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Hey, I have type 1 diabetes (think it's written in my signature). Anyway, in Summer 2011, I noticed a small lump in my neck. I was staying in Portugal for a few months, so got it checked out when I came back - I wasn't too bothered, just figured it was a cyst or something, but Mum was adament...

Hi, I currently use a pen that, up until twenty units, offers a 1/2 unit dosage, which is ace for me. But, I want one that offers a 1/4 unit dosage. Do they exist and if so, where am I able to get them from? I just had a look on google shopping, and there are some verrrry dodgey looking...

Hey, My insulin doesn't seem to be working anymore. I keep upping and upping the dosage and yet my bloods are high 24/7. I was up practically every hour last night to go to the toilet and injecting a unit of humalog every other hour just to try and keep them lower - yet they never went below...

Heyy. I've just got back from the hospital for a check up - HbA1c = 6.6% Anyway, i'm heading off to uni in September 2010, and she said that as a diabetic, I would qualify for a grant, for medical needs, eg a fridge in my bedroom to store medication. Not sure where to find the details of this...

i've been to my doctors for blood tests because i'm constantly tired, get dizzy sometimes, have aches and pains in my joints, particularly my knees, kneck and back, i have bad boughts of nausia everyday and suffer from headaches, although i am on migraine medication which i have been on for...

I want to do something to help diabetic people. When I was diagnosed, I guess I was depressed for a little while. I went to the doctors for help, and was basically turned away because there was a year long waiting list to see the psychiatrist. I think getting diagnosed with diabetes is a massive...

I know that high bloods can caused blurred vision, liver failure, loss of eyesight and all that, but what exactly do ketones do? Do they have the same affect? Are they the actualy culprut to suseptability to gangrene and poor circulation? Are there any long term effects of having ketones? I...

Hi. I went to the doctors with real aching pains in all my joints. He did blood tests for various things, such as thyroid problms, liver functions and arthritis, as well as a HbA1c. He said that if these test came back all clear, I would need more tests.. I went back today and he told me they...

Hey. I went to the hospital yesterday for my routine 3 monthly checkup. My HBA1C was 6.0, so good stuff, but I felt a little ill and dizzy so checked my ketones; they were 1.1 Just wondered what was bad for ketones...obviously none is ideal. I keep feeling ill and wondered weather it's down to...

Sorry I didn't let you know how it went with my dad. (My Dad didn't understand that I can't do the same things as I used to and didn't accept that routines would have to change due to my diagnosis of diabetes and that I felt he wasn't as supportive as he could be) I gave him my coursework...

Just wondering what other type1 diabetics have been told their BG range should be. I have been told it should be 3.5 - 8 mmol/l, yet wikpedia states: "average glucose level for the type 1 patient should be as close to normal (80–120 mg/dl, 4–6 mmol/l) as is safely possible. Some physicians...

I'm 16 and was diagnosed with type1 diabetes in November 2008, and althouth most of the time I will happily inject, sometimes I just feel really angry that i've been given this and no-one else in my family has it. I met up a peadiatrition when my doctor had suggested I did have diabetes and he...

I'm 16 and am in my first year at college in Basingstoke. Yesterday I went to the doctors with the following complaints: weeing a lot, drinking a lot, feeling faint, dizzy and shaking. The doctor did a blood test by pricking my finger and it came up at 14.2, he also did a urine test which came...