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    Mild Hypos & Jelly Babies

    Hi have been a type 1 for over 30 years and find Jelly Babies are by far the best for hypos - quick response and with no lingering effects but you do have to gain control of the amount you take that's what diabetes is all about unfortunately! But it is possible to lead a full healthy life...
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    DVLA considering revoking licences of insulin users

    Hi all A quick update on my licence it finally arrived almost two months late and is valid for just another year!!! So I've got all this stress again next year - really good for control of Type 1 So don't give up hope - maybe it'll get easier to cope with year on year We wish!!! Regards...
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    Gluten free diet.

    Hi, Sorry to hear of your problems I have had coeliac disease since 10months old and Type 1 since my mid-twenties I am now in my sixties so it is possible to survive and prosper with both diseases It hasn't always been easy but the choices are so much better than they used to be so try to be...
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    DVLA considering revoking licences of insulin users

    just over a year ago I had a warning of this happening when my licence was reduced to a one year span because I answered the form honestly when renewing as I had a hypo needing assistance on one occasion immediately following my first hydrotherapy session I wasn't even out of the pool! I have...
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    driving licences

    Hi there- new to the forum but not to diabetes Type 1 Having been type 1 for over 35yrs I am appalled to find my licence has just been reduced to one year and not the three as usual until now this year has produced a change of clinic and doctor - not through choice - who demanded I increase my...