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Hi, me and my wife have recently had a mortgage accepted and i'm now looking for life insurance to cover this if anything were to happen. Which companies do you guys use for life insurance to cover mortgage payments? Being a type 1 diabetic i'm expecting a bit of a sting.

Hi, i've had my regular diabetic eye screening done in May and not long before that at the opticians. Both said I passed the reading part of the eye test fine (20/20 vision) and the eye screening person said all looks ok, very slight background retinopathy (shows up every year). This morning...

Hello. I have a 3 year restricted driving license and the 3 years are up in September this year. Im kind of worried. Due to me missing appointments at the main hospital even though I phoned 2/3 times they have stopped seeing me for now and im recommended to go the local doctors. I have got a...

hello. Its my mates birthday in 2 weeks time and we are all going out. I have drunk before but just a few bottles. I have a feeling there will be more drink this time around as we are going out on the town and ile be offered to try more different types of alcohol. Does anyone with diabetes...

Hello. Im catching a train at 10am tomorrow morning to go on holiday. I have insulin but not enough for the 5 night stay. I need to ring my doctors and get them to send a fax down then hopefully boots can sort my prescription out. What are the chances of them getting it done before 9:50am if I...

Hello. As some of you may know ive been having problems with morning highs. 32 lantus and my sugar level shoots up in the night then 34 and I hypo. (it came down 5 units). Ive been to the hospital and they advised me to change my lantus from 11 at night to either breakfast or tea time. Im going...

Hello. I keep suffering from morning high of around 12/13. I was on 48 units of Lantus but now its down to 30 as I kept having hypos 2-3hours after taking it and ive starting biking a lot more now so I brought it down 2 units every night. Ive done some research and it looks like I should be...

Hello. Getting sick of my sugar being sky high at dinner time. Ive started carb counting and 1unit of insulin for 5g of carbs is not enough in the morning however if I go by this at night time I would have a hypo. I currently weight 19stone (bodybuilding of 5years but yes I do have fat too...

Hello. I had an indian last night which ile admit is a bit crazy and im aware my sugar levels will be high. They were 15 and I gave my self a correction dose of 8 and it was 14.8 this morning, liver dump? However today it was 14.8 this morning I gave myself 16units for 2 crackers with butter...

Hello. I know a lot of type 2 diabetics use metformin and I was wondering what would the effects be if a type 1 was to use it? I was thinking of trying it as I need to inject stupid amounts of insulin for such small meals. I do weigh quite a lot and have been weight training for a fair while...

Hello. As some of you may know im well in to weight training. Im looking at lowering carbs to help with weight loss. However I need to keep the protein high and eggs are good for this as I can make omelette's with added low carb ingredients. Can anyone send me a link to somewhere where I can...

Hello! This is only for the weight trainers (any others who arn't educated in it please don't comment, lol) Has anyone used Test boosters being a type 1 diabetic? Im aware I will need more insulin when using them but I would like to speak with a fellow type 1 diabetic who has used them before...

Hiho. Getting a bit frustrated now. This morning I had omlette with chicken and 1 cup of milk. I inject 10UI of insulin for 1 cup of semi-skimmed milk :***: My sugar level went from 10 up to 12. Im just thinking maybe I need more insulin the morning to get me kick started into the day. I know...

hello. I went to the hospital for a check up, results etc come back ok but my sugar level seems to be very hard to control at the moment. I know normally you start at 10g of carbs = 1UI of insulin. I have one packet of supernoodles and some meatballs for dinner. There is know way I should...

Hello, are there many type 1 diabetics here who are regular weight trainers? If so could you leave me your skype or MSN address either in this thread or PM it to me. Would be nice to talk about the type of foods you eat to help with diabetes and are foods used within weight training as well as...

Hey! Thought it would be good to post up your xbox360 gamertags and the games you play. Ile start Gamertag: Beav69 Games : COD:Black ops, TDU2

hello, had a blood test a few days back and got told I need another one due to abnormal CK level. I do a lot of weight training and they think this is the case. I used to lift weights mon/wed/fri but recently started going mon/tue thur/fri. I have a mate who is a personal trainer and he said...

Hello! Im a type one diabetic and im going to be a dad in July. I did panic about my child having type 1 diabeties but we spoke to the mid-wife and they said its normaly only passed down if the mum has type 1 diabeties. However when I search on the internet it doesn't say this. Any help...

Hello! Ive finally started having driving lessons and im 19 years old. Ive only had 3 driving lessons but aparently it wont take me long to pass. Im aware with type 1 diabetics you have a restricted license. Does this mean when its ran out (either 1,2 or 3 years) I have to resit my whole test...

Hello! Ive been a diabetic for 4 years and im currently on nova rapid and a 24hour jab using a solo star pen. Im also into weight lifting which I do regularly. (3 day split and 2x cardio a week). Hope everyone is well~