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    What is the hardest part of coping with diabetes?

    THE HARDEST THING AT THE MO, FOR ME ,IS GETTING MY DOSES AND BLOOD COUNTS RIGHT . I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE1 SINCE AUGUST, I WASN'T DIABETIC BEFORE! JUST WHEN I THINK I MIGHT BE "CRACKING IT" THE HYPOS COME THICK AND FAST! MY NURSE GIVES ME LISTS OF THINGS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THEM AND...
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    Aisha has type 1 diabetes

    Hi Stuart, wow, she's someone to be proud of! And that applies to you too! Through going into a diabetic coma last August, I am now type 1 and have struggled to take everything on board. I can't imagine what you all must be going through but I'm SURE you'll make it together. I think the Paula...
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    Are we more suceptible to colds, chest infections etc?

    There's a really nasty VIRAL cough going round at the mo. It seems to be lasting about 3 weeks! I'm prone to pleurisy etc and found sugar free ROBITUSSIN chesty cough mixture ('orrible taste!) has helped greatly. Took 3 bottles of the stuff. This is my first cough/ bad chest since diagnosed T1...
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    How annoying are movie/TV diabetics!

    I have found that the average human just backs off in blind panic!!
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    Does diabetes shorten our lives?

    Newly diabetic, type 1 since August. It's all very frightening/overwhelming still but to live life you just have to get on with it, don't you?
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    WHAT HAPPENS?

    Hiya, I'm type 1 on insulin via pen. I've only been on it since last August after going into a diabetic coma, I wasn't diabetic before!! I don't have any probs with the injecting side of things really. It was a shock but that's life, gotta get on with it! My advice is to get into a good routine...