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Lots of people are uneducated about the effects of cancer treatment - but does that make it okay to insult someone because they have lost their hair? Even more people don't fully understand the effects of asthma on a person, but does that mean they should be penalised for taking their inhalers...

Thanks Marilyn, it's lovely to *meet* you! How long have you been a diabetic? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanks :) do you know how I apply for it? Do I have to go through my consultant or is there another way of doing it? Because I've got a rather complex medical condition, I've got very reduced hypo awareness and often don't notice that I'm having a hypo until I've become too dizzy to stand! I...

Crazily enough, I've only just read that post, due to being MIA for a while! How dare you say that I make you sick. You don't know hardly anything about me. I'm not saying that I'm worse off than all others but I get what I get because I am actually very unwell, and obviously receive HR because...

I have tried both, and much prefer the pens! They are so much easier to use and carry with you. Plus, drawing up from a vial in public always feels rather odd! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Haha. I have gotten used to it now to be honest, I have something like 40 items on my repeat script, and it's just become routine to take them. My stupid lungs suck at being lungs and have caused too many problems over the years! They just do whatever they fancy and forget about doing the job...

I have a NovoPen Echo, in red which I use for my bolus, and a NovoPen in blue which I use for my basal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm on immunosuppressants so I pick up just about every virus going around! They nearly always hang around for a long time with me, and eventually go to my chest, and I end up with a chest infection. Colds are a bit of a nightmare experience with me, as I always begin with having high sugars...

Anyone else here have diabetes as a result of using steriods long term? I take prednisone for asthma and have done for about 4/5 years, and now I don't make any of my own Insulin. I also have steriod induced myopathy so my muscles are breaking down. Would be interested to know if anyone else...

There's not a section for me here (Boohoo) as I have secondary diabetes! Mine was caused by years and years of steroids, which completely knackered my pancreas and stopped it working full stop! I've had secondary diabetes for about 4 years now. My pancreas has officially packed up and I don't...

Hey all, quick question for you! I've been on lantus for a couple of years and have noticed recently that in order to keep my overnight BG down I need more insulin at night than during the day, if I take the amount to keep my night time BG okay then I have hypos during the day. My DSN has...

I would try getting her to help you inject and test, it's something that she is going to have to do for her whole life so she is going to need to get used to it. Could you try getting her to help with testing first of all? If you ask her to put the strip in the meter, you prick her finger and...

If your Diabeties impacts on your ability to care for yourself or on your mobility then you should apply. Having diabetes alone doesn't qualify you for DLA as its not, in itself, a disabling condition. I have struggled for years to get the correct amount of support from DLA - I have severe...

Also, if you think something is important, but the form doesn't make allowances for you to write that then say so and make a point of writing it in the additional information section. Read the guidance notes too, theres sections on the form that ask you how far you can walk ect, but remember...

Oh, and thanks for the links, I'm having a browse now :))

Thank you for your kind words and welcome! I decided that I could either mope around feeling sorry for myself and not live, or stay positive and live the life I want to live. Sadly my health is very unstable and if I'm not in hospital I'm waiting for something to force me back in! For that...

My thoughts and prayers are with you all and I pray that god will grant you all the gift of hope and faith. I really hope he improves soon, Kirsty

Make sure you are very descriptive with them as adult DLA is slightly harder to get. I find it best to get a note book and write all the problems that I encounter during the day. Don't be afraid to go onto additional pages if that's what it takes go be fully descriptive. I also send evidence of...

If it helps, I too had fallen off the wagon. Not only had I fallen off the wagon but the wagon had ran away from me! Thankfully, I received a wake up call when talking to a 36 year old man who was a double amputee at clinc. He was an alcoholic and neglected his IDDM and became very ill and his...

So happy to hear that, it must be very exciting for you!! I'm quite keen on trying a pump, I like the freedom it seams to give people and it would really lower the amount of time I spend taking insulin alongside all my other drugs. My control is pretty good however, I'm on Lantus and Novorapid...