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Hi.. I train 6 days a week and never have any issues. M-F I'm in the gym from 7-8.30....I lift heavy weights for an hour and do 20-30 mins medium paced cardio. On a Sat AM I either run 5 miles or cycle 10. Not too good at cycling yet as it's new to me. I do all of this without eating. The...

Hi..I weight train 4 times a week and do some cardio also. I've done this for the last few years and have been T1 for 4 years....I have put about a stone on although my aim has been to stay in good shape, not necessarily bulk up. Anyway, I am in very good shape so I know what works for me...

Hi all, Had a real scare Sunday morning after a party Saturday night. Went to a garden party on Sat and drunk lots of cocktails and are a big bowl of rice without injecting. Not sure why I did this but assume I was just getting too drunk too quick. After a fair amount of memory loss my wife...

Hi all, I was recently moved onto a Jazz glucose monitor as part of the cost-cutting exercise in Wales. Apparently we will all have them at some point as the strips are so much cheaper for the NHS, which makes sense and I applaud the sentiment. If I can cost the tax-payer less in my effort to...

Hi, I am going on my first overseas holiday since being a T1 in May. Going to Lanzarote with the family. A few questions if anyone can help please. 1) Do I take my insulin, needles and other diabetes stuff with me as hand luggage or does it go in my case 2) Do I need to ‘declare’ this to...

Re: New-ish to Type 1 & struggling with control, advice need Hi…I’m a T1 and have been for just over 3 years. I too hated needles but was able to quickly come to terms with everything by focussing on these facts. 1) Most of the time the needle does not even slightly hurt 2) When it does hurt...

Fallenstar - thanks for the reply, glad to know I'm not on my own with this one.. Your butt references made me feel sick (until you pointed out you were not a man!) I don't have the tango look either, thankfully I'm naturally brown!

Hi all, I've been in decent shape for all of my adult life but lately I've been going to the gym every weekday and doing a combination of cardio and weights...I've put on about a stone of muscle and lost all of my bodyfat. I sort of look like a young Peter Andre (only far more handsome)...

Thanks for the reply... always do an air-shot and always use a new needle too.

Hi all, I may have asked this before but if I did, I didn’t get an answer. Sometimes, maybe like once a month, when I inject something weird happens. I use Novorapid and Levemir flexpens. When I inject, there feels like some sort of resistance and it doesn’t just click in nicely. Anyway...

Hi all, I received a letter from my GP yesterday saying they are changing my meter and strips to a Jazz meter as they are cheaper. I'm not too bothered about this as I guess one meter is pretty much the same as the other, BUT I am concerned they are going to try to reduce my test strip...

Hi Rebecca, I'm sorry I cannot help with your question but I am sure someone will be able to - have you spoken to your Diabetic nurse / team? I'm sorry to hear about your situation and I hope everything works out for you, I'm sure it will. Stay positive. JC

Good idea! Thanks. Your GP giving you sugar pills to give your body insulin had me in stitches! Not funny really though.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/35900 ... -training/ Just stumbled upon the above link that is supposed to help T1's understand how diabetes and exercise work. Contains this little nugget of wisdom...."If you have type 1 diabetes, your doctor may place you on insulin therapy or alternative...

Hi all, I run my own blog and my latest post is on being a T1, not all serious and gloomy, it's more a bit of a laugh. Thought I would share with you as the T1's I know that read it and really enjoyed it, JC http://claytonmeyer.webnode.com/the-actual-blogs/

Hi all, I have been a T1 for nearly 3 years now and I seem to be getting more handsome by the day. Just wondered if this was linked to the diabetes? I'm wondering if it could just be that my eyes are getting worse though. :D JC

Hi all, I went for my annual results yesterday, which were ok. I was a little concerned at a warning my nurse gave me though. She advised that due to the costs of test-strips I may be told I have to change onto a new meter, where the test-strips are cheaper. She said it was something that...

Hi all, I'm not a big beardy bloke but I noticed a bald patch the size of a 5p piece in my regrowth recently. I've done some research and found out you can get alopecia in your beard! Just wondered if any T1's have had anything similar? Although this post is really aimed at the men, if you...

Thanks for all the replies....still hopeful it will pass as it is driving me nuts...If I clench my jaw it stops, really weird. I feel like I want to smash my head against a wall at the moment though!! :evil: My blood sugars are always ok so it's not when I am high or low...

Hi all, Hope someone can offer som help with this one. 2 evenings ago, after my shower I was sat in my bedroom, the house was silent and I could hear a low buzzing in my head. It sounded like the gentle hum of a fridge-freezer. Anyway, I thought nothing of it but then last night it was there...