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I think a quiet word is the best answer. However if this happened to me my issue would have nothing to do with diabetes, my issue would be the fact that she thinks she can tell me what to do/not do. This may be because of her position as a "superior adult" working in education and that she sees...

49 years! I was diagnosed aged 10 months in May 1964. Been on insulin ever since and about to go onto a pump in September. So far no complications and I'm fit as a fiddle. I think I'm blessed with good genes.

I tell all my colleagues. And I have no intention of hiding it. I do injections and blood tests openly and reply to offers of cakes and sweets (happens frequently as part of hospitality in my work and normally might be rude to refuse) that I can't eat that stuff and explain why. Seems like a...

Re: Family Guy & Diabetes Jokes! It's not a joke against diabetics. It's a joke about people with no self control or will power. The obese amputee diabetic is not a stereotypical diabetic, but a stereotypical person who has no sense of self love. The diabetes is simply a frame for the joke. I...

Hi J, I sometimes get sensitivity when inject in my abdomen. I use NovoRapid too. Sometimes the injection site itches for sometime after I've injected, even as long as 2 hours. I never get this sensitivity when I inject in other areas. I also have other of the "immune" conditions, hay-fever...

Hi everyone, it's great to see such an active forum with so much help and advice for people of all ages and all degrees/control of their diabetes. I'm 46, (born in July) and was diagnosed with type 1 when I was 10 months old. I'm currently controlling things with Lantus and Novo Rapid, all...