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To those of you who answered my article - many thanks for your support. :)

I am a type 1 diabetic and will have been for 50 years next year and now have neuropathy and CKD -and am not very pleased :( . Every time I come across an article which says "if you keep good control you are less likely to get complications". There are degrees in severity of diabetes and no...

I have recently watched a television programme on heart transplants and was surprised to hear diabetic cardiomyopathy mentioned. Why don't we diabetics hear more about this disease? Is it because the emphasis is on 'things won't go wrong if you keep good control'?

Re: Are complications still possible with non-diabetic resul I agree with carbsrok who has said just about everything except for my favourite statement - WE ARE NOT ROBOTS, - just eat this and give yourself that and you'll be okay - it just doesn't work that way. Advice must be given with...

I too have been type 1 for a very long time and have had many types of insulin together with carb counting. I am now taking hypurine porcine in the morning and isophane in the evenings. I never have been 100percent perfect and I have come to the conclusion that many of us have inherited...

The trouble is that we are not robots - although we may feel like one sometimes - no two people manage their diabetes the same. We each handle it differently and our bodies react differently too and some people are unfortunate unable to accept that they have limitations especially when it...