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Fletch I don't want to come off as a total noob and an idiot here but the point is you really can't tell. You're used to it. Try actually having a normal adult existence and then having that taken away. You get to a point where you can't really enjoy anything at all because it all has this...

I have been trying to ignore what's coming up, it is too horrifying. I guess I'm not really allowed a social life at the moment, so if I just keep on not having a social life that should be fine... sort of...

This may not be accurate, it's just my personal impression, but I am starting to think that lantus makes me feel like **** as well. Usually I take it in the morning and it seems to be running out by the following morning. A while ago I traveled to a time zone where I was taking it in the evening...

My life is weird. I am sitting in the lobby of a really great hotel in Phoenix Arizona. No I am not trying to be impressive, no I do not usually travel this much, it's for work and yes I am crazy for doing it with a backpack full of insulin pens. But if I start turning things down the phone...

Tim, if you were diagnosed at thirteen, how do you even know what impact it had on your social life?

I wouldn't complain, I'd fetch my baseball bat.

Are blisters something I need to be scared of? This is diabetes: exercise, except the drugs won't let you, and don't get blisters or you'll have your toes amputated? Is that what it is?

Good thing I didn't read this thread for a while, I wouldn't have gone swimming. But I did. The only reason it worked was that I was travelling and was in a time zone where I was taking lantus in the evening rather than the morning. I find I tend to wake up really high, like 7.9 or 8 often, so...

Thanks folks, OK, I'm going, I'm out the door, here goes nothiiiiing....

@Key_master_ that sounds like an awful situation unfortunately I can't offer much more than moral support. This is the sort of story that really scares the hell out of me :( Are there any medical people who actually give a **** about diabetes, anywhere on this planet?

I don't envy me :(

Based on a sample of one, yes. Total disaster at the end of last week.

@Circuspony, you're probably right and I should try to be less messed up about it. I have some very good friends here in London who have been absolutely chilled out about it (at least they seem chilled out) and that helps. I do need to have my mum and dad on my side though, maybe I'm still 8...

I don't have type 2 but this is something that I have run into a lot. I eat something like 50-75g of carbs a day. Some people have told me that this is insanely low carb and will lead to my developing insulin resistance, I'm a total disaster, it's awful, etc. Some people have said it's a...

They'll be upset I didn't tell them sooner. A very helpful friend recently said that I should just tell them the truth, that I didn't want to upset them and I'm sorry that I don't have any choice but to upset them somehow. In theory yes I could go and eat a massive pizza, I'd love to, but I...

Why do people keep saying it's OK then describing how they've had bits chopped off? I don't want my toes cut off.

I don't care about injecting in public, I could not care less. I care about injecting in front of my parents before we have had the "I have something I need to tell you" conversation. Otherwise, they'll freak out utterly, who wouldn't. I don't have a GP in London (I doubt I have one in...

Hello Tomorrow I have to fly from London to Melbourne. I used to love travelling and I am going home to see my family which would normally be good so tomorrow should be an exciting day. However I am now less than 2 months from diagnosis and this whole situation scares the absolute living ****...

I don't get the excitement. Ooh, I have the same (utterly awful) disease as that (utterly awful) woman. Great. I really want something in common with her... I do wonder if she spends as much time feeling as grim as I do, whether that explains anything... Edited for language.

Hi Dean Please be aware that I was only diagnosed a month before you were so don't take what I say too seriously as I might be an idiot and I am certainly inexperienced. Anyway, I work in the film industry and was completely convinced I would be out of a job as it's super irregular and there...