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Dear Tylers, yes I am sure our periods affect BG control. I have always experienced a lot of lows and hypos at that time of month (never a high, not even after overtreating a hypo), but my doctors believe that periods can only worsen BG control, so they dismissed me as they did Juicyj. Well...

Dear Kimkennedy89, yes, definitely, people do experience spells like these and will do so, it's my guess, many times in their life. I think it's very healthy to acknowledge how one actually feels. I've been type 1 for 30 years and I have very often wanted to have a day off… or a few hundreds, to...

Maybe people keep saying stupid things because they are a little shaken (shocked? what's the right word? sorry, I'm Italian and have no dictionary just now): while we are accustomed to having and treating hypo, for them it looks like something unusual and scary. As for stupid things heard when...

I so much agree with desidiabulum: a good doctor is someone who is clever enough to listen and to learn from whatever reliable source he/she can find. And yes, I definitely expect a doctor to be able to tell a reliable source from a hole in the ground. You are lucky to have such a good doctor, I...

Dear Cara, I'd say 'try to focus on the present – and on the quality time you spend with your family'. But perhaps you could also consider looking for a more professional kind of help. Why don't you ask your doctor? Sometimes, talking to an educator or psychologist (provided they are really...

Hi, I've been type 1 for some 30 years now and since the start I've noticed that in the good season my need for insulin of whatever kind drops abruptly. I think this change is related to the increase in daytime duration (sorry for my poor English; in Italian I would say 'aumento delle ore di...

Hi. I've got a BMI of 23 and they say it's below average for women of my age in my country (Italy). I'm more like the average woman of my age in Indonesia. I'll stress that 'below average' next time my endo will ask me to step on the scale, wholly dressed and with my shoes and overcoat on (they...

What is your name? Barbara (Cecilia Lucina Sofia Marta Anna Eloisa… these in brackets being the names I would have much preferred to bear, had I been consulted at the time) - How old are you? I'm 51 (was diagnosed type 1 at 22) - Are you male or female? Female. Yes. Most of the time. -...

Dear friend, I have been type 1 for some 30 years now (I was diagnosed at 22) and insulin is what allowed me to live, study, work, find he best of husbands, travel around, dancing, don pretty clothes, making friends and enjoy life. I am grateful for it. That's why I really don't think that...