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    Show Nutritional information in eating establishments- petition

    Well yes that is my attitude or maybe you can tell me what my attitude should be?? I do have diabetes (t1) but i don't feel the whole world has to fall into line with me....too many wingers on this site
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    Show Nutritional information in eating establishments- petition

    Why should restaurants have to be compelled to publish nutritional info at all...this is your disease not the restaurants
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    Constant blood glucose monitor NHS

    do the dafne course as soon as you can..you need to establish good habits ASAP...i was diagnosed T1 in Nov 2014 did the Dafne course in Jan 2015 and has helped hugely with management of BGLs...I got my Hba1c down to 7.0 since then (not bad considering all the **** i eat!!)...also put back on...
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    How do I accept my diagnosis?

    I had no trouble with accepting my diagnosis...especially given the fact that I was initially diagnosed as T2 by my GP..I knew different though and was delighted when I was finally diagnosed as T1 and could get the proper treatment I needed (ie. insulin and not gluophages). Now three months on...
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    1.8mmol/L Hypo

    1.1 is the lowest i've ever gone...I was still able to treat but weirdly didn't get any of the usual symptoms like the shakes etc (until I tested that is!!)...I was getting this weird thing with my vision (I won't even begin to try and explain it!!) so i tested to be on the safe side..the shock...
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    What was everyone's blood when they go diagnosed?

    24/10/2014...my first reading was something like 26....felt like the walking dead for a couple of weeks prior to this...I'd dropped 2.5 stones and looked like a junky....was put on metformin which helped me feel a little better but I knew I needed insulin..eventually was prescribed basal insulin...