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Do your healthcare professionals treat you as a person who has diabetes or do they treat you as a walking disease? This question came to mind after I read about the '#hellomynameis' campaign to get healthcare professionals to introduce themselves before giving treatment. The #hellomynameis came...

In this week's news we learned that only 1 in 5 of us with diabetes are meeting the 3 main diabetes health targets, which are: HbA1c - 6.5% (48 mmol/l) or less Blood pressure - 130/80 or less Total cholesterol - less than 4.0 mmol/l How many of the targets are you meeting? Take part in the...

We know that activities are much easier to carry out when they're fun and achievable so we're looking to find which exercises require the least motivation and which are a pleasure? (before you all say it, yes, 'bedroom exercises' are good fun and good activity :wink: ) If exercise is not easy...

Have any of you had success in reversing the complications of diabetes? This might be reduction of nerve pain, improvement in retinopathy, improvement in your kidney function or another reduction in the signs of complications? Let us know how your complications improved and what you think may...

We're looking to see what's its really like to be living with diabetes and would like to hear what is a day in the life of your diabetes. There are sometimes misconceptions about the scale of how much diabetes plays a part in people's lives. The thread could also serve as a good reference for...

Is anyone taking part in Stoptober -a month dedicated to helping people quit smoking? It would be great to hear from people who have either successfully beaten smoking or that are thinking of or going through the process of quitting. Please share any tips you have and feel free to share your...

V festival has started and we have Reading/Leeds next weekend. Who is going to which festivals this year and have you any festival tips? My one tip is an obvious one, bring plenty of supplies with you. Plenty of spare insulin, needles, lancets and test strips. The peace of mind it gives you is...

To answer a question from another thread from Patch. People with type 1 can fast and sometimes it may be advisable to fast to enable us to work out our basal (background) insulin doses. I know this has been used by pregnant women to get their basal insulin right early on in pregnancy. We do...

The third part of the popular documentary series The Men Who made Us Fat appears on BBC 2 at 9pm on Thurs 12 July. iPlayer link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01kd06l/The_Men_Who_Made_Us_Fat_Episode_3/ Just a note which I'm sure you're all aware of, to watch live programmes on BBC...

We've listened to the recent feedback and will be helping to shut down problematic incidences quicker to ensure that arguments don't become a regular occurrence. Many of you have pointed out that you want threads to stay on topic so we will have a focus on keeping threads on track. To carry...

If you blog about your type 1 diabetes, please feel free to let people know about your blog here. Please keep one introductory post per blog rather than updates for each new post. Benedict

Our last Diabetes Week question is about being newly diagnosed. How did you feel about your diagnosis? Did certain emotions come through? Was your diagnosis handled well by your health team? How did your family react to your diagnosis and how did that you make you feel? Did your diagnosis make...

As part of our Diabetes Week questions, here's a question for people with type 2 diabetes who have gone onto injections -or are considering going onto injections. How did (or do) you feel about switching onto injections? Did/do you have any worries about going onto injections? If/when you made...

Today's Diabetes Week question is for type 1s: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pump? Are you someone who has constantly been asking to go onto a pump? Are you on a pump and now reaping benefits? Have you gone onto a pump but are now questioning whether it's best for you? Or...

For Diabetes Week, we're asking some questions to gauge how people feel about different aspects of diabetes. Today, we're asking: What is the hardest part of coping with diabetes and how or whether you're able to deal with it? Is it all about keeping blood sugars down or are there harder...

All this week is Diabetes Week. It's a great excuse to let everyone know more about diabetes. What will you doing for diabetes week? Are you taking part in any diabetes events? Helping to get signatures for the test strips for people with type 2 petition...

We'd like to hear your thoughts on what you'd like to see in a diabetes app for smartphones. There are a number of great apps on the market but is there room for improvement and are there some areas that existing apps are not covering? Let us know your thoughts :)

Turmeric seems to be the next food getting a lot of press attention. It appears to have blood sugar lowering properties... http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2012/May/turmeric-could-help-in-fight-against-diabetes-91420626.html ...and the BBC yesterday states it having cancer beating properties...

Animas, makers of the Animas Vibe insulin pump, is hosting a Sports & Exercise Weekend The weekend takes place at Loughborough University on the 11th, 12th and 13th May 2012. The event will be chaired by Dr Ian Gallen, a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist. Dr Gallen will give a...

The newly diagnosed is here for people who are- yes, you guessed it -newly diagnosed. Members who have been here some time are posting very helpful information but a couple of threads recently have lead to arguments. This forum isn't the place for heated discussions. If arguments develop, the...