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So far so good! Had a proper look today and I can actually see my abdominal muscles! :)

Yeah - exactly that address... Check your junk! :-P

Ooh?? Nothing serious I hope? Ha! I certainly hope not! Did you get my email?

Hey, I work in London, but I live near Guildford. :) But yeah - I feel your pain entirely! Although there are some odd side effects starting to happen...! :-S

Sorry about my delayed reply - I've just been discharged from hospital after my abdominoplasty (weds 11th), as my stomach area was similar to yours. I don't keep my insulin pump on my torso - it's on the top part of my buttock (arguably the side of my leg). I've been wearing it for 3 years now...

I had bad hyperlipotrophy around my waist. I'm 2 days post op from a tummy tuck to get rid of it at a cost of £6000. I'm fit - always have been - but 30+ years of injections into my stomach took their toll (been diabetic for 38 years). Doesn't happen to everyone, but it does happen. And it's...

The surgery is costing me around £6000. Took a lot of consideration, considering the cost - I don't have that kind of money to burn!

Hey Scardoc, I injected everywhere I could! Stomach, thighs, buttocks - I got HLT in all of them, but my stomach was the worst by far. As I suggested, the development of the lumps went away when I started using Humalog, so the thicker sections of skin on the top of my thighs aren't too much of...

Hi Sean, I've always stayed fit (was diagnosed with Type 1 when I was 3 years old), and was a competitive swimmer until the age of 18. Since which time I've always gone to the gym. I never experienced lows for days - that said, I never actually *left* days between exercising. :) If I'm...

My bad on the actrapid - I was one of the first people in the uk to be put into Humalog due to the actrapid causing the hyperlipotrophy, but it was so long ago I'd obviously forgotten the exact cause. I too was on re-usable needles and glass syringes when I was first diagnosed (1977), and then...

graj0 - they won't be moving muscles (I've got plenty of them, and they're all tight!) - it's literally removing the fatty tissue and the skin which has been 'deformed' by the injections. Not a 'standard' tummy tuck (which involves tightening the abdominal muscles) - this is literally just the...

Thanks, AndBreathe. :) The operation is on 11th February. My surgeon thinks I'll be able to return to work within 2 weeks, but I'll be working from home for the remainder of the month. I'll have to stay away from the gym for 6 weeks, though, which I don't like! I hope you're right with the...

Hi all, I introduced myself here last year, but I haven't been involved that much since then due to some changes in my personal life. I figured I should come on here now, as something is about to happen which is significant and connected to my diabetes. Just as a refresher, I'm 41 years old...

First off, take a day off work, sort out a doctor and a diabetic specialist. There's no excuse for that, unless you're very well controlled (which you're obviously not). What you haven't said on here is what type of diabetes you have, and what your treatment is? As for the whole side of your...

My son was diagnosed with Nephrotic syndrome (as well as T1) in August and put onto Prednisolone. I've studied steroids immensely, due to the fact that I'm not only Type 1, but also into bodybuilding, and the reaction to steroids is different per drug. Prednisolone is a bad one. :( Basically...

What do you want to know? I'm 40 years old, been diabetic for 37 years, and whilst I've had my 'off times' (not eating right, despite controlling my blood sugar), I'm now pretty fit, and have HBa1C of 6.2. I can tell you pretty much what you need to do in any situation - I've studied diabetes...

In addition - I diagnosed my boy, so he didn't get DKA. He'd started to really wet his nappies, to a point they were water-logged. I feared the worst, so tested his blood sugar using my blood tester, and he was 27.2. Darkest day of my life, but we took him straight to A&E, where they sorted him...

Thanks for the welcome, folks. :) I'm based between Surrey and Cheshire (work in Cheshire, live in Surrey), and I try to get involved in everything that goes on with the diabetes stuff at home. I'm planning on running the diabetes 10k next year, should my knees hold out...! :) @mummy78 - my...

Hi, all, Just joined the forum as I'm type 1 Diabetes. I was diagnosed at the age of 3, on 9th February 1977. In other words, I've been type 1 for just under 37 years. My Son, Noah, born 22/01/10 is also Type 1 diabetic, and was diagnosed in November 2011, aged 19 months. Gutting. My boy and I...