Recent Content by sophie7

I am 17 and have had type 1 since I was 7. It would help to know more about the background between you and your daughter/ her condition etc... as I don't want to make any snap judgements. However, I do feel that I can understand how your daughter might be feeling. My parents can get quite...

I can relate - although i've never been physically violent, I have sometimes felt like I am about to snap when I have a hypo, and haveon occassions said some really horrible things to my parents and made them quite upset. At the end of the day, we can't help how we feel when we are low/high...

Don't worry - I completely understand how you feel. Often I find that I'm trying to do everything 'perfectly', and that people just cannot comprehend how hard being diabetic is. I always feel that I have to try harder then them just because everything is an uphill struggle. It takes time to...

Thank-you everyone for replying so quickly - really means a lot as posting this was very hard. I took your advice and emailed the DWED website - hopefully I will get a reply from them soon. And part of me does feel I should show this to my DSN. The trouble is that my parents are going to be...

Hey :) I'm quite similiar to you - diagnosed with Type 1 when I was 7 in June 2002 - i'm 17 now and will be 18 in September. Any time you want to chat do just send me a PM! I know a grand total of 0 people with diabetes in my life! Would be great to talk to someone. Take care :) Sophie

Before I write this I just want to ask everyone to please not judge me. I know that a lot of the stuff I've done/am doing is not good for my health - I get all that. But I really need some advice/support for what to do, as I've dug myself into a really big hole and am really worried. I wasn't...

I definitely don't think it's unreasonable at all! It was one drink! Uni is the time to enjoy yourself - I personally don't drink but then I've had a problem with hypos for a while now, and to be honest don't really trust any of my friends to keep an eye on me for hypo warnings! At the end of...

It would definitely be worth doing a CGM for a few days. Last year I got an insulin pump that does CGM, and it is brilliant - the advantage is that it shows the fall/rise rate of you BG, so you get the best possible picture. Really worth trying, and the hospital i'm at put me on a CGM when I was...

Just wanted to say re Weatabix - although everyone else has commented on it being quite bad for BG levels - i eat nothing else for breakfast! I found cornflakes, shreddies, rice crispies etc.. really bad for BG levels. For weetabix i eat 1 - the reccommended it 2. Cereal is the best thing for...

Nothing beats Wheatabix! I have spent the last ten years trying to find a cereal that doesn't send my blood sugar sky-high, and it is now the only thing I eat at breakfast - you're supposed to eat 2 but i go with 1 and it keeps me relatively full until lunch. :) Take care, Sophs

I know that diabetic don't necessarily don't qualify for DLA anymore - mine got removed about a year and a 1/2 ago, under the gov. cuts. Bit annoying, as we spend quite a bit of money on extra food/some BG metres etc... that aren't on my prescription/ testing strips when the pharmacy take about...

I have many holiday experiences being a type 1, so have some useful ancedotes that i have gathered over time! Firstly, always make sure that you have back-up kit. We normally divide my medication between all of our cases - in case a bag goes missing, and between our hand luggage. Also, british...

Hi Everyone :) I'm a seventeen year old AS Level student, and have had Type 1 diabetes for ten years this May (don't like to say I have been diabetic, as I don't like to think it defines me). Anyway, I've always managed it reasonably well. Not to say it has been easy: it took about five years...

I'm approaching 10 years this May and I feel like that too. I know what you mean about the sympathy thing. I often feel that people look at the illness more than the person. They look at the data and the readings, and they say do this and so that. I think they forget that underneath it all...

Hey :) Seriously don't feel like a failure. I too hate the mention of the word clinic. I actually had the opposite problem last time I went. My HBA1C was something 46 - about 6.0 mmols. They basically said it was too low, so I spent an hour with the dietician describing the "right eating...