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Re: Sharps Disposal - Help Needed It depends on where you live - My GP has put the bins on the prescription as the diabetic nurse told he they were needed - a letter from the hospital can help here, and the local council collect them (& even take bookings for collection via email!) and ALSO...

I have a type 1 brother-in-law who got very ill in Zambia when his insulin when off 5 days before the end of the holiday when the local elctricity supplies failed and the fridge when off - don't take risks use the Frio. I have taken my son (also type1) to Colombia for 6 weeks and stayed on a...

Diabet4es Uk do an online conversion tool for changing the results into the new or old format - check it out at :- http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Treatment__your_health/Monitoring/Blood_glucose/Glycated_haemoglobin_HbA1c_and_fructosamine/ I have seen a simlilar one somewhere that...

For those of you with a Morrisons, they have just started doing a no added sugar strawberry yoghurt in their new live yoghurt own brand range. Alternatively I buy muller light which you have already mentioned - which comes in small pots which I stick in the freezer to use as icecream...

You can also get a pass at Thorpe park to skip queues (which can be up to 3 or 4 hours in mid summer) but if it is very busy they do mark your pass with the time and length of queue that you have skipped so that you can't go to the front of the next queue until that time is passed. But at least...

Yes there may problems with long term care - but in emergencies the NHS is excellent. My teenage son has been admitted to hospital 7 times in the last 6 months - due to using the diabetes as a weapon against parents & in every case he has had instant attention and totally excellent care. AS for...

It get very hot in a car during the summer & freeze overnight to you should keep the insulin in your bag that you remove when leaving the vehicle. If the weather is likely to be very warm such as in May or June & my son ( who uses insulin) is travelling any distance in a car, I use a frio pouch...

It could be far far worse - My son's HbA1C has been over 14 for the last 6 months.... He hates tests, eats out so that I don't know what he is eating and generally thinks he is invincible and never has to listen to parents. He does get regular hospital admissions right now because of the total...

I have a 14 year old son who has accidentally injected double doses in the past. He has managed to keep his blood sugar stable by eating double school dinners and an extra sweet or two - I now mark the cartridge with a permanant marker after each dose & he was changed to a twice a day injection...