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I read somewhere – probably it was a USA site called DiaTribe – that T1s actually tend to feel more stigma because their treatment is more visible and likely to attract a lot of undesired attention. I quite agree with such a view. I would be glad to test and inject in public but I am often asked...

Just a hug and best wishes to the two of you. May a brighter future open up soon!

I am Italian and I'm sorry , Ken, but no one in Italy would understand the sentence you proposed. The correct Italian version would be: «Sono diabetico insulino-dipendente. La prego mi aiuti, ho urgente bisogno di zucchero.» Or else: «Ho il diabete di tipo uno. La prego mi aiuti, ho urgente...

OF COURSE a T1 has had hypos before, provided he/she has been living with the condition for more than a few months! Good grief, what a nyncompoop that GP is!

I'm not sure about cz-dave, but as far as I am concerned, the problem would be not being allowed to decide by MYSELF whether to tell about my condition or not. I think people should not take such liberties. It's a patronizing attitude I couldn't stand. But of course, as you said, we are all...

Hi Chloesnavy, I have the same problem, I often can't remember whether I took insulin or not. Timesulin is a good tool, I guess it can help avoid injecting twice instead of once. As for the opposite (not taking insulin at all because you simply forgot), I have a makeshift method: I put my...

I have had morning hypos nearly every morning for 30 years and still have, no matter what kind (Lantus, Tresiba… you name it) or what dose of slow-acting insulin I use. You could ask your doctor what can be done. My endos were never of much use, that's true, but perhaps yours are more proactive...

Cracking post, pal! You quoted a doctor defining T1 diabetes as a slow death; that reminds me of a booklet I was given to read when first diagnosed (I was around 20). It said that T1s could live a next-to-normal life, though «not a happy one, of course»… I stopped short, threw the book out of...

Dear Charlotte 2580, I was diagnosed about your age (only, it was some 30 years ago) and as you have 2 brothers living with the same condition I'd like to add a specific piece of advice to the very sensible and clever ones given by other forum members. When I was diagnosed, my sister had been...

I agree with Zand: the worst kind of ignorance is that of people who think they already know.

Hi Little Grey Cat (what a cute nickname, by the way) I am Type 1 and I always have my waist measured when I meet my endo (some 4 times a year). I only wonder what use it can be, as the nurse never seem to put her tape round the same place of me: sometimes it's my actual waist (I take it to be...

Hi Martina, I have been using Tresiba for some two years now and I think it works wonderfully: fewer (almost none) night hypos and it helps balance overall BG much better. I am aware that things can be different for someone else (I am much older than you daughter and certainly lead a different...

Thank you very much, MikeTurin! I see they are mostly about T2, which is reasonably your focus; they'll be useful to help me learn something more about T2, though the focus for my project is T1 (being somewhat of a rarer condition, it is also under-represented in literature). As I expected, the...

Dear MikeTurin, too bad that your GP wasn't more proactive, you certainly did very well to change! And sorry if I gave you the impression of trying to lecture you or of being a snappy 'know-it-all': I really didn't mean it, it's just that I'm often way too blunt when expressing my views...

Hello Mike, I am from Turin as well and I have been type 1 for some thirty years now (got diagnosed at 20, now I am 52). Welcome to the forum and first of all let me congratulate you on your weight loss, 17 kg is a great achievement, so: be proud! As for the new mayor, well… personally I don't...

Spontaneity certainly comes first, as for Noblehead and others have pointed out so well. But also not having to tell, re-tell, inform and explain about T1 every single people around me… I have no patience and the quick-on-the-uptakes are soooo few! Then the zero risk of making myself...

First: I loathe the heath (AND I live in a very warm country, which doesn't help). Problems with insulin storage both at home and when travelling, multiple hypos every day, swelling ankles, much too low blood pressure, no sleep for a two-month spell (people stay up later and make noise in the...

Diagnosed age 20, now 52. What's the purpose of your question, though, if I may ask?

I feel like that a lot when on holiday or when I am very busy or physically tired and looking for relief, but I also find that it definitely gets better with time: it becomes more of a routine. Like brushing your teeth, shaving or doing the washing, which is no fun either, if you stop to consider.

Yu-Huuu! I wish I could do the same; anyway your success really gives me hope! :)