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I'm 63 and have had type 1diabetes 52+ years

GPs at my surgery have nothing to do with diabetes support/management etc, it is given by a nurse. I see her once a year for HbA1c, BP check, weight. I am asked if I am still taking Novo Rapid & Levemir insulin, glances at my feet and off I go for another year. Absolutely useless!! I was...

There is no saving on changing the amount, it's false economy at it's worse. You haven't got a cat in hells chance of recovering from type 1 diabetes, but I am interrogated everytime I put a prescription request in. Only last week the doctor's pharmacist rang me about 1. GlucoGen injection kit -...

Everyone is unique and therefore their body reacts differently. I have no hypo awareness and often my bm drops to dangerously low levels. I am able to treat them myself and have even given myself a glucagon injection when my reading had fallen to 0.9! I drink lucozade followed by a bread and jam...

It is good to think about the best place/way of injecting your insulin etc, but always do what is best for you and not others. It's their problem not yours if they dont like it. I bloodtest and inject anywhere and everywhere but never in a toilet! Even when I was at school I did the same. My...

I find mostly it is a waste of time (depending who I see) going for a diabetes review. The staff turn over is ridiculous and you never see the same nurse twice and it is the same with GP's. When I went for my last review, the nurse asked me to get undressed and lie on the bed, she thought I had...

I was diagnosed in 1966 and was told the same. I have always counted potatoes as this and works well for me.

I've only been in hospital to give birth to my three children (1979, 1981, 1988). The food was always late arriving on the ward and then microwaved in the ward kitchenette. Disgusting slop! My friends popped in at lunchtime with a meal for me having put together a rota, and my husband brought in...

I've had type 1 diabetes for over 51 years and have never experienced this. Before bed I run at about 8, and on waking its between 5 and 7. My consultant is happy with this and so am I. I have no hypo awareness so like to run slightly high before bed. Apart from loosing hypo awareness and...

With my first child I was induced at 38 weeks and had a 7 hour labour and my son's weight was 5lb 12oz. With my second child I was left until full term and delivered normally, my daughter weighed 7lb 10oz. With my last child, a boy, I went into premature labour at 32 weeks but delivered...

Today Breakfast - Gluten free porridge with fresh raspberries Lunch - Salmon broken into pieces, mixed salad leaves, sliced cherry tomatoes, cucumber, celery, radish's, red onion, small pear Dinner - Roasted chicken breast, roasted mixed veg including red pepper & onion, 2 small new potatoes...

I have had type 1 diabetes for 50+ years now. Five years ago I was diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Join Coeliac UK and you will find lots of information. Ask to be referred to a dietician who will give you a pack of information along with card requests for free samples to be sent to you to try...