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Im seventeen and have had this glucose testing meter for a year now. I've seen that many children and adults use huge ones, and that this might be a lot easier! Freestyle lite - abott its a size of an egg, and its marvellous and discreet. It also allows me to test my blood from my arms, palms...

i got diagnosed at 16 and had it for a year :-) i felt sad because i thought id be treated differently or no one would want me around because i was hassle? but not at all. levemir and novorapid lets me control it so discretely and easily and to be honest im proud of it? Hate it when people feel...

might be the heat? your pancreas could be having last one squeeze of random life? maybe the food your eating like theyve improved carb or sugar content. probably something to do with smoking, its bad anyway. i suspect if you gave up nicotene levels would drop and your body would react ot it so...

by the way you can get pumps which go into your arm which monitor and give continuous insulin when you need it? so its normal again? that jonas brother has it.. look it up. it was also in a newspaper. maybe make options like this a bit cheaper and well known.. goes into thousands i think but...

what the hell?! lol. ermm? complain? maybe he had a bad day. oh wel.. we have bad days nearly everyday!!! its not him who has to deal with it al he just observes it, sometimes its hard when your young or have busy lifestyles. Their job is to assess and help not make u come out of there feeling...

Im 17 and was diagnosed at 16. It's all good! i didn't get admitted i found out myself i was thirsty and tired and had some wee testing strips from a few years back in which the glucose turned black!!! and i tested mtself at my nans house and i was 28. straight away sent to the specalist nurse...

i'm seventeen, and to be honest injecting is the best? Im type 1 and yeah i would feel apprehensive about it ifi had controled it another way, but, its really not that bad? I'm not fat? I do it four times a day? I can go around without anyone knowing? I can eat what i like? I control it base on...

Hey, i got diagnosed when i was 16. It was a shock to me although it ran in the family, but still, i'm sure your children will be sensible about it :-). I was mainly scared about my friends thinking things, treating me different and people acting as if it was my fault? Almost embarassed? But i...

oh my god this is actually disgraceful? I test mine about 4 times a day, and i have also experienced trouble with stupid pharmacies saying 'i shouldnt need that so soon' just contact your GP or specialist nurse and on the repeat prescription forms she could probably change the repeat to a bit...

Hey! I'm seventeen and have been diagnosed for a year. I was straight away, put on Levemir and Novorapid which is so so good. I manage all my meals individually according to how hungry i am, how much carb is in it. I was never over weight and am 5"1 and 7 and a half stone, but i have not put on...