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Here is a link to the "Think Glucose" website. http://www.institute.nhs.uk/quality_and ... olkit.html

Hi Elc1112, You don't say which area you are in, hopefully not my area! I too am Type 1 and work in my local NHS hospital. We have Diabetic Specialist Nurses in the hospitals and also a ‘Think Glucose’ programme which is an NHS Institute toolkit that helps improve the assessment, care and...

When you say you have your licence for 25 years without any problems, am I misunderstanding this as my licence has been restricted to 3 years ever since I was diagnosed nearly 25 years ago? The stay above 5 info is not currently on the DVLA website my DAFNE specialist nurse is going to copy it...

I've had my toe nails done because of in growing toe nails, I had them for as long as I could remember, its a really short procedure and yes the initial injection hurts but then its all over and done with really quickly. I personally couldn't be bothered with the hassle of being knocked out...

Not sure if this has been pointed out previously but I will post just in case. I recently attended a DAFNE course, really helpful, and one of the things the DSN told us was that the DVLA are now recommending that your blood glucose is 5+ before driving if it is below you should act accordingly...

Thanks Tracey, I think the antibiotics have now kicked in. I actually fancied something to eat last night, nothing very big tho'. Had breakfast this morning and so far everything seems to be OK. So I'll just keep drinking lots, testing etc etc. Thanks

Hi, I'm Type 1 and have been for the last 25 years. I am currently suffering from a kidney infection, I've got antibiotics but still feeling pretty awful. I started off taking Trimethoprim but they made me sick so was changed to Co-amoxiclav which although better are still making me feel...

Perhaps you could print some info off here to take with you as educating someone is always a good thing and often works better than making them look stupid in front of people. From personal experience when I go hypo even the very simple questions take on a whole different perspective and take...