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WeCare Blog
Welcome to My WeCare blog. Here you can find diabetes related information and success stories from others living with diabetes. Click to navigate through the topics below: Diabetes tips & tricks, Lifestyle, Products and Food & Drink.
Published in 11-02-2019 in Products tagged with Diabetes management
1. Reorder supplies 3 monthly (or 2 monthly if more frequent set changes are required). This will ensure you do not risk your supplies going out of date, as well as running out of supply.
2. If you are not using eShop repeat ordering, then please reorder when opening your last of 3 boxes of sets/reservoirs.
Published in 11-02-2019 in Lifestyle tagged with MiniMed 670G
John pushed the limits on all of his activities for as long as he could remember: extreme sports, traveling the world for work,
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Published in 11-02-2019 in Tips & Tricks tagged with Diabetes management
To help us tackle the holidays while living with diabetes, we’ve asked a few of our Ambassadors for their favorite seasonal tips. Hope they come in handy this holiday se
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Published in 19-07-2018 in Tips & Tricks, Lifestyle
With the warmer weather here, our feet are probably out on show a bit more than usual. Take a look at at our top tips for looking after your feet this summer!
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Published in 19-07-2018 in Tips & Tricks
The holiday season is just starting and many people are thinking about their next 'getaway'. We asked Sue Marshall, founder and editor of the online Desang Diabetes Magazine (www.desang-magazine.co.uk) who lives with Type 1 diabetes for her thoughts on what people should consider when travelling.
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Published in 19-07-2018 in Tips & Tricks tagged with Button error, Diabetes management
Some of the most frequent calls we get to our Product Support team shows that Stuck Button Errors / Unresponsive Keypad’s is one of the most common issues insulin pump patients face.Here you’ll find some practical tips to prevent the Button Error/Unresponsive Keypad from happening:
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Published in 19-07-2018 in Lifestyle, Products
Debbie Green has had Type 1 Diabetes since she was a little girl. Now in her 30s, she has a busy time managing work, home and all of the normal things in life. Debbie has been using an insulin pump for the last 10 years or so. Most recently the MiniMed™ 640G Insulin Pump. We asked Debbie why the MiniMed 640G system suits her...
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Published in 18-02-2018 in Lifestyle, Products tagged with Lifestyle, Products
Recently I went on holiday to America (which was amazing! Florida even in the winter is SO HOT). But, I managed to break my sensor transmitter on Day 2 of a 10 day holiday…… It definitely wasn’t the best of starts.
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