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Hello, as a skier who uses a pump, I can say very doable, just beware of the following: 1. Overly zealous security staff at airport - no Drs or consultant letters exempted me from a personal search, I must have one of those faces...! 2. At altitude and low temperature, your BG meter will stop...

I can empathise with your predicament. I had an insulin phobia and dropped half my body weight, had to spend a month on an anorexia ward for re-feeding. It is a horrid struggle and hard to communicate just how difficult things can be to others, and yes, you know you might die or end up very...

I use the gym or do a class / swim every day and find different activities have different effects. My DSN recommended the website run sweet which is brilliant for insulin adjustment and general sports advice. I have used it for info on activities when on basal bolus and a pump. Highly recommend.

Go ASAP! I ignored an infection in my thumbnail. Result was 7 courses of different antibiotics, a week in hospital and now I may need surgery. The A&E doctor said that any doctor would rather see a diabetic and check to rule out an issue tan wait and see them through an amputation. A sobering...

Firstly, apologies for moaning. At 29, I feel very old. I was diagnosed as t1 in May last year and since then, my GP, consultant and DN feel I have been in complete denial. I am trying hard, but live alone, no family, have a very stressful and demanding job (often clocking up 60+ hours per...

Thanks, I had good BG levels of 7 when I set off so ketones weren't a consideration, and as a sponsored event, there was a mountain leader there who the 18.1 was when I had come off and was relaxing, it was very adrenaline fuelled as the weather was atrocious, so am assuming after doing some...

Today I climbed Snowdon (3 weeks after diagnosis, and 2 weeks after being put on insulin) in the freezing rain, raising £185 for Headway, and am very proud of myself! :D But I was wondering if anyone else has experienced rapid blood sugar changes (I went from 18.1 to 3.1 within a few hours)...

Injecting and eating out I have just been put on insulin, and am fine with it, in fact, didn't realise how rough I felt until they started it! The question is on injecting and eating out etiquette. How do other people handle this? I tried eating out the other day with a friend, but was too...

Hi, I have jsut started, just last week, and the finger pricks for the blood testing hurt far more! They will talk to you about it, and I was made to try a dummy injection. They had to show me 5 times as I was very dizzy after an admission for a bad hyper and they had to take me off the tablet...

Hi Melissa, I'm 29, and (very) newly diagnosed (since April 22nd, on insulin since last week) and the regime I am on is a long acting with 3 short acting, and I find it no hassle. I think it's easier than the horse pill sized tablets they tried at first! A disaster, as the A&E doctor put it...

Thanks everyone again for amazing advice and responses. Now on insulin as I ended up with blood sugar at 29.8 and a little unwell! Bit of a nightmare, however using a basal bolus regime as opposed to the metformin, gliclazide and the joy of enalapril for kidneys (apparently I needed that...

Thank you so much to both of you for taking the time to reply. The link has been a great starting point, and I understand about 'unusual case!' I feel it does seem to be a minefield of tests for a while, my GP called me in on Good Friday, talk about great service! Best of luck with your...

Hello, I have had a bit of a strange week having gone to the doctors just feeling unwell, and being called in to be told after several repeat tests, all in rapid succesion, that I have type 1.5 diabetes (I didn't even know there was a 1.5 type), probably LADA. They called me in for results...