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Hi Nick I'm type 1 for 25 years now and have the same problem as your partner. I'm not sure that anything will help, but I think the best advice u have gotten on here is to talk to her about u hate watching her do it to herself n u know it causes her grief when u 'nag' her to do it, but that...

Thank you Busylizzie and Dodo :D

Hi Sky! :D This happened me too with the resistance to insulin n the docs just kept putting my insulin up, until a new doc started at my hospital diabetes clinic, who was a diabetic himself, n he put me on a different insulin as he said it was highly unlikely that my resistance to the 1 I was...

Hi Busylizzie :wave: Where did u get the Accucheck mobile meter free? From ur DSN or elsewhere? It shouldn't be a problem getting both on prescription, but then again, my surgery updates my repeat prescription list every 3 months and they seem to decide themselves what I need and remove...

Exercising when ur blood sugars were high was an old way to get them reduced....however, newer research shows that only type 2 diabetics can do this as they do not get ketones, whereas type 1 do and it can be more dangerous to type 1's to exercise or do any normal activities (as they all use up...

Jeez Daniel!! 2.5 stone in 3 weeks but on low carb?? I realise that it was the undiagnosed type 1 that made u lose the weight and the 10 stone is probably even under ur ideal weight, but wot d'hell u eating, if not more carbs, to put on that much weight yet ur BG's are fine? Apart from the...

It sounds like it's about time that teachers take a stand. All statutory organisation employees are saying the same thing basically, and it starts with "We're too busy, we don't have time to ...". I heard the Practice Manager at my GP practice say it the other day and to be honest, I'm sick of...

Type 1 diabetic for over 21 years I have had similar probs wif my eyes in the last couple of years. Yes, all relates to diabetes and I have the sensitive to light issue to which I found out was my eyes are not reacting to light quick enough or sometimes not at all. So that's y u can't look...

Hi Spiff!! So, I only know 1 such person called Spiff so going out on a limb here n presuming u are the same 1...if not, then I apologise n this info will prob mean nowt to ya! I hate CAH cos they know NOTHING about diabetes! U can request ur doc 2 get u registered at LVH where the diabetic...