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I'm 46 and have late onset type 1, I was diagnosed just over 12 months ago. Fortunately I had good support immediately from my local hospital who gave me an Aviva Accuchek Meter (the same one that apparently works with pumps) and explained carb counting to me.. it's been essential in me quickly...

Hi, I'm Type 1, diagnosed almost exactly 1 year ago at the age of 44. To be completely honest, for now at least, despite some pretty scary and often rather negative reading around the internet and forums like this one, I've found adjusting to this new life relatively comfortable, it is a life...

Hi, I was in the same position just before Christmas last year, I'm 45 so I gues, in a strange way am sort of lucky in that I managed to get this far without my Type 1 kicking in. Either way it's a shock and a life transformation although it certainly doesn't need to stop your son doing...

Thanks for the additional info everyone... I typically go on full day walks so start after breakfast, I'll try to make sure I'm eating 2hrs before starting. If not injecting for lunch do you deliberately keep it relatively low carb, my thinking being that if you eat a meal of 50/60 carbs and...

Thanks for the info guys...the diabetic nurse mentioned that I'll find it harder to manage diabetes once the honeymoon period is over which has me slightly concerned, perhaps this isn't always the case as I am finding day to day reasonably ok at the moment and just exercise a little crazy? I'll...

Nice and stable day to day, have a mid-morning dip around 2.5hrs after breakfast but just take a few carbs so no problem...apparently still in the "honeymoon" period as I'm only taking 8units of Lantus (hospital started me on 20), carb counting and using the Accuchek Expert monitor which has...

Hi, Sounds like you have more luck than me...coastal walking last week by levels dropped from 9.4 before climbing to 4.5 after 20 minutes uphill and similiar patterns the rest of the week. Tried cereal bars but not quick enough so tried lucozade and/or jelly babies which worked better...my main...

I was diagnosed Type 1 just over 6 months ago, which came as a shock as I'm 45 :shock: Anyway I'm a keen hill walker and am keen to get back onto those mountains asap but obviously it's now much more of a challenge than it ever was. I've tried some shorter coastal walks and sort of managed ok...