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I am sorry but I don't use instagram. I have been Type 1 for over 57 years, always on insulin. It can be very tiring constantly living with diabetes, and very frustrating. But you just have to, unpleasant as it is. You live and learn and that is what life is about. We are lucky to be able to...

Just to confirm, I do not have a y problems with my thyroid.

hi Bluemarine, I am type I (over 55years now) and I do find diabetes does certainly zap you energy levels..especially when you exert yourself. Having had it so long I have become used to continually being tired, it is the norm for me. If I have a hypo, then I feel extremely tired afterwards...

Hi, It might just be that you are insulin resistant in the mornings. I am and I have only just found that out by being on the free style lines sensor. I have been in insulin for over 55 years. I use Humalog fast acting insulin. It can take up until mid afternoon for me to get much response from...

Thank you Kitedoc, Yes my digestion is slow and I have been given medication to help, it dose not seem to do much to help though. I have had scans to check the rate of degestion, which.showed it was slow. Unfortunately diabetes can damage the Gi and other areas of the digestion tract. Much...

Thank you for your infofmation, yes I too have found various sites differ as to how the insulin is accepted. Very annoying, as the blood sugar looks like a mountain range most days. I have been fortunate to be able to use the Freestyle libra, which shows all the movements. Not sure if I would...

Hi Jordi77, So sorry that you are always going to be on insulin. It is very hard work keeping life on a reasonable setting with diabetes. Being insulin resistance must be very difficult. 24/7 is the way we have to cope and it does get tiring and can be depressing. I have been through a few...

Thank you for your reply, I do hope that you can get off insulin through diet, but I am sure you have been through all that. Yes I do take various extra vitamins to cover certain deficiency levels.. just take care of your self we all need to do this.

Bless you, Common sense comes into dealing with diabetes, but some things do creep up on you. Thank you for your lovely comments.

Thank you Kitedoc, Yes most of the checks have been eliminated. I have not thought about the insulin not reacting due to antibodies. I have used the same insulin since I was on my initial pump. The only thing is that when I do get a good site the insulin is absorbed very well and reacts...

Thank you for your replies. I have been tested for thyroid misfunction, but there is no problem there. It is very interesting Marks 2 that you are on the Omnipod. I had thought of trying that, but it would seem not the best option, having read the problems you have had with sighting it. I...

Hi does anyone else find sighting injections a problem? Sometimes my new areas just don't get the insulin to work. It would seem like I have not had any at all.

Yes I became diabetic type 1 when In was 11, now 54 years ago. Many memories of the auto-injecting device...It was metal and quite often broke the glass syringes we used then. Then insulin was zinc based, so caused nasty lumps of you injected it in the same place for more than a couple of times...