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Being type 1 has had literally emphatically zero impact on my social life. There is nothing I can't drink, I cant eat, I can't travel. I can do all of those things with no issues. I go out for dinner, I go out for drinks, I go round to friends for dinners, I cook for them, I get on planes. If...

No, I don't have hashimotos. I'm still not clear if you do. Is it hashimotos or type 1 that your GP won't test you for on the basis the treatment will be the same? If you've got hypothyroid how is it currently being treated? It is correct that whatever is causing hypothyroidism, it doesn't...

You say you were told you are MODY. Was that conclusion based upon the results of genetic testing? There are members with MODY. I'm afraid I can't remember names to tag them, but there is an option to choose MODY as you diabetes type under your avatar - currently you are showing as insulin...

There isn't an "animal insulin pump" there are just insulin pumps. Insulin pumps work with fast acting insulin, if you use bovine/porkine fast acting then an insulin pump would work perfectly well with that. So if you have funding for a pump just put whatever insulin you prefer to use in it...

Hashimotos is an autoimmune disease. If you have one autoimmune disease you are more at risk of others. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease. LADA is type 1. Do you have actually hashimotos? Or just a family history of it? If you think you may be type 1, rather than type 2, ask for antibody...

You haven't been diagnosed with anything. You are currently at "the mercy" of a private physician who has decided you will pay for tests, even though they are not clinically indicated. The only thing that can diagnose diabetes is high hba1c or high blood glucose. You have neither. Without...

Well, anyone's blood sugar can go from hypo to 14.9. That's nothing to do with being newly diagnosed. And it doesn't really suggest your blood sugars are all over the place. You had a hypo and you treated it, resulting in the rise. You might want to think about whether you over treated the hypo...

What are the type 1 diabetes tests you have been given?

Under the equality act, the test for disability is a long term condition which, without treatment, would have a significant adverse impact on your ability to perform day to day activities. Without treatment a type 1 would be dead which is a fairly significant impact. So, for equality act...

Is that a 45-60 min pre bolus with fiasp? I though the point of fiasp was no need to pre bolus? That would be an extended pre bolus with novorapid. Your readings with the oats so simple are fab. No more of a spike there than a non diabetic could expect and swiftly back to normal. Hope it does...

Your type 1 hasn't exactly stemmed from being a coeliac. Coeliac is an autoimmune disease where you're immune system thinks it has to kill gluten, but can't, so instead it kills your gut tissue. Type 1 is also an autoimmune disease where your immune system gets bored or over enthusiastic and...

@Livvhughes7 a hba1c of 140 is equivalent to an average blood sugar over the last 3 months of 21.2. Hba1c is a measure of your blood sugar control. You get your hba1c down by controlling your blood sugar. How are you currently managing your diabetes? Which insulins are you taking? What insulin...

@Aginoth have you tried getting in touch with the Bristol Diabetes Support Network? They have a group on Facebook. I would expect the will have information on the Bristol CCG decision with libre and whether they have any criteria for funding, or it just isn't being funded at all.

If your dad's alright and able to eat then there's no need to call any one. I've got no idea what "hotline" would be interested or of any use. If your dad is not able to eat, then call an ambulance. I'd go with the 9 jellybabies as advised by the doctor. But eating the whole packet won't hurt...

normal blood sugar. a rise to 5.8 on eating is NOT a spike. It is completely normal blood sugar. If you feel bad at 5.8 then feeling bad has NOTHING to do with your blood sugar levels. moving from 5.8 to 5.0 is NOT a crash. 5 is a completely normal blood sugar level. These are all, every...

Yeah, it's scent. If you are training a diabetic alert dog to be your service dog you have to "save" lots of your breath (I guess there's lots of breathing into bottles involved) when you are hypo so that they can plant it things to train the dog to react to the scent.

I wouldn't have thought the smell is actually the scent of insulin! It's just whatever it is suspended in. I definitely think it smells of creosote.

The armed forces compensation scheme is for illnesses or injuries caused as a result of service. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. No one knows what causes it. You won't prove that your type 1 diabetes was caused as a result of service, because it wasn't. In all likelihood you would have...

I don't have LADA. I was put straight on insulin and never came off it. I might have been diagnosed at 25, but there was nothing especially impressive about my honeymoon.

@Della82 if you are going to get tested for coeliacs you really shouldn't give up wheat prior to the test because that will make the test pretty useless. Coeliac uk say it's important to continue eating gluten until you have had blood test and gut biopsy and you should eat some gluten in more...