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    Is the forum always supportive or can it sometimes seem a little oppressive?

    To answer the original question, or at least the first part "Is this forum always supportive?" I'd say the answer from me is a No. Behind the question is the fact that you are asking the barber if you need a haircut. I.e. the people likely to reply are those that have decided the forum is for...
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    Memory / Speech problems

    You say you have had this for about a year or so. Can you think of anything that has changed in your environment or diet about that time? I ask because I've had two periods of ill health, decades apart, one involving "cotton wool head". In each case tests by my GP found nothing. Eventually I...
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    Pneumonia jab

    I had it about 4 years ago. I think I was offered it because I'd had a couple of bouts of bronchitis. No reaction at the time, and no bronchitis since. Glad I had it, having avoided flu jabs all my life.
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    Does the proliferation of technology, information and forums encourage obsession?

    I've been thinking about it a lot too. I read some of the posts re newly diagnosed youngsters and think to myself how hard diabetes has become. When I was first diagnosed there was no blood testing, and neither did I carry my insulin with me. Nothing to compare to others. Though I knew it was a...
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    Lost hypo awareness. (Has anyone seen it?)

    Some people here have found that changing their insulin can help regain awareness, me being one of them. Two years ago I changed back to Insulatard after having used Lantus for about 10 years, after I discovered my sleep problems were due to the Lantus. Over the following months I found got my...
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    What's living with type 1 like as you get older?

    I have been diabetic for decades (45 years) and am feeling pretty good. A bit like Robinredbreast, I'm ignoring the general things that probably happen to everyone over 50. A few years ago, after my diabetic brother died prematurely, we decided to "retire" early. Sold the house, moved to the...
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    Hope

    A diagnosis of type 1 can be a real shock, particularly in one so young as your son. Googling alone won't show up many positive stories, so I am glad you have found this forum, where people have success stories to share and support to offer. Try reading this story of Janet Rae who was diagnosed...
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    Type 1 Bad days

    Now I feel bad. I'm pretty sure I replied to one of your earlier posts saying we'd all been through the same, and we wouldn't have a go. I think I may have been mistaken. A few months back I won a big iced cake in a "guess the weight of the cake" competition. I tried to give it to our local...
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    Allergies and diabetes?

    Sorry to hear about your symptoms. It can be really tricky to work out what is causing them, but one thing to consider is histamine intolerance. Symptoms certainly include rashes / itching. I've had lots of odd symptoms for the last few years, and a few months ago discovered it could be...
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    I want my pension back!!

    Try not to get stuck in one of those diabetic-time-warps. thinking you'll die young. Even those of us who thought that decades ago were wrong. In a few years, when there is cure for T1, you'll be glad you kept paying into that pension,
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    Embarrassed

    Like you, I had this problem for the best part of 20 years. I often "saw the nurse", was told to up the dose / lower the dose, and was changed from Insulatard to Lantus, none of which made the slightest difference. Things are much improved now. I think the underlying problem was that there was...
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    Giving up

    Well, we are all here to listen. We've all been through the same at some time, so we wont have a go.
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    Giving up

    Sorry to hear you've given up. I hope the insulin you have taken gets your bloods down. But not too far. Please let us know later in the day how you are doing.
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    Panic

    There are many of us on here who have been diabetic 40+ years and are doing just fine. Most of the things I thought would be issues for me back when I was diagnosed can now be treated or prevented due to advances in medicine. I know it's quite a shock to be told all the things which can go...
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    Shoutout from Scotland!

    Hi Rob, welcome to the forum. I'm in sunny Scotland too, but just 12 miles from Northern Ireland - I can see it out the window. Looks like they are having good weather there today. I have had T1 for 45 years, and am still keeping well.