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I'm firmly of the belief that whilst you can't let diabetes run your life you do have to hold it's hand constantly and take it with you. There is so much more to life but I'd like to stick around long enough to see it and to enjoy it. The odds are firmly stacked against us in all sorts of...

Puff away! When HbA1C is involved I don't like the use of the word average, I think that muddies the waters. Sorry, I will try and keep away from the punts now.......err.....I mean puns!

Thanks for the link, very interesting! I've recently been moved from OneTouch Ultra (£11.99 p/50) to TrueYou (£9.92 p/50) so am saving 4p per test and glad I wasn't on a £17 strip! I see there is also a volume discount that can be obtained but am surprised that it's only 5.6-11.2%. There are...

Hmmm.....I went through an IFA for critical illness and life insurance and had no issues despite being T1. Although higher risk it seems to be balanced by the fact that they expect us to die earlier and hence may be less likely to claim!! I know. We get it from every angle!

Imagine you live near a river and every day you wander out a few times and photograph the same part of it. Then you set up a time-lapse camera and leave it for a month. Looking at the results it's obvious that one is a snapshot and one tells a bigger picture. However, even when the river looks...

I am going to have to dispute the £1800 annual figure and then quickly rush off to send the NHS my CV as I think (based on that figure) I have the potential to save them £248.75 per T1!! A very quick 2mins on Google and I can buy your AccuCheck test strips and Fastclix lancets for £0.425 per...

In addition...........the eatwell plate is blamed entirely without people taking into account all of the other guidelines out there such as exercise, alcohol intake etc, It's one slice of a much larger pie (ahem). What is also never factored in is our knowledge these days. 50-60 years ago...

I don't follow this logic. The vast majority of T1's do not meet the previous targets so I wouldn't expect any sudden increase in hypo's, lack of hypo awareness or the resulting strain on paramedics. If anything, a reduced target may result in an even poorer set of results (and no doubt Barbara...

I think people are expecting way too much. The customer service agents are picking your shopping from a list and any substitutions are going to be pre-programmed. Brains do not come into it. The delivery driver is following a list too and doing his job by saying "you have been offered this...

Personally I think they should write a story line where Phil gets diagnosed with diabetes and turns into a softy as high BG levels were fuelling his violent behaviour. Actually, personally, I would have Walford turfed over and just film the grass growing. Far more entertaining.

Supply and demand. People want ready meals and takeaways so people get ready meals and takeaways. It's that simple. As long as the public want something it will be made available. All in the name of financial gain of course. There's only one longer term solution and that's education from a...

The Nanny state is rearing it's ugly head again. Choose no substitutes or decline it on delivery. You can't blame supermarkets for not knowing every individual shopper's circumstances. They will pick the goods in the quickest manner possible, if not, it will cost you a fortune.

I love my postman, he get's it right almost all of the time too. He has got it wrong before though but the difference is he's armed with all of the information he needs, address on the envelope, house number and street name on display. Easy. GP's don't have that luxury, they have a street name...

I think if you fire everyone who has ever had the audacity to make a mistake in any profession then the vast majority of the country will be unemployed. There’s no news like bad news and yes, some people have suffered terribly through bad advice or mistakes that GP’s have made, but how many as a...

I'd say for the average T1 male, with or without Viagra, it's probably not going to result in a hypo as it's more like anaerobic exercise. Short and high intensity.

I disagree, employers have a duty of care and should, when taking on staff, be asking if there are any medical conditions they need to be aware of. If there are, then they should be action it. For example, when I started in my current role, my T1 was raised at my induction (as it was on the...

Not so far fetched really, I often enjoy a cake without injecting but I know how I work and can plan for such treats.

It was Lenny Henry that kept me tuning in, I thought he was brilliant. The rest was mundane.

I hate to say it but having watched the entire series the reply from the BBC above does make a lot of sense. Amy's character, in the end, is revealed to be, well, a scheming little cow with no regards to anyone's feeling but her own. The way she is happy to make her heavily pregnant mother...

I must confess that I believe the private system doesn't really offer that much more of a service. It exists because the "elite" and others who can afford it, pay for it. It's all about status for many who use it. That said, I know a number of people who could most definitely afford to go...