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Home and Away (the aussie soap), character 'ruby' just got T1, good to see on tv but lol. someone ate her sweets in class, and she had to run home to get her essay! got back to school and bang! hypo time. anyone seen it? well funny.

so i had my hba1c today which came back as 4.9% i know this is pretty low but i'm still getting use to insulin adjustments per meal and i tend to overestimate if i'm unsure. 4.9's gotta be better than 7 or 8 though right? but my consultant said there' no evidence that an hba1c of anything below...

anyone know a safe place to keep test strips other than the pot they come in? (so they still work) cling film or something? just be nice not to carry the pot on a night out, cos the rest hides away quite well. i put a few in my wallet in a separate compartment once but the results seemed to be...

hi guys, i seem to keep getting muscle twitching, first in my bicep and a bit in my opposite shoulder (like once a day in certain positions). i assumed it was probably from playing tennis the previous 2 days but i woke up this morning and a muscle around my knee started twitching. it doesn't...

when i was first diagnosed their was a big emphasis on routine, 'don't skip meals', 'eat within certain time frames' etc. i don't find skipping meals a problem, i find my levels are more stable when i don't eat. is this way of thinking just left over from when people couldn't check their BG's...

anyone know what the latest is on inhalable insulin?? i've heard conflicting info. is it for real? thanks, howie

hi all, i'm using levimer and although i feel my dose is spot on because i wake up with the same BG i went to sleep with i'm still a newb so is this really ok? just wondering if our BG should ideally drop a little overnight so our organs etc are absorbing enough glucose? thanks, howie

went to the db nurse, mainly cos i wanted a new BG meter (accu check compact gt) and was pretty annoyed when she handed me one in a opened box, but i also had my feet checked out. she said they were fine and all, no sensation loss etc. but that i had 'typical diabetic feet'; pale, hairless and...

not sure if someone's stared this thread already but they usually include T2's when i've seen them around. thought between the forum we could compile a list of successful and 'inspirational' T1's. a list to show newly diagnosed peeps so they know what they can still achieve. + something for us...

going to see the endocrine consultant for my 3 month check up etc tomo. pretty nervous that there gonna find something else wrong after doing all these blood tests! i know their checking for celiacs disease and stuff like that, but i've been feeling fine so hopefully i'm all good. i'm aiming...

would you guys continue to low carb even when things like 'smart insulin' or the 'closed loop pump become available'? howie

i've been questioning whether my intensive BG control regime is worth it, so i was glad to find this article on this up to date study carried out on BG control and effectiveness in preventing complications. http://health.usnews.com/articles/healt ... l?PageNr=1 howie

Peptide injection to grow new blood vessels, to prevent amputations and heart attack. should be available soon if investment goals are met. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 142438.htm howie

new to T1, got my first eye scan tomo (with photos and eye drops), pretty nervous bout it, probably due to the last medical test i had having such dyer results! bit worried my pre-diagnoses high's may have done some damage. i've gotta go all the way up the other end of town for it (+ up a hill)...

when you guys exercise you must be using dextrose tabs etc. and the same for countering hypo's. do you count this as part of your daily carb intake? sometimes during tennis i'll go through almost a bottle of lucozade. i know i could reduce my insulin with my meal closest to the exercise but that...

i'm currently having porridge for breakfast, but my levels are going above 7 afterwards so gonna opt for low-carb brek, any good suggestions?

so i was diagnosed a few months ago and after a while got use to the idea that if i maintain good control then i will avoid complications, but the more i research and the more medical professionals i speak to i am continually finding statistics that say even with ideal control there's still...

hi all, i've got the second half of my brothers stag do coming up this weekend. the first half was a couple of months ago (pre-diagnoses), it was quite a mad one, over a whole weekend and not involving much sleep. i have been drinking since diagnoses but usually one or two pints, no more than 3...

i'm sure most of you have heard this but for any who haven't. according to Warwick Uni diabetics generally have 75% thiamine deficiency, well 70-90% of us. the 30-10% who don't may be those who stay complication free. (along with good BG control of course). human studies aren't proven yet but...

does anyone know when the artificial pancreas is expected for release? i've heard 2yrs, 5yrs and 10yrs but most of the literature is a few years out of date, i can't really find anything on current trials. maybe it's just because its in its 2nd phase of trials and so there's no results yet.