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Defo honeymooning - I was snowboarding over Christmas and without my insulin, I'd have been: 1. Very high 2. Very weak Yesterday I forgot to take my insulin and snack before going to the gym... and really knew about it. Was rubbish compared to my usual standards. Probably lifted half the...

I think I'd have learnt the principles and controls better as a kid - we learn everything best as children. However, I'm glad I didn't have to go through school, puberty, university and growing up (probably in that order :oops: ) thinking about diabetes. I was diagnosed at 29 and was...

Hi Major, I have found Elephant travel insurance very good. And being insured for Type 1 diabetes seems to have affected my premium very little. My wife's back pain due to a recent car accident DOUBLED our premium... so that gives you an idea of the effect. As long as it's well managed with...

Simba, Absolutely no doubt in my mind - you need an emergency appointment. Get to A&E or walk into your doctors surgery (don't phone) and tell them what's happened and a doctor will see you immediately. Fujifilm makes some good points - people on here say these things to help. If you're...

Hi Pascale, Wow - that's a busy schedule and a lot of questions. I have relevant experience in one tiny bit of it, so will talk about that. I have just returned home from Canada and ran out of insulin due to it leaking out of my pen. It disappeared at half a cartridge at a time due to low...

Ellen, My condolences. I really feel for you and the rest of the family, especially having read about everything you've been through. You've been very brave to bring the subject up the way you have - I hope something positive can come out of this. My thoughts are with you, Sam.

Well done Jonesy and little 'un... wish I could get near to that kind of control!

My wife was on the pill and she gives me high blood pressure all the time. :lol: Hope someone can give you a serious answer.

Amberzak - did you have any alcohol the night before the seizure?

Hi Ebony, You need to let us know what your bg levels are before you eat, how much carbohydrate you are eating at the affected meals when levels are slow to go down, what type and how much insulin you're taking and what your readings are up to 4 hours after food and any physical activities you...

Fantastic - can't wait for the assumptions and comparisons. At least as a soap opera, they have to try to address the issue seriously. Imagine how Homer Simpson would deal with T1 diabetes (or has that already been done?)

Bethlain, It's not quite as simple as that. Alcohol has the effect of lowering your blood sugar in the hours after consumption. It is not a case of beer making it go up and spirits bringing it down. If you drink beer all night and do not make any adjustment for that fact in your carbohydrate...

Hi Curleous, What you're going through sounds very similar to what I went through earlier this year. I was mainly depressed and feeling down most of the time, but also got snappy and irritable, especially with my wife. I'm not perfect, and still have the odd 'Grrrr' moment, but I've got to...

Yep - sure will. :)

Just filled it in - hope my answers went through properly. :O)

If you're replacing the needle fairly regularly and get into a routine, you can find enough sites on your stomach without having to worry. I use the right hand side for lunch, left hand side for dinner and upper thigh (where skin is fairly thick and there's a bit of fat) for breakfast - works...

Debs - you must be getting me mixed up with someone else - 'fraid I'm not on a DAFNE course any time soon. Maybe next year when I have some holiday to take.

Fantastic - well done on all fronts. Definitely want to get my HbA1c nearer to 6. Would be nice to be better than average for a change. Keep us updated on the pump - I'd be interested to listen to your story as it develops... starting from scratch and all that. Blog at all? Sam.

Non diabetic please!... for a moment I pondered the chances of a solution being found to get the pancreas working again during my lifetime, but that would be a gamble. Not worth taking. Give me a clean bill of health any time.