Recent Content by rachelsnj

There has been discussion of this on facebook this week. Many people are being given novorapid that is coming from other countries. The writing on the box is in other languages and an English sticker is covering some of the wording. It seems that people are having problems similar to yours when...

'The exemption would cover all medications and not just those required for your diabetes.' Is this correct? I didn't think you could get free prescriptions for things not associated with T1 diabetes.

What a fantastic acheivement Tom!! Brilliant!! From a the view of a mum with a T1 9 year old this is so great to see. You are an inspiration. My daughter read your post and says ACE I am gonna do that when I'm old enough!!! She is a fiery red head and is blessed with a 'nothing is gonna get in...

Hi my 8 year old daughter is type 1 (2 years in July) and is on novorapid and lantus aswell. She injects the novorapid in either thigh and tummy on a rotation (breakfast goes in left thigh, lunch in tummy and tea in right thigh) then lantus goes in either left or right side top buttock area...

This was done automatically for us. We received a letter to say that the DLA had been awarded to our daughter and then we got another letter to say the tax credit disabled amount had been awarded aswell. We did not apply for the increased tax credit it is done by the DLA who inform the tax...

I have just signed up for the forums. My daughter was diagnosed T1 18 months ago at age 7 and 3 weeks later we had our first camping trip. The only problem we had that time was having no electric hookup and therefore no where to keep her Lantus and spare Novorapid which was a right pain. so the...