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I've been type 1 for 40 years, one effect I noticed a long time back is I lost the hair on my legs! Girlfriends would ask me if I shaved them... My arm hair is finer too, but head hair is fine. Rokaab's right - guys vary enormously when it comes to losing head hair.

You're "vulnerable" but not "extremely vulnerable"/"shielded" - those guys (mainly folks with suppressed immune systems) have been advised to stay at home. We haven't. I'm type 1, same category as you, we're told to be extra careful about social distancing. Your workplace has the wrong story...

No texts from the govt to me either. I have seen a lot of mistakes in online media confusing the 2 groups of vulnerable and extremely vulnerable though. Maybe a miss-classification?

Hi, Lantus is very slow acting insulin intended to provide you with a background level of insulin to keep you ticking. The basal dose. It takes hours to have any significant effect and lasts for days. So your bg level when you take it isn't important. And the time of day doesn't matter much as...

Type 1's are told to practice "rigorous social distancing". I'm type 1 and my wife is a front line doctor. She's more scared of infecting me than for herself. We've moved into separate areas of our house and I get the kids to shop for us. I go out for long solo bike rides and wave to people from...

Ruby, bless you. I'm type 1 and my wife is a senior consultant at the local hospital. She's drawing up battle plans and estimating probable deaths (including staff) for different strategies. I would dearly love to give her a hug but I can't. We've been metres apart for 2 weeks. She must do her...

Hi, I've always found that if I start going higher than normal relatively suddenly and it lasts for a few days then it's an immune reaction to some kind of bug. I can usually tell I've caught a virus a couple of days before any symptoms appear because of bg readings, and then it's hard to...

I was told that the applicator counted as a sharp as well, and I needed a 7L sharps bin to easy get rid of them. Mentioned that to my GP and now have a really big sharps bin!

Hi Connie, maybe not the most useful comment, but I feel for you and you're not alone. I've been type 1 for 38 years, and for half that time had severe epilepsy (fixed by brain surgery 10 years ago). I can't imagine what it would be like to be coeliac as well. I'm still learning how to manage my...

Hi MV, I'm type 1 as well, 38 years so far. I get these scans every year, and from a few years back they said they could see signs of changes due to my diabetes, but nothing significant yet, nothing to worry about. That's the message I want to give you - ask the clinicians if there's anything...

Hi Jess, I bought a Lantus Solostar pen for 30,000 VND, about £10

I just returned from 2 weeks in Vietnam, no problems at all with cultural issues. The people were incredibly supportive and helpful. At one point the fridge in my room failed but I was able to pop into the nearest pharmacy (in Saigon at the time) and buy replacement insulin.

Hi Cana, are you type 1 or type 2? My main concern after reading your note is the stress; being stressed will raise your bg levels by itself, so if you see the numbers going up that might be the cause. No particular reason to be worried about warm weather, if you use insulin keep it in the...

The first thing I've got to say is well done! Any exercise, whatever you can manage, is good for you and will help your health. Many people find their bg levels can go up if they exercise, this is a response to the stress and elevated heart rate, causing the liver to dump reserve glucose into...

Hi Bridie9408, I was diagnosed T1D 37 years ago, and put on a mixture of insulins. I well remember the hassles of needing to organise my world around needing to eat fixed amounts at certain fixed times, depending on the absorption rates of the insulins. Moving to a basal-bolus regime with...

Hi immasin, Do you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes? And are you on insulin? Pump or injections? All these things matter, it's complicated [emoji4] I have T1D, on a basal bolus regime. I find that exercise normally lowers my blood glucose. If I eat appropriate carbs while exercising then I can...

You shouldn't have an issue. I've flown many times with insulin, I've had T1D for 37 years. Airlines are concerned about powerful Li-ion rechargeable batteries which could potentially start fires, but in hand luggage and in a demonstrable medical device they're fine. The biggest improvement for...

Agree totally with DCUKMod - I've had type 1 diabetes for 37 years, and find that this effect depends on how hard you're exercising. Gentle aerobic exercise, you burn up blood glucose and levels go down. More vigorous activity will stress muscles and prompt the liver to deliver glucose into...

Hi, I'm not doing the velothon, but I do a fair bit of cycling (I've just returned from a 400 mile tour of Ireland including the Wicklow mountains) and I've found it a superb activity for someone with type 1. My main advice would be not to overeat! I've found for a distance ride my best...

As requested - a male comment! I've been type 1 for 37 years, and for many of those I've had no hair on my legs [emoji3] and very fine arm hair, it's good to read other people reporting the same symptoms, which I've never been advised of by a medic! It's quite odd as a man going to a swimming...