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Not a problem, porl69 and thank you, Diakat. Taking twice as many supplies on holiday is usually what I do too. Bill

From this morning’s online neswpaper, a customer comment regarding cancellations and delays of flights to the UK out of Lanzarote due to the sandstorm: ‘He added: “I am type one diabetic and when I explained to a Tui rep that I will not have enough insulin for the next 24 hours, their response...

Folks For the past four months I’ve had a painful and irritating rash on my shin. My GP initially started me on antibiotics then corticosteroid cream but they’d no effect at all. Next, it was checked out at the diabetic clinic and a biopsy arranged. I’ve now been told it is (had to write this...

Years ago I went through a period of these truly terrible nightmares not long after my insulin regime was changed. Usually they were full of horrible creatures chasing me, I'd fall off a cliff and could feel the terror as I kept dropping down. That's when I woke up, sweat pouring off me. I...

After I posted yesterday I Googled and found, just as you say, my grandmother was right and it wasn't my imagination. Aye, it must have been terrible not having any way to treat diabetes in my g-grandmother's time and they did indeed just waste away. It must have felt like a miracle to be given...

Lilylala, that's interesting but you're right, if your routine works for you then go for it! I know a lady who is on twice-a-day Novolog Mix 70/30 which I think is much the same as M3. As she is phobic about hypos she only takes the insulin 30 minutes AFTER breakfast and her evening meal. Her...

My mother, grandmother and great-grandmother were, like me, all type 1's. Insulin wasn't available for my gg-mother and she died around 6 months or so after living on a diet mostly of cabbage. I am sure it isn't my imagination and positive my grandmother told me her mother's diagnosis was...

RVyas, I've been on M3 for a long time and can only let you know how it works for me. Your mother's mileage may vary. I take my first injection at 9am and the second 8pm. I've usually always maintained an 11 or 12 hour space between them although I've found it can be flexible if needed. I eat...

Thank you for the great advice Seacrow. I meet with my GP this week to ask him to get me back on to syringes and all the info in this thread will greatly help me 'move back' to a way of injecting I always felt more comfortable with. Bill

Grant, what a nightmare and I can associate with what you describe. My dad would have run a mile but my mother could do enough for both of them! Until I left home in my teens dad left the room when I took the insulin kit out, he hated needles. He did National Service too, was a big strapping...

LOL Penquin47210 about your hypo and hitting the Deputy Head. Years ago, I'd one of the worst hypos at Heathrow Airport as we sat there for close to six hours for a connecting flight north. Around 6pm, I took my insulin just as our meals arrived at the table. My sugar level was 7.2. God knows...

I love of all of your pics Grant, you've a terrific collection and for a good few years every time you post them I get a big punch of nostalgia. The first insulin I was put on in the early 60's was once-a-day Lente. It's possibly my age now but I have difficulty recalling the box it came in...

Me too. My late brother bought it for me only a year or two after I was diagnosed and I couldn't pull that trigger. I also couldn't use the little steel tube injector that Hypoguard manufactured all those years ago. It terrified me just as much. I've never used any finger pricker because I'm...

I don't remember Laurence's 'Line Ration Scheme' but wish I'd known about it. Like you though , I always think of carbs in 10 units chunks. I'd forgotten about the little diet scales but I am sure it was a few years before we got them from the clinic. I could have written all of your final...

Thank you very much LooperCat. I'd completely forgotten that I used to inject air into the insulin bottle equal to what I was going to draw down and following on from what you say I definitely will not do it with the pen cartridge. Your advice is appreciated. Bill

Thank you Jaylee and oh yes, it is worth a try. I'm weary of the stress the pen causes me sometimes and things need to change. Yes, the insulin is U100 and I'll make sure the syringe will be too. Long gone are the days of U40 and U80 although I wonder if those are still produced and used...

Ah ok, Jaylee and thank you. I'll speak to my GP about this. Bill

Yes I agree DCUKMod. I might run past my doctor going back to the 'old way' of doing it. A thicker longer needle to draw up the insulin then change to the shorter thinner one for injecting it. It'll be like going back in time but I am more than OK with that. Again, many thanks. Bill

therower, I'm with you regarding technology. I still use a desktop, my phone isn't smart and I've never owned a tablet. I used to be OK with all the tech stuff then all of a sudden it all got very complicated. Being honest, years ago it was a blessing when I retired because of the computer...

DCUKMod, why the heck didn't I think of this? Yes, the cartridge does indeed have the rubber bung and I never gave a thought to being able to draw insulin from it into a syringe. Our surgeries don't open here until Friday when I will phone and make an appointment with my GP and go see him...