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Would contacting Oxfam/British Red Cross/UN maybe be a good port of call? I can't see why you would be turned away if you are volunteering your services - hats off to you for wanting to do it in the first place. Obviously your diabetes will be of concern - how much to the aid agencies I don't...

When I first started using pen needles about 10 or so years ago I was using 12mm needles :o !! If I remember rightly they were worried that my insulin wasn't being absorbed properly. I went into the chemist to pick up a prescription one day and she was gobsmacked this was the size I was...

I've been diabetic 20 years and last year a check of my eye showed minor changes at the back. Optician and consultant have assured me there is nothing to worry about (food for thought though). Other than that I'm as healthy as can be. In all the 20 years of being diabetic I just can't get my...

wow, now that is interesting. I have had several bad hypos following a bath. I have always attributed this to the heat as I am not good in hot weather/hot rooms/hot cars, etc. I can literally feel my blood level nose diving when I am too hot. Interesting post as yesterday I was at an...

Hi there, I was very self conscious when I was first diagnosed about injecting in public. For those of us that were diagnosed before insulin pens were the 'norm' I think this was due to the fact I had to use a syringe and insulin vial, so you did attract some puzzled looks. I suppose if you...

When I visit forums such as these it always interests me to see what different people are told in different places and by different health boards. I agree with you lilibet though on more or less everything you said! If the average non diabetic person's HBA1c sits at around 5 then...

I really wouldn't want to comment on this from a medical perspective, but my consultant who I've seen for about 6 years has given me a similar story. My HBA1c averages at 7.0 - I think the last was 7.1 if I'm being precise. I have frequent hypos and what my consultant advised me was that if I...

Thanks for posting this - I didn't know. I am sometimes tempted to exercise in the morning before taking my insulin, but I've had really high readings after doing this when I've tested. I - like everyone who has posted - have felt amazing benefits from exercise and am a regular at aerobics...

Thank you all for posting replies to my thread. It's been interesting to see the different perspectives and ideas we all have about diabetes and how being diagnosed at different ages has affected us/our children/friends. I don't think an age exists where it's 'easier' - and not just for the...

Re: ! I've thought about your reply and to be honest I find it hard not to take offence when you mention my maturity level! I certainly do not think that I am invincible and I think you are misunderstaning me on a gross level! I've re-read my post a quite a few times and find it very...

Hi all, It's hard these days not to know several people personally - or through a friend/colleague, etc - someone who has type 1, or indeed type 2. I was diagnosed age 6 so it's difficult, impossible nearly, to remember what my life was like when I didn't have diabetes. All through the major...

I was six years old when I was diagnosed in 1990. I remember drinking diluting juice like it was going out of fashion and then I started to get very sick. My condition wasn't picked up right away and I became very ill. At first when my GP was visiting he thought I had a some sort of viral...

I flew to America in 2002 (not too long after 9/11 attacks). At that time airport security were searching your suitcase as well as your hand luggage. American Airlines security told me that so long as I had something stating that I was a diabetic then I would be fine. I carry a medical alert...

Hi there, Thanks for taking the time to reply to me I appreciate your comments. I was hoping more to see if someone had experienced something similar... Hypo awareness - to me - is fundamental. I think it's very difficult to put yourself in someone else's shoes, unless you have experienced...

Hi, I'm looking for a wee bit of advice or maybe reassurance ahead of an opticians visit tomorrow. I've been type 1 for 20 years and maintain decent control - last HBA1c 7.1 in October and this is the norm for me. I also wear contact lenses for short sightedness. Since yesterday afternoon...