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I was told that i would have to attend a carb counting course before i got a pump and it would last 5 days, i told the doctor i had been carb counting for 28 years and there was no way was i going. He then got very angry and said there was no pump until i did, i just got up and said we will see...

You cannot take everything in at once it is impossible but doing thing in stages is better and make a not for yourself so if you need to go back you have it at hand

You are 19 and you have to inject yourself, i was 3 and had to inject twice a day but then at 19 it was 4 times a day. From my point of view between the ages of 15-27 are the hardest with your body changing, going out and having to inject where no one can see you. The first thing to do is get...

Give yourself a chance you cannot do everything in 4 weeks. I used to always take to many carbs to get out of a hypo even after over 30 years, As you are new to carb counting things take time and your body may still produce a little insulin, then you have to factor in if you have done any...

This is a lack of information by the airport and the government, my father is in a wheelchair so i have to take him through the security and the amount of times they have got him to stand up and talk his shoes off gets me angry. Then i tell them about my insulin pump and show them everything...

You can get a rail card if you get PIP does not have to be for help with movement, think it is £20 a year and if you take someone to take care of you they get the discount to as long as you book it. My uncle got his as he cannot drive and cannot walk very far. He was going from Durham to the...

Susie this is a forum where people share their feeling some are good and some are bad but everyone is able to express themselves. I know you hate diabetes and feel your life is over and i am not going to tell you that you are wrong because i know that diabetes will kill me in the end or...

You can get angry when your sugar is low but you can also angry if you are having a bad day. Everyone deals with diabetes and anger in different ways, some people get angry about doing BS or injecting. Diabetes is something that effects your life everyday but it is how you as a person deal with...

There are times that the doctors will say you have carpel tunnel and they do the op but it makes no difference, i have had 3 ops on the hands and one on the elbow. I had a pancreas and kidney transplant about 3 years ago and now that my BS are normal they have have found i have nerve damage all...

Hello Susie i see you have not changed, then reason they do not tell you about life expectancy at first is that they have just told you about diabetes and how you need to manage it. I agree that after about a year they should tell you about life expectancy and the other problems a long the way...

Stress sends blood high and the doctor will always to avoid stress which is hard with diabetes. If this is causing you to worry speak to who ever is looking after your diabetes and tell them that you have been testing your BS on a machine which you bought at your own expense and that you would...

I had problems with the pump a few but being male i have not had any the way you are. Sometimes you may hit a part of the body that you used to in inject which can block the insulin flow, you may have a faulty batch of cambers where they keep getting stuck, or your machine may have a fault on...

The only thing i could think of why he has had a transplant this should be a walk in the park. Mind he did ask if i was scared of needles before he injected me, i just looked and said really!!

Its numb around the area where they do it and the doctor told me to watch the screen so i could see what was happening. Did feel a bit weird a doctor telling you to watch, they normally tell you to look away!!!

Hi kat i am sorry that you are feeling low at the moment i have had a kidney biopsy its not that bad they numb around the area then get what looks like a gun and it fires in takes a tiny bit of kidney away, the worst part is you have to lie flat on a bed for 3 hours then they raise your head...

There will always be bullies and sometimes its hard to cope with and do not think that you are the only one who has thought about it to. I am pleased you have got someone to talk to because i have found that taking to someone who is not family or a close friend is easy. With everything that you...

We all deal with diabetes our own way some might not agree with no kind of Susie but this is her choice. I do not know any diabetic who has bad days and has been in denial about diabetes, i got it when i was 3 and grew up with it this was 1979 and things were a lot different to today. I had a...

I agree with that a person who needs help should get it, i am still waiting to see the diabetic mental heath nurse. I was also referred to Talking Changes by my GP and when the called it was all about CBT which i have had many times in the past so they referred me back to my GP. They said they...

Diabetes changes your life forever that's a fact, i got type 1 in 1979 aged three and there was little in the means pf support you were in hospital for a lot longer than now. I have had diabetic problems since day one and mental health issues since i was 18 and still do today. My parents had to...

I have had a few run ins with diabetic doctors over the years but for the last 10 years i have seen a doctor from Newcastle who cannot do enough for me. He give me that light when all i could see was darkness he was the one who pushed for a kidney and pancreas which i will have had 3 years in...