Recent Content by LeonT

Apologies - that was a pretty poor opening post. I was posting via my phone on the way to work and, well, I'm rubbish at using my phone lol. I have had type 1 for over 20 years and in that time I have, in the main, used the same pharmacy. Today, I decided to go elsewhere as my usual one was...

Do you have one? I've had type 1 for 21 years now and don't even know what they look like!

Hey Kelp Geez, you sound like me a few months back! Dont despair - you will find the DAFNE course a Godsend, you really will. The flexibility that DAFNE allows will definitely suit your needs and you will feel much more in control than I'm sure you do with your current regime.

Oh blimey - it seems that just like i've done with my diabetic control over the years, i've manage to neglect this thread!! By way of an update I've now graduated from DAFNE and am so happy that I managed to get onto the course! It taught me things and the principles were fairly...

Hey Nicole Sorry I'd forgotten that I'd posted here and haven't been checking. It seems like there are a lot of us out there - far more than I was ever aware of! I'm doing a DAFNE course at the moment and there are 3 of us that got type 1 as children - all of us told similar stories...

Thanks for the "welcomes" guys!!! Cleo - I thought I was the only one that did the "Glucose meter" trick! In fact I thought I invented it :lol: Diabetic nurses worldwide must roll their eyes everytime we think we're outsmarting them!!! Oooh, you've got the contour usb??!!! I want one of...

Hiya, I'm Leon, 34 from London. I'm a husband, dad to a toddler with another on the way (Sept). I was diagnosed with type 1 when I was 14. Back then I was a model diabetic - however, living at home with my parents probably had a lot to do with that. Since leaving home some 12 years ago my...