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Thanks @catapillar, I'll check that out. @Oldvatr noted. But I guess there is only so far a conversation can go before tangents are followed. I'll shut up now :-)

I am tempted by the Dexcom 5, but what put me off was the cost of having to replace sensors every 7 days. If, as you say, they last for a month, I might make the jump. I have no issue with calibrating twice a day, but I would likely make my treatment decisions based on the results of the CGM...

I don't actually want a pump @catapillar. My attitude is that there should be a budget per diabetic which they can spend according to their requirements. I think that a CGM would be far better for long term control than a pump(for me anyway). I don't mind injecting and will often do a lot more...

There is nothing wrong with having a pump @serenity648. But when technology like that is in short supply, it becomes a bit of a competition to get it. Kids are first and they don't generally have to fight too much to get them. Adults who struggle are next. If you are an adult that just wants one...

I get exasperated with very simple points being misinterpreted or purposefully twisted @Robinredbreast. I know I can be blunt, but having to explain my points in different ways to people who can't or don't want to see them for what they are, does not make me inclined to soften my tone (that was...

I say it @serenity648 because I know it is true. 30 years a type 1 and I am no super hero. I believe it was Plato who said "No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.". This certainly seems to be true from my perspective. I am not denying that type 1 can be a pain, but it is manageable...

@Robinredbreast when I said "tongue chewing" I meant full on, out of it fit. Unless I am unconscious, I am able to deal with my hypos no matter how low I am. I get into a state of single mindedness where I just seek out sugar of any kind. The lowest I can remember testing and treating myself at...

@catapillar you are not really addressing the very valid points I made. Instead I see this as a somewhat political response to draw attention away from those points and point towards a perceived angle I was not arguing. The use of "you" was a general one and not meant to be pointed at you...

@catapillar if you were up for a role in your company where they needed somebody who could, at a moments notice, fly off to Switzerland to do something, work through the night on it and take a flight the next day (again at a moments notice) to the US to do something similar, you wouldn't be...

You have misunderstood that I am afraid. That is not how you assess if someone IS disabled, that is how you assess if someone has been discriminated against due to a disability which could be permanent or transient (....hence "d" which can quite easily cover the presence of bacteria or having a...

With regard to my logic vs emotion argument, I meant this. Logically, it makes sense to deliver the message that over eating causes diabetes because most people will only devote a small amount of time to a subject they don't have a connection with. The important info needs to be delivered to...

If the BBC journalist who wrote the article that you objected to @zoze_j, was delivering it in a public forum, would you stay silent and not comment? Would that be "simples"? Since this discussion keeps rearing its ugly head and it is so ridiculous, I'll state the logical, reasoned argument to...

OK, let me put it another way. What does it matter if some people don't understand the difference between type 1 and type 2, and what causes them? It irritates me a little when I hear type 1s moaning about people approaching them and accusing them of having a poor diet because it doesn't happen...

The problem here is that people are not able to comprehend. What is said is generally pretty clear. Unless you see something that says "Only ramming food down your face causes diabetes. Nothing else, just pure glutony while watching Jeremy Kyle", most of the complaints on here are null and void...

I'm afraid 42% caused by "other factors" doesn't stack up against the increase in the number of type 2s. The numbers are going up dramatically alongside the rate of obesity around the world. The two problems are very strongly related and this cannot be denied. What I don't get is why people are...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this article. I fail to see why a big deal is being made. Do you really think that it is sensible to try and placate the few type 2s who did not cause their condition by hiding a blatant fact. The number of type 2 cases is increasing because people are not...