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Just to add a few observations of my own about Reynard: He's about 5'8, weighs no more than about 9 stone. He's as active as he can be; he LARPs (running around, hitting people with swords & things - when his joints let him). It's like he has the metabolism of a hummingbird.

Thanks to Donnellysdogs and iHs and everybody else that has posted, I think your help has been really, really valuable. I'll leave it up to Reynard now to answer any more of your questions - he's the best person to ask after all :)

He's just got registered and is writing his post, I think :)

He's online now - I'll ask him to hop on and fill in any blanks

@donnellysdogs - I do my best for him, but sometimes it feels like it's not enough. The whole situation with the doctor and his health has him in tears way more often than it should and it's all because it feels like nobody is listening to him. I don't live near Nottingham any more so I can't...

Sorry, to expand on that last post: At one point he had two pens with a quick-acting insulin (the novorapid) and a slower release one. One pen broke and the GP refuses to prescribe a replacement (at least as far as I remember) So he's been left with only the fast acting insulin.

Hi there It's novorapid and several times a day, it seems. I have to admit, I'm completely uninformed when it comes to regimens and the different types.

As far as I'm aware, the only hospital intervention has been when he's been seriously hyper and has needed hospitalising to bring his levels back down - this has happened twice in the past couple of years and has needed about 7 days as an in patient each time. For outpatient care? I don't...

@donnellysdogs Can only ask I guess. The GP service in Nottingham (where he is) is pretty p*ss poor from personal experience. He's been through a couple of different GPs now and they all seem to behave in pretty much the same way, borderline apathetic. (A couple of times he's even had to fight...

These are all helpful points and I'll pass them along to him. There's just one thing, the doctor is saying 12 hour fast, and I think that's where the sticking point is. 8 hours is reasonable overnight, agreed. But 12? Is this just a case of the GP cocking up? Half a day seems a pretty steep...

Hi there. I have a male relative with type 1 diabetes. He's struggled massively getting it under control and has peripheral health problems (arthritis and depression). The doctors are absolutely fixated on his diabetes and are refusing to acknowledge his other problems until he takes a...