Recent Content by unicorn

Hi Matt - I wish you could come to my buddy group, there are some young people there who were diagnosed only a short time ago but we are keeping it for local uni students. Are you at uni ? if yes see if the uni health centre has a buddy group. Living away from home and having T1 is very...

An update on the buddy group - 40 invitations sent out - 8 people came - is this good? I was disappointed but then realised some folk just aren't into this sort of thing. But some had text me to say they would definitely come and then didn't- why would they do that? I didn't set an agenda...

Have you tried looking at the resource section on the www.bdec-e-learning .com site? There some really good info on there that might tide you over until DAFNE turns up to educate you! Also a good book is carbs and calories (I think it is called) I got it on Amazon - lots of lovely pictures...

You don't know how much reassurance these posts have given me! I am in the process of starting a 'buddy' group (don't you just hate the term support group? yuk!) for some students with T1DM - I wondered if it was a lost cause but knowing that some feel 'physical' meetings with people in the...

I think the issue with testing and getting an adequate supply of strips will come up many times in the future because of the cost. My nurse has been told to swap all her patients onto one type of meter because the chosen one is good and the strips are cheaper than others. I've never heard of it...