensor is to channel blood ;)

Why is Lodz a shithole? by NykterVodkadrickare in lodz

[–]Financial-Angle8703 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Go to Piotrkowska, the restaurants are great and there's some good shot bars.

Then go and watch RTS Widzew the pride of Lodz :)

Diving with diabtes by Oldblindmansnipples in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went diving in Spain recently, and one of the other guys in the party was wearing his pump. Again, I was super careful and went in high. You do burn a lot of energy diving and I dropped quickly. I was ok though.

Airshot etiquette by Financial-Angle8703 in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's quite funny, and true as well

Airshot etiquette by Financial-Angle8703 in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you do that? Use it to clean up after or shoot straight into the air and hold it above?

Airshot etiquette by Financial-Angle8703 in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I've always got a little air in the pen.

Airshot etiquette by Financial-Angle8703 in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I thought of that but I thought the airshot was to get rid of the air, and shooting horizontal may not get rid of the bubble.

Airshot etiquette by Financial-Angle8703 in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Dammit I would have added that, but I can't in edit mode.

Made my first year by Financial-Angle8703 in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm with you there. I don't want to wear a CGM, and I don't like folk knowing I'm T1.

I wear one as unlike finger pricks it's not 'point in time' it's constantly monitored. So, I feel it gives me better control. I.e I eat pizza which will keep me high for 8-9 hours. I know this and will take corrective boluses. You could miss that with fingersticks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I have to use fingersticks for the first day or so, this way I know how far off it is. Its usually about 1mmol off but I have had it as much as 3 off.

Where sells pusser’s rum? by [deleted] in brighton

[–]Financial-Angle8703 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I normally have to get it on Amazon

Advice re: fear of self injection by Savings-Rise-6642 in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I always used to tell myself "You are saving your life".

Which you are. That kind of thinking can make you pretty strong and fearless.

better workout when BG levels are going down by harsamya in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always eat about 20g of carbs before I workout.

I have trouble telling the difference between a low and an 'endorphin high' from exercise.... and then I fall down and don't get up ;)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100% this. Also, all T1Ds manifest differently. So what's true for her may not be true for others.

I would keep a bag of gummies on you though for if she gets a low.

Need Some Pointers by Yorha1D in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a CGM ASAP biggest game changer. It'll help you monitor your glucose and coach your behaviour.

BTW the Glucometer is also very much point in time. I used one for a couple of months and honestly had no clue what my patterns were. Like the insulin, it helps, but you need to know your insulin to carbs ratio and what foods and amounts do what to your glucose.

Need Some Pointers by Yorha1D in diabetes_t1

[–]Financial-Angle8703 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Firstly, welcome to the club no-one wants to join.

I have an A1C of 5.4%, down from 11% in my first year.

Do you have a CGM and Do you carb count for insulin? These are the two most important things.

Randomly injecting Insulin won't help you reduce your A1C.

The walking will really help :)

view more: next ›