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    Higher vitamin D linked to lower diabetes risk

    I don't know if this has been mentioned here before, but I just came across this study... "Higher levels of vitamin D in the blood appear to be associated with a reduced risk of incident diabetes among people with high risk for the disease, according to a new report ... vitamin D may have a...
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    Type 1 and cancer treatment?

    Just wondering if anyone has any experience of cancer, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy in combination with type 1 diabetes? I have recently been diagnosed with cancer, and (amongst the hundreds of other questions that I have) am wondering if a pump might be the best way to control my diabetes...
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    Hypos, honeymooning and basal dose

    I wonder if anyone has any experience of hypos due to Lantus/basal while honeymooning? For some time my BS levels have been getting lower and lower, and my carb ratio progressively better, and last week I stopped taking Novorapid altogether (for the time being) and my results after eating are...
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    Silvercrest "diet" kitchen scales codes

    I recently bought a Silvercrest "diet" kitchen scale. It came with a booklet giving codes to enter when weighing food, and a button to display the carb weight for each item being weighed. Whilst it is a handy gadget, it took so long to find the code for each food (as they were listed...
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    A couple of questions

    I'd like to pick your collective brains, if I may. I'm very new to all this, and although I've picked up an enormous amount of information from reading this forum (thank you all) there are still some things that I'd like to understand better. First off, eyesight. How long after...
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    Newly diagnosed

    Hello everyone. First off, I feel a bit of a cheat, as I don't live in the UK but in France. Even though I speak French well and Mr frenchkittie is French, I feel more comfortable writing in English (and my head is fuzzy enough at the moment without adding translation to the brew). I was...