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A bit like my gp who seems to think that my type 1 has turned into type 2 now that I am in my 65th year.....!!! She tells me I have hypos if I eat anything sweet because it promotes the production of more insulin from my pancreas. Never quite know what to say to that---I can hardly correct her...

Thank you....!!!!

You will of course also realise, particularly if you take insulin, that glucose, sugar or a sweet will act instantaneously to correct a hypo whereas a medium slice of bread at 15/ 16 g (2/3 oz) will take considerably longer to bring the bm back up, even though it has 3 times the amount of cho...

Obviously different fruits have different cho/ fruit sugar content--that was one of the 1st things I learnt as an 8 year old (57 years ago) after having been diagnosed as type 1 and administering insulin, for example a 10g banana is very small whereas a 10g apple or orange tend to be medium...

....but fructose works very slowly in the body. I once went on a fruit only diet and had half as much insulin as normal dose meant I had recurring hypos. Asked doc about it & emphasised that I had exactly the same cho in fruit rather than eating other types of cho, such as bread and potatoes, he...

I've had it 56, nearly 57, years now and find I can no longer be ***** to explain it all......Find worst incorrect comments about type 1 come from GP, consultant and 1 meeting with a dietician who didn't even know how much cho was in a slice of bread (can no longer be bothered to go into long...

I am online for just about everything else but for some reason (maybe they think I don't understand my results....) I can't get that service online & obviously need my GP to translate them for me (even though she thinks you get a hypo from eating too much sugar---I ask you)? Have had type 1 for...

I put everything on top of my handbag. A male I knew had one of those leather mens bags & used to use that as his surface

Son says I should complain to NICE--frankly cannot be a****

Apparently in the area where I live no prescriptions are issued for anything necessary to use the Libre. Years ago I met NICE criteria for a CGM. GP didn't respond to my request. Recently, when I mentioned than normal BM meter readings were retrospective she told me that was all that was...

When I have phoned docs for blood results I am told I am not allowed to have them. I ask why and am told that doc understands them. I say that I understand them & get no response so end up having to make an appointment with doc just to get HBA1C result. Complete & utter waste of my time & docs...

I agree--it's far easier to abstain altogether...

I did that (ate pizza toppings & chucked base) when my children wanted pizza

I have a waist belt with a purse which I wear at work in which I keep sweets/ glucose. Can wear it under clothes so is unobtrusive

When I wasn't allowed to eat at work I used to go to the loo to eat......bit disgusting but it kept diabetes stable. I have since used cupboards in which to eat.......if anyone came in I would just make a joke. Probably got put off as an 8 year old (& upwards) when I used to have to eat every 2...

Re type 1 being a disability: as I understand it it is whether I consider my condition t/b a disability---which I do not....

oh & manager in question asked me why I didn't tell her I was diabetic. My response was why didn't she ask me any questions about my health (normally I answer that I am diabetic but that it in no way impinges on my ability to teach & carry out my duties).

Just to illustrate further the prevalence of getting rid of vulnerable staff: my husband is a C6/7 complete (neck break) tetraplegic & was extremely successful as a manager at BT. He was made redundant after contacting a former colleague for advice (reason for doing so was that he should not...

Last year I had an interview, for a long term teaching supply job, during which not 1 health question was asked. Weeks into the job the manager told me that someone had told her I was diabetic (don't know how--hadn't mentioned it to anyone--was teaching in an NHS setting though) so she thought I...

One manager I had reported me because she saw me using my BM meter in the staff room. Reason she reported me: she thought it was my phone.............