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Just had this in a Diabetes.co.uk email,looks like I was ahead of them :)...

i was just reading the thread about Diet Coke ordered at McDonald's and getting the regular Coke (great advise about using your meter to test it). So many comments about being diabetic rather than having diabetes. As a wise person advised, don't be controlled by your ailments I correct medics...

Hi Jelaca, good luck for this. I work for a large company with first aiders all around, I chose to tell them from the start of my insulin usage, with descriptions of the difference between Hypo and Hyper (smell of pear drops) etc I personally would go with the "I have diabetes" not "I am a...

NicolaAnne, does your boyfriend have Type Zero Diabetes? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Type%20Zero Type Zero A person that does not have Diabetes Symptoms of Type Zero include vastly stupid questioning of people with Diabetes, inability to distinguish between Type 1 and Type 2...

Ask your diabetes nurse/consultant for a test. As to my history, diagnosed ~35 queried T1/T2 based on age. Consultant said T2, and one day you'll need insulin. I asked "What would you do" and he replied "Insulin now", so I did. Visiting the nurse at my GP surgery, who obviously knows best, said...

Re: Work has asked me to travel to India Absolutely Andrea, enjoy the trip. Make sure you have a letter from your GP/Diabetes team saying you have to carry Insulin in your hand-luggage. Carry something that says you are someone who has diabetes that requires insulin. Don't be defined as...

I realise a penny short, but if ever you buy with a CREDIT card anything between £100->£30000 (even just a part payment over £100) you can engage a section 75 against your credit card company to get any monies back. All detailed at http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shoppi ... -purchases Sadly...

Ali, that's awful - sometimes you wonder where the health-worker's empathy is. DAPHNE and InSight courses you HAVE to pre and 2 hour post-test to work out what your insulin requirements are, e.g. number of grams of CARBS= X number of units of Insulin, and if your pre-test you are above your...

I had problems when trialling the "old" omnipod - the diabetes nurses configured the saline to roughly my numbers, and it lasted 17 hours. Currently levemir 45units at night, novorapid, depending on carbs, ~15-25 units at meal times. Any other omnipod users used to have these sorts of numbers...

I was prescribed Amitriptyline for sleep problems. Doing the normal research got worried by the "anti-depressant" references but my doctor reassured me and got me to try. I can honestly say its a dream (ha ha) have used for several years, at varying doses for sleep but pretty much <50mg mostly...

Hi Catsymoo, keep positive! I would hound you diabetes team for an Insight or DAFNE course; this is what I have from the Wycombe Hospital Diabetes page InSight This is a carbohydrate counting course similar to the dose adjustment for normal eating course (DAFNE) for patients with type 1...

Hi Vampira (love the name), I found similar issues, I believe that Levemir doesn't cover the full 24 hours, so as a test I moved my time of taking to the evening, then found that come 20+ hours later, things started rising. May be worth discussing with your doctor, to see about splitting the...

Ignoring the subject of Movie/TV diabetics, imagine whilst waiting inline at JFK immigration, which just seems to get worse and worse, a lady collapsed in the queue in front of me, one of Virgin Atlantic's staff were amazingly calm, and given there was about 1000 people queueing, probably didn't...

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Hi Sharon, I really feel for you - must be awful to feel so helpless. What is his social group like, any others with T1 in that group that could perhaps help support him? Maybe his best-friend may like to help, and learn up on T1 Diabetes, Insulin, and perhaps "be his gentle reminder" to test...

Planning to hibernate?

Hi there, and I whole-heartedly understand many people's lack of understanding of CARBS. Some of this may help those on diet alone, some of this may help those with insulin, some of it may be more useful for T1s, but here goes. I attended an InSight (also known as DAFNE) course (put on by...