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    Refused an ambulance on a 999 call

    No I was just meaning the fact that with type 3 you suffer from high sugars and the insensitivity to insulin as well just what you have said there is confusion regarding the definition of the disease
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    Refused an ambulance on a 999 call

    Mary colman I have just read about type 3 diabetes on the web site I am so sorry it's bad enough type 1 and the ignorance that we see regarding our condition but having a relatively new for will be very difficult for you. I don't think that the operators on the phone should decide who should...
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    Refused an ambulance on a 999 call

    I had to call an ambulance after I had a fall, there was blood running down my face. I have type 1 and i suffers with low blood sugar especially when I am stressed or in shock. I explained this to them but I was refused an ambulance eventually they said they would send a taxi for me but I had to...
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    Negativity

    Listen this is turning into a debate on employment rights and I'm not interested I don't work in that area anymore. Your diabetes is your concern and I am glad you don't have any of the many problems a lot of other diabetics have but you must disclose your health conditions to your employer as...
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    Negativity

    I can see your point of view and I also don't like people trying to help with hypo's but it is not a case of why it is a case of basic employability rights. You have certain rights as an employee but so does your employer and in those rights on both sides is full disclosure I am sure that if...
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    Negativity

    Worked in employment for 20 years you have to disclose it because god forbid if any thing happens to you and you did not mention it. I agree diabetes is covered under the disability discrimination act any disability that effects your day to day living is covered. Can you imagine if you did not...
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    Negativity

    Just another thing if we are not honest and try to change the minds of the employers nobody is going to do it for us. Sorry am going to get down off my soap box now.
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    Negativity

    You have to tell them as it is instant dismissal. The thing is there are a lot of people who have things they do not want to disclose especially to an employer. I know how you feel you get the job and you feel you have something that your employer would see as a problem, then you feel you...
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    Negativity

    Have got my diabetic check on 8/10 I was not looking forward to the talking down from my nurse but after what I have read I am hoping not to have such a bad time. I wouldn't say I am passive when I attend my hospital appointments but fight can be tiring. Then after when I get the letter from my...
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    Negativity

    I have often wondered over the years if I have a bad diabetic nurse or not. I think the problems I have with her are that the ideas she has about my condition and treatment are just not the same as mine. I have banged heads with her and have ranted to my family about the way she has treated me...
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    bubbles in cartridge/infusion set

    I have been on the pump for 5 years and have problems with bubble in the cartridge. I am not overly active like your son but I have temperature problems which seem to have an adverse effect on the insulin. Basically I get sweats and when this happens I getting bubbles. Have been told to keep...
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    newly diagnosed

    Welcome to the forum. I get free glucose meters from my diabetes nurse but I'm type 1 and on a pump check out what help and support is offered by your hospital. You can buy the meters at the pharmacy but you may have to pay for the strips talk to your doctor some times you can get them on...
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    Withdrawing the funding for my pump - please help!!!!

    I cannot understand why they would give you a pump for such a short time as the pumps are thousands of pound to buy and they cannot re use them. I know when I went on my pump I was told it was for a 3 month trial and was given the impression it would be taken off me that was 5 years ago. You...
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    Type 1 who just cant lose weight

    Could some one please tell me what kind of carbs are you suggesting you reduce to help reduce your weight. I ask this as I attended a course before I was put on my pump which said that a lot of foods which I previously would not have counted should be calculated when you are working out your...
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    Type 1 who just cant lose weight

    I am type 1 and have been for 17 years I also have had great problems over the last few years with weight gain which is made worse by none of my medical team being able to tell me why. Reading some of these replies has made me feel better as it gives me some possible causes. I have recently been...