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Type 1 here of nearly 60 years and for as long as I remember feeling cold has been a constant pain in the neck. So many times folks around me complain of feeling warm when I am shivering. Yes I am thin but even layering up usually doesn't take that cold feeling away. Bill

Similar to searley above, I was told to let a court usher know if I needed to eat and they'd have a 10 minute break. Over the years I've been on two juries one for a few days and the other, three weeks. Thankfully, I never had any problems. If you are chosen you may find the timings suit you...

Rokaab, over very many years I had GPs and diabetic hospital clinics all over the UK and I think they must pass medical information between them. When I went to my doctor a few months before my 50 years anniversary, he told me immediately the month and year I was diagnosed. He was located over...

Well done Allen. It's a bonnie medal too and opening the presentation box it came in was one of my proudest moments. Fingers crossed I'll still be here to get the 60 years one in a few years time! Bill

I think I would manage OK because I was diagnosed in 1964 and that’s exactly how it was. I will never forget the glass syringes and the wee boxes of six stainless steel needles (the needles expected to last about the same number of weeks). Also, the Clinitest and Acetest tablets, with the wee...

Totally agree with you Antje77. I'm now fifty-seven years on insulin and my mother and grandmother were type 1 too. I recall being told about a great grandmother being diagnosed in the very early 1900s when insulin wasn't available and she survived around 2 months on cabbage before the illness...

67yo type 1 here. I got a lertter from NHS Scotland on Friday letting me know I'd an appointment Monday 15th at a hub in the city centre. It was all done and dusted by 11am. I know for most here they are still working on folks 70yo and older so I think perhaps the GP's surgery got me taken...

You’re doing OK, hjm1986 but I understand your frustration. Fifty-six years on insulin here but never would I describe my diabetes as perfect. There are many good and bad days regarding test results and I nodded when I read maco’s comments. Now retired, I too eat the same foods, carbs and take...

Not sure about other parts of the UK but this year in Scotland many GP surgeries are not doing the flu jabs and diabetics etc. have been lettered by the NHS advising which ‘hub’ to attend and when. The one I’d to go to would take me around 90 minutes to get there (I got rid of the car when I...

'when I started going low was accompanied by sweating, shaking, headaches etc. Now however I find that I can be at less than 3mmol and have no obvious signs' Exactly the same for me SPC123, from this old-timer, now 55 years on insulin. The most noticeable change in warning signs for me was...

Aye, it could be an adventure, Mad76. I worked regularly in Greece for 40 years and sometimes would have more problems with pharmacies in Athens than on small islands and usually for medicines that were not diabetes related. In the early days, there was never a sticky label attached to anything...

Due to a work commitment, I spent a year on a small and quite remote Greek island close to 20 years ago. I’d visited a good few times before that and knew there was only one very, very small pharmacy which doubled up as a food and furniture store! On the short visit before the secondment began...

JMK1954 not too long ago I tried to switch back to disposable syringes but my insulin isn't produced in bottles only pen cartridges. I had more pain with the fiddly way of extracting insulin from those and gave up! I agree with you that something lighter helps a lot. Lilly make a plastic...

dazzagil I sympathise because I too have arthritis in my hands and it has caused me major problems trying to use my insulin pen. Unfortunately, I know of no type of device which you've described. However, possibly what follows might help. I also use (and love!) the Luxura. My diabetic...

I’ve been well impressed with Sainsbury’s since being placed on their vulnerable list. I’m seeing booking slots for home delivery sometimes for the next day or just a few days forward. This makes me feel more relaxed because they’ve delivered all I’ve asked for whenever I need it. Very friendly...