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    Type 1 i can't take much more.....

    Oh hun ino how you feel diagnosed type1 Christmas started on the mixed insulin then they put me on the same as you novarapid 3 times lantus bedtime at first i was so confused and i got real down my nurse sent me to the gp and we talked about depression and i had counselling. Then after i started...
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    Falling asleep all the time

    Thats one thing i am batteling myself at the minute constantly tired and sleepy forgetting what im doing forgetting what i am saying as im saying it its a nightmare with work all i want to do is sleep all day and night its got to the point where iv said i would be happy to just take a tablet...
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    Insulin and work

    Okk thank you
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    Insulin and work

    Im on novamix 30 or something like that and told to keep it refrigerated at all times
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    Insulin and work

    That helps alot thank you i work in a supermarket i can understand abput keeping my needles in my locker but dont see why im not allowed to keep the insulin in the fridge thanks a mill it helps alot x
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    Insulin and work

    Hi just wondered how people store there insulin while there at work, newly diagnosed and due to start back to work next week. They said im not allowed to keep my insulin in the collegue fridge in a box with my name and labeled insulin as it is a hazard to other people. Wondering how else to...
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    How do you learn to cope

    Not as of yet but with the 4mm needles i was getting reading in the range of high 20 low 30 a few times i got a reading of hi so i used the 8mm needles and they went straight down my nurse told me to use what i thought best as the only way im going to no it to test and try different things
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    How do you learn to cope

    Thank you all for the information i will read through when i get some spare time im not looking foraerd to going back to work i work in a supermarket where do you guys feel comfortable doing this
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    How do you learn to cope

    I was given the 4mm needles but i dont think they were going into my skin properly as my blood sugar readings werent coming down they were going up so i changed back to the 8mm after 3 days of that. Whats DAFNE iv never heard of it iv got novamix 30 as my insulin they said they wanted to see how...
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    How do you learn to cope

    Thank you all im in close contact with my diabetic nurse they up my insulin by 2 every 2-3 days seems to be getting better im on 20 in the morning and 20 at night now raised from 8 in the morning and 10 at night
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    How do you learn to cope

    Thank you. It just seems like nomatter what i eat my levels never go down i go to bed in the 20 and wake up around 14 mark
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    How do you learn to cope

    Hi all i was diagnosed with type1 diabeties 16days ago im 21 years old 5.4ft tall and weigh around 9stone4. The only way they picked up i had diabeties was that i had ketones in my urine and my blood suagrs were over 40, im still in complete shock with my diagnoses the first few days were ok but...