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    Injection Issues

    The lumps come if you inject in the same place too often. To get rid of it you have to avoid the site where the lump is completely for several months, or until it goes away. Also those places are bad to inject into because the insulin can get get trapped there and not dispurse as normal, then...
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    insulin and stamina exercise

    Do mind describing the kind of diet that you use to have low carbs and still be able to cycle 70 miles? Sounds good but not sure how to appraoch it. I've only ever done the carb count and insulin balance that every doc I have met so far has told me to. Plus i'm a veggie so maybe that will make...
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    4 mth Type 1 & just climbed Mount Snowdon!!

    well done!! Is the new cafe on top open yet? gonz
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    insulin and stamina exercise

    Ahh thanks, looks helpful.
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    insulin and stamina exercise

    Hi I'm about to do ao 60 mile charity bike ride in the hottest part of the year. Is it a good idea to decrease insulin dosage or keep it the same? Obviously i'm much more likely to hypo and would need lots of extra sugar to do that much exercise, but I also realise that you need the insulin to...
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    Cold hands

    Yep, i've been looking into it for ages, realising that my doc is less than useful. Its not carpel as that's more in your palm, my case seems to eminate from the two little fingers on each hand, which indicates the ulna nerve. I had an EMG test and the results were fine, so they keep telling me...
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    Cold hands

    Hi I have a had a similar problem for a long time now. I was diagnosed type 1 about 3 years ago at age 32, and up until then I have never had anything wrong with me my whole life, so when my hands and lower arms started becoming cold and numbish about a year ago, it seemed too much of a...