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Hi Cugila, well it's kind of a jumble - it says "type of insulin dependent me" I think! If someone said that to you in English you'd have a hard time getting the point if you weren't diabetic and didn't know any diabetics. Online translations are fine for easy, normal text but "insulin...

Being half Italian I wouldn't say "tipo di insulina dipendente me", it seems meaningless - I'd say "Sono diabetica (diabetico if you're a man), tipo A (said like the A in 'dad'), uso l'insulina". It literally means: I'm diabetic, Type1, I use insulin. The rest was fine and in Italian you can...

Hi, as a Type 1 I can tell you those figures are bang on target. A Type 1 must be conscious not to run too low for too long due to the life-threatening risks of hypo unawareness, which is why those figures are great for a Type 1 - you need to keep your hypo symptoms. Keep up the good work...

I started using Fucidin antiobiotic cream on mine several times a day and they halved in size overnight (I had two). Been doing that for about a month and they're almost completely gone. I'd had them for months before that. Had them many times in the past and antiobiotic pills never touched...

I had laser eye surgery in April 2004 and the pressure went too high in my eyeballs (glaucoma) so I had to go back the next day to see the surgeon for Timoptol drops, which eventually cured the problem. The surgeon said "That's strange, this usually only happens in people who have problems with...

I think, if I remember rightly, it's a carbohydrate that is not metabolised into glucose, so makes no difference to a diabetic. I checked with the specialists at King's anyway, and was told it's perfectly ok to take.

Noblehead you're exactly right about everything except one thing, which I have to point out. Novorapid has a profile of 2-6hrs. If I'm going to hypo due to accidentally having too much Novorapid (eg from a bad estimate on my carb intake) it will normally be between 1.5hrs and 3hrs afterwards...

If you want to know why T1s are concerned about high BGs and going to hospital, just search the internet for the term Diabetic Ketoacidosis and you will find out the harsh reality. No real need to go into it here with such a wealth of information already available elsewhere. At the levels...

There's been a lot written here and I haven't read it all, so I don't know if this point has been made yet, but you're only feeling so down and rubbish because you're running such high blood sugars. Your average blood sugar test is at the same level mine was when I was diagnosed last year and I...

I'm on DAFNE right now, and that's a classic scenario to manage. Do a test at 3am, because that is when the hypo traditionally hits (you said it was 6 at midnight, I think). You can then confirm the dawn phenomenon. You should exclude other reasons first, eg a correction dose or meal close to...

It says "The patient was selected based on the protocol criteria for poor control of blood glucose. Despite meticulous specialist supervision of frequent daily insulin injections, he has continuing frequent episodes of high blood glucose, high glycated hemoglobin levels (HbA1c) and unacceptable...

I'm so sorry that I can't answer your question, as far as I know I've never got above +1 which is bizarre enough in itself, but I do know that my nurse told me - and she's at King's College Hospital so I have every reason in the world to trust her advice - that if I ever hit +2 or +3 I should go...

I quite agree, and so do the makers of this drink, who would have used stevia to sweeten it with, if it were legal to do so. If you go to the 'why' page and go to 'other' at the bottom, click 'read more' - it definitely doesn't contain aspartame. We've discussed the evils of aspartame together...

I know, it seems expensive! I spend up to £12 a day on coffee (trying, trying, trying not to) so if I have one of these instead it still makes financial sense to me! But, I'm operating on a whole other level of no-energy than most people so I'm not a good example :o no-one should really...

OK I've sent another one, and I'll leave it this time no matter how long it takes! I got a massively important lawyer's letter on Friday - 8 days after it had been sent, by the postmark. Maybe I've been voodooed.

Hi I've PMd you with his name, but it's still sitting in my outbox... dunno why!! I asked him a few times over the months if it will be safe for us and he really knew his onions, but yes they're his onions, so to speak, and I can't remember it all!! It's not been designed or marketed for...

Ooh no I believe my lattes from "well-known establishments" have got a lot more caffeine in them than a percolated coffee - I drink several a day due to post-viral fatigue syndrome - I have to keep going somehow because I have to support myself. From diabeticseatout.com I've discovered each...

I've sent a text - ooh, the powers of modern technology - hopefully I'll have the definitive answer today :D

Ooh isn't it there????? I'll tell him tomorrow!! Thanks! Maybe I'm imagining things and it has a negligible amount in it. I was hearing about it every day at work for months but he hasn't been with us for the last few months, while he focused on this, so I've been out of the loop. It had...

Dear all, My friend has spent several months developing an energy drink with no carbs and no aspartame, filled with vitamins and amino acids to help concentration. It's just launched and since we were working together while he was developing this in his spare time, I drank a few of the testers...