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Hello, I'm travelling to South Korea and Japan in a few months and was just wondering if any fellow Type 1s have traveled to either country and have any advice/experiences they could share with me? I'm spending about a week in each country. I've done long-haul flights before so should be ok...

Hello all, Just wondered if anyone else is experiencing the same as me: I'm type 1, have been for 5 years, I use Lantus and Novorapid. Basically, my diabetic nurse, all the books, GP's,etc say that you want a low (4-7) reading pre-meal and then you should aim for between (7-10) 2 hours after...

Hello there, (for info - I'm 24, been Type 1 for 5 years) ABout 2/3 months ago I had two huge and very very painful ulcers on the back/top of my mouth - just above where the little dangly thingy (don't know the proper name for it!) hangs at the back of the mouth - so everytime I swallowed I was...

Hi there, I've posted on here before about going low during the night - I was just wondering how people set themselves up for the night? More specifically people on lantus or levemir? Am I right in thinking that lantus/levemir will bring down the BG level by approx 1 unit every hour? I...

Hi there, I've been type 1 for nearly five years now and current use novo rapid as my quick-acting and lantus as my slow-acting insulin. I usually take about 18 units of lantus at about 6pm. Recently however, I've been waking up in the mornings with very high readings - over 15, which is very...