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Someone was offered mummification as an option for after death. He declined as he thought it was part of a pyramid scheme.

A friend takes one of those once a week injection of a T2D diabetes medications. His beef is that he gets lots of bruising from this injection ( t"he horse needle") and wonders about use of an auto-injector. Could such a device perhaps shoot or guide the syringe/needle in at ? 45 degrees or ...

Have you ever made a mistake/misjudgment , had an 'accident' that was your fault ( or typically blamed on someone or thing else0 all with humorous consequences.? And even repeated such mistooks ?? To start the ball rolling - and as described by me in another post: I was working with superglue...

I noted a mother posting a real-time query recently about her daughter in a hypo and inebriated. Her query was answered quickly but I imagine that this type of query is not really what it was designed for. Does the site need an easily identified Emergency box/icon etc which advises in the case...

This is not a thread about blame or recriminations just stories and what was learned. Hypos are unpleasant and potentially dangerous especially if alcohol or other medications affect a diabetic's ability to release liver stores of sugar , reduce ability to recognise hypo symptoms or other...

If I end up with an unexplained high blood sugar, say 17 mmol/.l on waking plus I feel ghastly and I have ketones ++. The reason is usually that an indwelling needle site has leaked, or the needle has bent and the obstruction alarm does not activate. I cannot afford CGM regularly and Freestyle...

After 46 years on insulin injections and the occurrence of troubling night-time hypos despite 6 to 8 insulins of NovoRapid and Levemir in basal-bolus regime I switched to an insulin pump in 2011. In Oz there were only three options, Medtronic, Animas and Roche. I chose the Animas has to had an...

I have had TID for 51 years. Most questions aboit diabetes seem to revolve around dealing with the problems of dealing with diabetes, understanding it, about diets and more diets, technology and other challenges. What makes diabetes doable, makes us find some type of fun or joy in what we have...