Recent Content by kaya1991

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    Type 1 Travelling to Mexico with diabetes medication

    Hello! Has anyone here travelled to Mexico with diabetes medication? I've been reading up on it and I've noticed some of the websites say you need a prescription or letter from the doctor stating how much medication you need for the duration of your stay (translated into Spanish). I've reached...
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    Signs of diabetic maculopathy found in recent eye screening

    Thanks Rokaab, this is hugely reassuring! That's what I'm hoping is the case for me too - I feel like if there was anything really obvious and awful it would've been spotted by the optician, so I can only assume it's something pretty minor? I'd also be so happy if the maculopathy sorted itself...
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    Signs of diabetic maculopathy found in recent eye screening

    Thanks Juicy :) My mind is in complete overdrive at the moment - it feels so out of the blue because I JUST had an eye test where nothing was found! I'm hoping that means that whatever they've found is very minor, but I still have a full month of waiting and worrying. Doesn't help that I'm...
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    Signs of diabetic maculopathy found in recent eye screening

    Long-time lurker here, hello! I'm a 32-year-old woman who was diagnosed with type 1 back in 2012 at the grand old age of 20. My management was terrible at first, but has improved a lot since I got the Libre - not perfect by any means, but much better than it was. I've had background...
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    Reapplying after laser treatment for cataracts

    Thanks so much for your response! Those forms feel like such a minefield. I assume if I need a field of vision test it'll be a little wait anyway as I don't think the opticians are open yet... but I guess I'll just wait and see. Thanks again!
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    Type 1 struggling with stubborn weight

    Hello! I was diagnosed with T1 just before my 21st birthday back in October 2012. Until diagnosis, I'd always been very slim - on the underweight/healthy BMI borderline. I actually went many months with undiagnosed diabetes, and I assumed I was just losing weight because I was stressed about...
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    Reapplying after laser treatment for cataracts

    Hello! I think I've made a stupid mistake on my driving licence renewal and I wanted to run it by all you nice people! Back in 2012 at the age of 20 I was diagnosed with t1, and I'd gone about 8 months without diagnosis apparently (I know... I was NOT in a good way!). Obviously this took its...