Recent Content by daisybell

Try and get on Diabetes UK Parents' Weekend (If they still do it). I went as adviser several years ago. It was one of the most moving experiences of my life. By the time everyone went home they had smiles on their faces and lots of problems had been solved. Do go you will learn so much from...

Yes I do. My mother had Type 1. Diagnosed when she was 42. I was diagnosed when I was 38. Both my brother and sister and myself have hypothyroidism. My paternal grandmother had rheumatoid arthritis. Both my paternal aunts had hypothyrodism as did my mother and her sister. All the...

Why can't manufacturers make a small device. The smaller the better. Several years ago I had a blood glucose monitor about the size of a ball point pen. It was discontinued. I am fed up with carrying a "medical" survival kit with me all the time: Blood glucose monitor Finger pricker Test...

Not being able to go out without carrying loads of stuff: Insulin; blood testing equipment, dextrosols, quick acting carbohydrate. Trying to keep up with everyone else. Feeling low blood when the phone rings. Getting up in the morning with a blood sugar of 2.5. Not being able to go to sleep...

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. Other members of your family may have autoimmune disease e.g hypothyroid, rheumatoid arthritis, MS, Lupus, celiac etc