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That's so interesting, Antje77. My contact with my local diabetes clinic has been pretty fitful due to covid and then a human error which left me off the system for 2 years (!!). I asked my GP about it and he deferred to the consultants, but when I finally saw one they totally ruled it out...

Hello Jan, I hope you're getting used to the highs and lows of Type 1: it's a shock to the system but it can be lived with. I wanted to ask here about Januvia and Metformin as supplements for Type 1 diabetics. I've been Type 1 for 15 years: 1st 10 very well controlled. The past 5 have gotten...

Hi WKD, Sorry to hear about the Coeliac, and NF: and am especially sorry to hear about the tiredness. I know all these conditions cluster under auto-immune problems, but am hoping they don't necessarily all come together (Fingers crossed). Can you explain why keeping sites clean / only using...

Whoops! I've run out of mine, but when I go back on I'll remember this!

Hi there -- Thanks for the replies! It's good to hear about other people in the same boat. I knew about the association between type 1 & hypothyroidism given the joys of auto-immune problems! So I had mentioned it to my Dr, who was keeping an eye on it. My numbers are not drastic, and frankly...

Hey there, I'm wondering whether there are any other type ones out there with hypothyroidism? I've been attending a pre-pregnancy clinic and my thyroid numbers were Ok-ish initially, but then went lower. I'd been feeling a bit washed out, but generally coping, last year and had put it down to...

Thanks for posting this - it's really good. Nice and clear and optimistic and practical. My younger brother has just been diagnosed with Type One (there's two of us in the family now) and have passed it on to him. Hopefully it'll make those first few mind-wrecking weeks go easier. :shock:

I must say that I find a lot of the emails really unhelpful, and actually downright depressing at times. I know that we should be vigilant about this condition, because it is serious and needs a lot of attention in order to maintain health. But these emails, which basically come with gloomy...

Susan, That's a great site. I moved to Galway last September and am still waiting to get a diabetic clinic appointment. I don't know anyone who is diabetic here so the online support is a major help. Keep up the good work - Ireland definitely needs more community based diabetic support. What...

Thanks Daisy1! :D Glad to hear that diabetics are OK for it - I'll definitely ask the beautician when I go. Doesn't sound like there should be any problem though. Just because we're diabetic doesn't mean we shouldn't look fabulous. :wink:

Vanity, thy name is (diabetic) woman! :P I have a load of weddings coming up this summer, and want to look fresh-faced as possible, especially as I am NOT the person getting married. I'm thinking about having a facial treatment before the functions and was wondering about...

Even if there are worthy researchers doing work on cures for type I (we periodically hear scraps of information about encouraging results in this field) the pharmaceutical companies vested interests mean that it's unlikely to make it into the open market for a long long time. Remember these are...

Cugila - Boycotting non-essentials is a great idea - plus one that will have a real economic effect, and given that it's only money NN seem to understand, it's speaking their "language". Are there any products we can recommend friends to boycott?

Thanks for the email / postal address - I will certainly be letting them know what I think. It's a horrible situation because you suddenly realise how dependent you are on these people - I mean, how would a a boycott work? It's near as impossible given that you rely on their medication to, er...

Nasty News from Greece I know this is not a political forum, but I thought that this news story just out today is something that diabetics in the UK ( and indeed worldwide) should know about. Basically Novo Norodisk have pulled their insulin products from Greece, as the government is keen to...

Awful news. I'm so sorry. Sympathies to you and your children.

Hi Suzi, From my experience - yes, insulin needs drop in the cold. I was in the delightfully chilly UK in early December and kept going really low despite taking as much insulin as I would out here in the warm. It may well be individual, but it sounds like your son is the same. I factored that...

I know how you feel. I was only diagnosed in late July, and from the original H1AC of 14 have come down to 9 (early sept), then 5.9, then 5.3 (early Dec). My consultant gave me the proverbial pat on the head but followed it with some concern about hypos and low readings. I have had a few wobbles...

Unbelievably I have just managed to do this _again_ with humalog rather than lantus this time. Having my predinner injection, with new pen, I had one of the old-style clickey ones before, but the new pen is a smooth silent type. So when I didn't hear the noise I was like 'oh, obviously didn't...

AndyS - hope you get on the DAFNE course asap, and great news about the Hb1AC reading - it sure feels good. Howie - Good reading, too. I can just see a load of type ones around a table with sugar free cookies and milk playing HB1AC SNAP!