Recent Content by vaughan h

I'm a 45 yr old type 1 and live by myself. I have 2 dogs and have found 1 of them very helpful in the area of telling me that there is a hypo on the way or if I am asleep he wakes me up. I have been in a pool of sweat asleep and he just keeps anoying me till I wake and sit up. He has not been...

I myself have had treatment for frozen shoulder via cortisone injections for both my shoulders. Prier to the this treatment I found it next to impossible to pull my trousers up or wipe my butt. I have been in a couple of car accidents in my life. I paralyzed my right arm due to tearing nerves in...

A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started." Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?" The little silver haired lady says, "According to the...

Thank you for your coments I lost my oldest sister 20 years ago who was also a type 1. She was a small lady who had a lot of complications unfortunatly for her she would have been very sick even without diabetes and the stuff that can come with it. She passed when she was 29 and I lost my best...

Hi all my mane is Vaughan I am a 45 year old who has had type 1 diabetes for 38 years. I'm one of those people that you would have heard about that suffered from mosses syndrome. I was in de nile for the early part of my life. I felt I was invincible didn't take care of myself from when I left...

Hi Fazz, I often find myself guessing what my test might tell me and yes I do worry what they might be at times. The problem with that is exactly that worrying what they might be if you do the test you may find as I have many times that you worried for nothing. If you find yourself thinking...

Hi guy's I have had both my eyes done left 2x and right done 1. After 20 yrs and 2000 shots of laser they decided that they would change the fluid in my eye again and it was found that the first time it was done they left some jell behind and that was what caused the bleed. Unfortunately it took...

Hi Fazz I have been a tyoe 1 diabetic for 38 yrs and know the feeling all to well. Things have changed alot for the better in those years over here in New Zealand. Testing blood instead of urine injecting 4 times a day instead of mixing insulin and injecting once. Desposible syringes instead of...