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I have been living alone since my wife and I split up. It is frightening and 2 or3 weeks ago I had a bad hypo after going to bed. I next awoke in A & E. someone had phoned the police after hearing a lot of bumping and banging on my floor above them. I was lucky I had good neighbors.You have to...

But to do this you must talk to your diabetic nurse or doctor. You need a regime and you need to stick to it. Clinic consultants here in Scotland are very good and will help as much as they can but you must talk about it.

1 potato the size of a large hens egg has 10g of carb in it approximately. I was told this when I was diagnosed in 1965.

No matter what YOU MUST TEST. You can't control your blood sugar if you don't. I have been t1 for 52 years. when I was diagnosed in 1965 there was no test meters and had to stick to a controlled carb diet. I started then using a sliding scale injection routine. I still use it. I'm on NovoRapid...

In July I will be 51 years although I had a lot of laser and cataract removal. But now I can see better than I could before I was diagnosed. We're very lucky that we have the technology now we didn't have then. Well done!!!

Please note! sugar in water still has to be turned into glucose by your body. lucozade is glucose so works faster. I use it for my hypos which can be a godsend if I'm driving or in town shopping. The tax is not fair on anybody including diabetics who use lucozade. !!!!!

I was diagnosed in July 1965. In those days Insulin was basic and from cows pancreases. I am now 67 and have been type one for 51 years. So now get yourself into reading all you can about type 1 and you will come back up. You can eat normal things . you just have to know how much carb is in it...