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No more depressing than any other part of medicine really - you always have to decide if the benefits of a treatment outweigh the risk (e.g. Aspirin prevents heart attacks, but it's no good taking it if your heart attack risk is so low that taking the drug will cause more deaths from bleeding...

Do people get cancer because they are obese? If not, then why do we need to take away the cancer patient's chocolates? Simply put, the key difference is responsibility - children are much more susceptible to external influences whereas I feel that adults who want to vote should be able to make...

So, I take it you're volunteering to pay more taxes to make up for the NHS funding shortfall that would result in GPs charging less?

Simple - if you start off with say 4.5 mmol/l and have a snack that raises your BG by say 3 mmol/l, then you'll end up with 7.5 mmol'l, which is below the usual target of < 7.8mmol'l I.e. not taking any insulin was the correct dose.

The difference is that healthy people can regulate how much insulin they release (low blood sugar? no problem, just reduce insulin a bit) vs diabetics on insulin have to correctly judge insulin requirement every single time (can't refuce insulin, so better luck next time).

The most trouble I had with airport security was an Optium Xceed tests trip wrapper setting off the metal detector - they spent about 5 min poking it with their handheld devices and xraying it ;) No one ever blinked an eye at insulin, BG meters or even my CGM+ inserted sensor.

You would normally check ketone levels when you have unexplained high BG to determine if the the cause of the high BG is simply a missed insulin injection (e.g. A bottle of Lucozade without insulin will give you sky-high BG but this is not a medical emergency) or an absolute insulin deficit (if...

37 (=5.5%)... cue hypo interrogation.

That's not gonna work at all - if the kid is determined to stab others then he'll be able to get the means at any stationary shop/sewing shop/etc.

Correct - good control reduces the excess risk, but even well controlled diabetics in these studies were more likely to suffer from here complications than healthy people.

After having measured your BG, and worked out how much IOB is left (e.g. Assuming that 25% of insulin is used per hour) you'd estimate where your BG will end up after all the IOB has done it's work using your correction factor (e.g. You'd need more of a correction dose if you have 15 mmol/l 4h...

Sorry, the only solution is to reduce the intensity of your exercise (which is not to say that you can't run a marathon - whilst your intended pace may result in a BG increase today you will get more efficient at running and may see less of a raise at the same pace after a month of training) or...

You only have to worry about ketones when you experience unexplained hyperglycemia to determine if the cause is an absolute insulin deficit (without insulin cells can't get glucose and signal that they are starving to which the liver responds by dumping tons of glucose) aka DKA or simply a meal...

The movie is Sicko - it's a Micheal Moore movie, so I'd suggest a bit of caution. In particular, as a UK citizen you won't be able to walk in there and get free treatment as suggested by the above post. As for insulin, diabetes UK (NOT this site) recommends contacting the manufacturer directly...

You wouldn't die within a week without your insulin whereas a T1 diabetic would?

And again, illegal to misuse. You can submit your tattoo here

It would help to know which CGM you were given, and when in doubt I think it would be better to give your DSN a quick call rather than waste a week's CGM time. I think you completely missed what calibration means in this context: What we are mainly interested in are blood glucose levels, which...

The process is going to be something like this: You collapse, bystanders call an ambulance, and EMTs will find the bracelet when they check your wrist. Any documents you carry on yourself (e.g. Insulin passport) are unlikely to be found unlike the bracelet specifically says to check the wallet...

For the record and future googlers (yeah, right...) most pharmacies sell glucose powder (about £1.50 per pound) which you can put into your tea (or whatever works best for you) and sip. If you can't keep anything down at all, it will probably take an IV so better get yourself to the nearest...

Food ads aren't exactly making health claims ("this ice cream is delicious!")... and to be honest, I'd think a better question is why you ever thought that corporations trying to sell their products would particularly care about your health. Also, the new wave of "you can have X as part of a...