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    ADVICE ON INSURANCE + Travelling to Netherlands!

    I get annual travel insurance - we travel A Lot! - so my experience is of limited value there - FYI, I use Benenden travel insurance and they don't seem to add much loading for my Type 1. And they issue instantly online, as do most insurers nowadays. Please don't worry about your trip - put all...
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    Advice on injecting in public

    I was diagnosed T2 originally - when I was about 62 - and changed to T1 within a year. Been testing and injecting ever since. As time has passed I've become more hard-nosed about injecting, discreetly, in public. If I'm in a crowded restaurant, say, I'll try to find a quiet corner (personally I...
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    How long were you on fixed doses for?

    Frankly, if your HbA1c is down to 40 you're doing fine whatever method(s) you're using. What are you hoping to gain from further teaching?
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    Hypothyroidism?

    I've come rather late to this thread - but for what it's worth... my mother (and younger sister) both suffer from hyperthyroidism and have had thyroidectomies. My problem is hypothyroidism, which was diagnosed some 30 years ago. As others have said, easily treated; in my case 2 pills once a day...
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    packing insulin whilst travelling on holiday

    I've used Frio packs ever since my Type 1 diagnosis nearly 2 years ago. As far as I'm concerned they're a simple and reliable solution. Kept my insulin cool in tropical heat and humidity for trips of over 3 weeks. Once activated the packs need refreshing every 2 - 4 days (depending on ambient...
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    Who is troubled by injecting in public? Just me?

    I don't know figures - but I do know that a friend has said her cousin does it if they're in a social context. I have to assume she doesn't wear denim! Papua - my husband and I are world birders, and I refuse to let the diabetes interfere with that. Actually, it's easier in a tropical climate -...
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    Who is troubled by injecting in public? Just me?

    Questionnaire completed. Having been diagnosed 2 years ago, age 62, I do still feel somewhat self-conscious about injecting in public; but as others have said, needs must. I'm not giving up eating outside the home - that would be to let the diabetes win! Unfortunately I regularly draw blood when...
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    Very confused..

    Thank you for all the responses. I am of course aware of the low carb approach, and when I can I shall be trying it. As I've said, for three weeks in fairly remote Sumatra and Java I shall mainly have to eat what I'm given - there won't be many options! Meanwhile I'm awaiting my referral to my...
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    Very confused..

    I take your point - part of my difficulty at the moment is trying to separate the dietary advice aimed at losing weight, from the advice aimed at helping to control blood sugars. As I'm going to Sumatra and Java I suspect that my diet for the next three weeks will be whatever we're given! but...
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    Very confused..

    I note what you say. I can only comment that there do seem to be a lot of diabetics in this country who manage their condition very successfully without turning to such an extreme diet. And I am not looking to, or needing to, lose weight. However, I am grateful for your comments, which were what...
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    Very confused..

    Breakfast is yogurt and muesli, lunch wholemeal bread with a little cheese and/or cold meat, and fruit, supper meat with vegetables and potatoes or rice, and fruit. Plenty of fluids and moderate alcohol. Much reduced overall on low calorie days, obviously. The same diet that I have followed for...
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    Very confused..

    Greetings to everyone! Please bear with a slightly lengthy history. I am 62, female, and was diagnosed with Type 2 last November. My Hb1ac was around 102, and my self test around 27. Over the previous 18 months I had gradually, intentionally, lost weight to go from being about a stone overweight...