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I am old school Diabetes, still using Vials as I find pens impossible to use. I store my insulin in this device (Attached) so I can grip it easy and give me a stable platform to draw up insulin, I have peripheral Neuropathy so holding small items is not possible. I dropped it and broke it. Does...

Hi Jus I am waiting for the Diabetic Nurse to call me I will bring up the topic of animal insulins. I also use syringes as some of the other delivery systems are so awkward to use, at one time I had an electronic one with button batteries that ran out every month and you had to contact the...

Hi Christine I tried pork insulin a long time ago, I started to get Lipohypertrophy of the skin because the insulin was not pure enough this also might be because I was injecting six times a day and sites were rotating so fast. Also I had to boil the glass syringe and store it in surgical...

Well I went to the clinic and told them, I am now waiting on the Nurse to phone me to start a new regime of BM testing they want want me to take blood test both before and after meals. In the meantime he is going to find out if other medication I take might be affecting the Lantus. My other drug...

Thanks Copepod and Noblehead for the heads up I am at the clinic on Tuesday so I will certainly be raising the matter and I have just been reading about research into Lantus being suspected of being linked to onset of Cancer. Speak to you soon Iain55

Hi Folks I have type 1 since 1982, I started on actrapid and Monotard mixing my own insulins, this worked well for a good number of years I was then moved to pre mixed insulin Mixtard 30/70, I couldn't adjust just one insulin, I was changed from Mixtard insulin to Novorapid and Lantus one...