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I feel really sorry for you. Is there someone you can talk to. Remember a problem shared is a problem halved. Your daughter may be feeling a bit depressed and feels angry with having Diabetes and now her sister. I am sure your Doctor could help you.

I am scared of injection, petrified in fact. But having Type 1 for 48 years since the age of 6. I have always insisted on doing my own. If anyone has to give me an injection or take bloods, insert a cannula. I am panicking like a looney. I just take a deep breath and do not look. The pain...

Love you. Please do not stop taking your injections you really need to take them to keep you alive. I know how you feel, why me, I hate this Diabetes, I want to be like my friends, the list goes on. But at the end of the day the injections will make you feel better because you know they will...

You are so young, I have had Type 1 for 48 years since the age of 6. You must eat your main meals breakfast, lunch and dinner. Adjust your insulin accordingly if this is failing you must go to your GP and ask him/her if they can admit you into hospital. Your Diabetic Consultant can/has to...

Unripened fruit. Lower sugar in these, they don't taste too bad. I have been eating these for years. Strawberries with artificial sweetener. Add fruit to sugar free jelly. Ripe fruit high sugar, good if your sugar is low. A ripe banana does the trick.

I have my Diabetic Retinopathy check up yearly and my optician is also a specialist and I have been told that my eyes have no signs of me having any problems. It is hard to believe I have had Type 1 Diabetes for 48 years. Just look after yourselves.

We oldies who have had Diabetes from a very young age still count carbs, it was drummed into us. I had a pack of cards which showed you the carbs in food, free foods, protein. It is instilled in you how many carbs per meal and to eat protein and veg with your main meal. Free foods will help...