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I appealed one that I got at an airport whilst treating a hypo in the McDonalds car park. The fine was around £140 (it was a few years back now). I had to send evidence of my diabetes - which ended up being photocopies of my prescriptions and invoices of my pump consumables, along with...

I went through this during my teens, where I'd end up where you are right now, in hospital with DKA, then end up there again 3 months later... I think if there's one of a few things this thread has shown is, you aren't alone. We know how you feel, and we know you CAN come through the other side...

Sometimes books do no good. There's too much information to read. You need someone who can tell you the areas to focus on, help you get to grips with them, then move onto the other bits. I did without my long acting on the odd night here and there during my teens. Ended up in hospital the next...

I'm 34, been T1 since I was 2 years old. I went through this in my teenage years, and still never really looked after myself properly up until I met my wife 7 years ago... She made me want to stay around longer... Like others have said, a diabetybuddy is what you need to start off with. Someone...

No it doesn't, but the Libre has been approved for dosing insulin based off the results - so there's no need to perform blood glucose finger prick tests, unless a) (obviously) your symptoms are telling you something different to the machine, and b) you are rapidly dropping or rising (which the...

See my previous post. The Libre uses NFC, so there's not really anything stopping Abbott from releasing an app to do the readers job...

Slightly off topic, but still related... I'll be another one to advocate the FreeStyle Libre. I'm still waiting to be added to the list of people who can order the sensors, but I got a sensor and a reader from one of the Abbott reps recently and can honestly say that I think this is more of a...

Hi all, I'm 33 years old, and I've been Type 1 diabetic for about 31 years. I've been stupid with my diabetes many years ago, seen it all, tried it, got the t-shirt, ended up in hospital a number of times, and lived to tell the tale, and now I'm well behaved with it. Recently switched from...