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Hey Manodeldios - I've sent you a private message on here too. Did that arrive?

Ah, OK - my bad. Apologies, @dannyw :)

Like I said - my insulin intake is down to my size and structure. Was a competitive swimmer until my late teens, then have been to the gym ever since. I'm gutted at the moment as due to the fact I've just had my operation I can't go to the gym! :p

That's simply not true - the higher the dose, the less margin for error! If you only take half a unit for 10 carbs, say - you have a real hard time adjusting for, say, 12 carbs (0.6 units of insulin!), whereas, if the margin is wider, it's easier! I take 2.7 units for 15 carbs (between 12 and...

Really? I think I'd have been about 15 years old when I took that much! :D

Depends on your size more than anything. I'm 6'5", and weigh nearly 18 stone, but have low body fat (mostly muscle), and I need HUGE amounts of insulin - always have. Biggest bolus ever? Probably about 60 units. Biggest these days is around the 30 mark. No dramas - I'm just not an average...

That's just it, though - I am positive. :) I believe that I'll just live my life and that its just an inconvenience that I have to put up with. :) But really - there's no point in kidding yourself. There won't be a cure - as I said, a vaccine maybe - but they'll cure every type of cancer and...

Another way to look at it - could they find a cure for a missing organ? Nope - and the situation with being type 1 is analogous. I do think they will develop a vaccine, though - there's a lot of chat about how the autoimmune response which causes the condition could be triggered by some kind...

Yes, I'm very aware of all of those things. You forgot to mention gestational diabetes that can result in a condition which manifests as type 2, but then progresses to type 1, as has happened with my sister in law. Type 2 diabetes is a lot more complex when it comes to causes. There's no...

Two things: 1) the statement above is correct. We are cash-cows to drug companies. Why would they cut of a guaranteed multi billion pound revenue stream to cure an illness that a small monitory can live perfectly reasonable lives with? That's not cynicism - that's just seeing the world of...

The risk associated with weight gain from insulin is far outweighed by the risks of not taking it and constantly running high blood sugars. Seriously. If your doctor is using that as an excuse not to put you on insulin, report him to the medical board and find another doctor. I'm reading my...

If your blood sugars are out of control and you're not on insulin, you need to be on insulin. It's binary. Black and white. Don't put up with **** from doctors that obviously don't know what they're talking about. It's your life and your health. Don't act at your own peril.

Get on with it. Don't let the ignorant, prejudice numpties get you down. I'd never risk my own health/life on the off-chance I might offend someone.

As far as I know, the most accurate meter on the general market at the moment is this one: http://www.diabetes.bayer.co.uk/products/bayers-contour-next-range-of-meters/contour-next-usb/overview/ if you contact Bayer, they'll send you one for free - then just get your doctor to prescribe the...

Hey. I've only scan read the thread, but I'll make a few points: 1) The current CGM I've used with my pump (Medtronic Paradigm) is generally pretty rubbish. Quite inaccurate and very painful (compared to the infusion sets anyway). I'd much sooner stick with a BGM machine - particularly...

Ha! Only nearly...? :p I had some issues with hypos - I'd become aware of them too late - but with a pump, because you remove the need for the analogue insulin (your Lantus), you no longer 'lose control' when you have a hypo. I've been 1.8 and still able to function fully and hold a normal...

Hey Mangobe, I'm sure that in the early days of pumping, there was little difference - just convenience. Nowadays, with the most recent pumps (mine is around 3 years old now), the infusion sets have needles which are around 1.5mm long and made of soft, flexible plastic. In other words - you...

Hey Mangobe, I could only really go ahead with my treatment based on the fact that I'm now on an insulin pump. Having an abdominoplasty then injecting into the area again would be a lesson in frustration, IMHO. Personally, I don't think the abdomen is the ideal place for insulin anyway - i...

Hey Mangobe. Certainly an interesting approach - and it may still be able to work out... The surgeon who performed my surgery was Mr Martin Vesely. His speciality is reconstructive surgery after cancer (I didn't want some dude who was more interested in giving skinny girls big boobs and doing...

Right. Exposure time! I'm now 6 days post-op, so I figure I can show you some photos! Here's my tummy pre-op (the drip is a glucose drip due to me having low blood-sugar as I'd not eaten anything since 6am!) and here's me today - 6 days post-op. :) I'm off for my follow-up appointment...