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  1. Penquin47210

    50 years this August.

    June 1963, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hikl, London. Spent two weeks there being “stabilised” after being only told about need for injections and pee testing after I had sat down for lunch in the ward lounge. ”No food until you’ve done your injection” shouted a nurse obviously having...
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    50 Years as Type 1 Diabetic

    Congrats on 50+ years and good reporting, I have now completed 61 years…. The only recognition I get is is “Oh you’re still around then “ in a quasi-humorous style. You can’t win everything and I genuinely feel happy at what I have achieved during my time on insulin; four children, one more...
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    Insulin in hot weather

    When first in King’s College being stabilised aged 11 I was told that in summer the requirement may go up as the temperature degrades the insulin- my biologist training tells me that the rate of activity degrades by halving if the temperature goes from 30 - 40 ! That is a great deal and...
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    Keeping pump cool - any ideas ?

    I live in a climate where it DOES reach 40 C, hence why I thought it reasonable to ask for advice. Being told to “keep yourself out of the heat” is not very helpful. Thank you.
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    Keeping pump cool - any ideas ?

    In these days of Red Emergency high temperatures it seems very relevant to ask about keeping a T-Slim cool. As we are all aware from reading the patient information sheet….. insulin does need to be kept below 30C, not easy if the external temperature is approaching 40 C as we have all been...
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    incident with diabeties and volunteering :(

    Those are the figures from Diabetes U.K., the % of the U.K. population with T1 has been quoted as 2.5% to 4.5% for more than 40 years. T2 distorts the overall figures heavily….
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    incident with diabeties and volunteering :(

    They are not permitted to act in that manner under the Equal Opportunities Act, they are REQUIRED to make “reasonable adjustments” in order to allow you to work there. That applies even to volunteers as they are still deemed to be working. Contact the Equal Opportunities Commission and discuss...
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    Has anyone here been a diabetic for more than 40 years?

    58 years, started on 80 strength soluble twice daily, now on pump with FiAsp with CGM, seen many changes, done very many things, but life has been good to me and although some problems most have been resolved. Parents joined BDA way back in 1962 when had glass syringes, boiled once a week...
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    Coronavirus and diabetes

    Hand sterilisers are effective against virus particles on skin If and ONLY IF they contain >60% ethanol (alcohol). Check before buying, if indeed you can buy as they are now VERY difficult to source within the UK. NONE of the Emergency Supplies companies, such as SPS or SJA Supplies have any in...
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    Hypo detection dog

    Our Border Collie seems aware and comes and nudges me when my level is low, he has never been trained although I am keen to take this inherent skill to a higher level. I have read the books available and asked the various charities for advice but was not given any and the reception was...
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    Back in the day!!!!!!!!

    There but for the grace of......
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    Back in the day!!!!!!!!

    No, back in those days.... from memory it was Professor W. G. Oakley but of course, a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then....
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    Back in the day!!!!!!!!

    Long before finger pricks, the staff at Kings College used to take a sample from an earlobe and put a bit of paper there afterwards (styptic paper ?). Not a pleasant experience for an 11-12 year old..... All sorts of mixed memories eg Consultant at King's telling parents "Don't worry about...
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    Back in the day!!!!!!!!

    Some real memory jerkers here having been through King's College Diabetic unit in 1962 aged 11 and still will not eat rabbit 'cos I had sat down to eat and was told "Can't eat that 'till you have done your injection." Same meal was sat there stone cold 11/2 hours later after having been shown...
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    Has anyone here been a diabetic for more than 40 years?

    57 years now, originally via Kings College, Denmark Hill on insulin with 2 ONLY glass syringes which had to be boiled weekly, needles could be resharpened by Chemist. Only testing via pee...... even had cutting guide for thin sliced white bread. Now on pump with com some problems but mainly due...
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    HYPO ALERT DOGS

    I tried Medical Detection Dogs for advice and they were totally unwilling to assist in any way. They would not even talk with me. They said it is not something they are doing much of now as it is more important for them to develop dog trainig for cancer detection. So sadly, look elsewhere and...
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    Getting a pump at last.

    As I said, it takes time to be able to get the maximum benefit, sadly some things remain unavailable even now years down the line - the linked computer programme does not function and even after contact direct with the manufacturers I am nowhere near resolving that issue, I simply get told...
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    Getting a pump at last.

    My change in the UK took a while, but it is the best thing that happened since I was diagnosed aged 11 - I went onto the pump about 9 years ago and moved to France 5 years ago. What a difference here........ I now have a French pump, changed last year as it went wrong and became difficult to...
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    Diabetes Forum App

    Thanks VERY much for those helpful replies - I can already see why people say "use the forum not the app"..... useful to know and it will save me time and frustration finding such things out through trial and loads of error - which would have brought me to the "time of trial".
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    Diabetes Forum App

    I admit that I am probably lazy (and not very Smart phone savvy either), so can anyone explain (in simple terms) what the advantages to me of downloading the app on to my android phone? As regards hypoglycaemia after 55 years I suspect I now have pretty much gone through that lot and what does...