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I was diagnosed in Sept 1954 so have been Type 1 for 59 years 9 months no complications to speak of. I feel very fortunate to have lived so long with diabetes with no complications and the only advice I can give is to learn to live with it, do not fight it and monitor your BG.

I was diagnosed in Sept 1954 so have been Type 1 for 59 years 9 months no complications to speak of. I feel very fortunate to have lived so long with diabetes with no complications and the only advice I can give is to learn to live with it, do not fight it and monitor your BG.

Originally put on Levemir/Novo Rapid just over a year ago but found that bg getting high around 6pm. Switched to Lantus/Novo Rapid after completing the DAFNE cource in November last year. Evening bg's now much better, only one injection of Lantus a day and so far none of the side effects...

OK if we're in a competition my last one, taken 7 weeks ago, was 9.3. My consultant has finally persuaded me to go basal bolus after many years of me say "not likely". So here I am 3 days in on 24 Levermir at night and 10 Novorapid before any meal. Overall BG's appear to be coming down but do...

On my then GPs advice I had the jab the first year it was available. Made me feel like **** for about a month so I've not been near the jab eversince. Lucky me I've had no bouts of flu in that time either. My personal feeling is that getting flu is a lottery and I can find little credible...