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    exercise

    I think the key points about exercise are that it should be regular, and you need to be able to keep doing it long(ish) term. For me, the most successful approach has been to incorporate exercise into my daily commute. At the moment, I work in central London, so walk from home to tube and from...
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    Easy casseroles

    I am another fan of slow cookers. I love the way that I can prepare my evening meal in the morning when I am fresh and awake, and then at the end of the day when I am exhausted it is ready waiting for me.
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    Desperately needing help regarding a Skydive for a T1

    I used to jump, but at the time I started I was young enough that I didn't need a Doctor's certificate. I doubt whether you will find a Doctor who will sign this form without having been involved in your husband's care for a while - if they could simply take his word that he doesn't suffer from...
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    False hypo symptoms

    I had an episode last year which I thought was a hypo, but which turned out to be low blood pressure. I had been monitoring my BP, but didn't realise how dramatically low it had been that day until I plotted the graphs a few days later (I wasn't monitoring BG levels at the time). In Jan this...
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    I am taking anatomy and philosophy. I have to write an essay question on the process hyperglycemia.

    Hi Charlene Its a long time since I studied biochemistry, but I think that dehydration synthesis is a type of polymer formation reaction in which two subunits join together and water is released - hence the dehydration in the name. In the reaction, one of the components loses a hydroxyl group...
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    Anonymous Question Doctor doesn't believe us...

    I think that there are two possible approaches to this which might work. The first approach is to do it yourself - keep a detailed record of your wife's episodes which you can then show to her GP. Record her behaviour each time, and if you can take blood sugar measurements or any other...