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    HypoBand - would you like to take part in a 2 week hypo alert wristwatch trial?

    I have sent my request in, sounds like a great idea
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    Whats the most amount of fast acting insulin you've injected to cover a meal?

    any youngster has my best wishes, its a bummer of a condition as it makes us so dependant on meds for life, and being"spontaneous" is not straight forward any longer, at least I had the fun of living through my 20s 30s and 40s being care free, Oh, and Im fully aware of my auto immune problem...
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    Whats the most amount of fast acting insulin you've injected to cover a meal?

    I'm in a similar position to you, Aged 50 diagnosed t1, not overweight, healthy lifestyle choices pre T1, would consider double figures irresponsible
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    T1 CURE...????? really

    Call me a cynic, but if the drugs companies are earning so much money from diabetic medications, what incentive is there for them to find a cure ,or fund research for a cure, Surly its not in the interests of the share holders, or the stock exchange!
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    Has anybody else had their blood meter changed by the doctors

    GP tried this on me, I told them that the meter they wanted me to use is niot supported on the software I run to moniter my condition, and that I have 2 meters, one that runs on a cartridge, and the other on strips, both run on the same software, Added to this, My GP, like the print outs as does...
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    Type 1: Prescription fine

    the health service have contracted out the running of the exemption cards, so they are looking to claw back as much as possible asap, The exemption cards only run for 5 years, the reason is to cut down on fraud use by others using a deceased's card, and other similar scams, unfortunately as T1...
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    Whats the most amount of fast acting insulin you've injected to cover a meal?

    I don't think I have ever injected more than 7 units in a single shot, And I am shocked that some need 40 units in one dose, without appearing hypocyrical, is that behaving in a manner that is bad for your own health, and believe me I aint no saint, but I do want to live long
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    Need advance on juicing for type 1

    eat the fruit, avoid the juice, same with veggies, fibre is good for you in its natural unmolested state
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    Coffee...

    tea, white no sugar/sweetner, Coffee Americano, with an extra shot.... black no sugar/sweetner Plenty every day and not a BG problem in sight...
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    Survey for Diabetes

    all done Good luck
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    How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

    5 months after my 50th birthday, Nov 20th 2010 was told that had It not been discovered ( bit of luck as no symptoms) I would have been dead on Christmas day!!!! scary spent a week in hospital recovering, now had it for nearly 4 years, and no complications
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    Type 1s: What stupid things have people said to you?

    Great thread by the way ;)
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    Type 1s: What stupid things have people said to you?

    At the foot clinic last week, ....." your feet are healthier than a non diabetics feet" better we all be diabetic then and have healthy feet... lol And another ... well you can have lots of fruit and fruit juice, because that's natural sugar.....?????? worst of all it was a T2 telling me...
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    17 newly diagnosed type 1

    Hi Ellie, How long before you tested your 7.8 had you eaten, and what did you have, ?and did you have sufficient insulin(fast) to cover the carbs,? Your B.G. Potentially could have been on the way up, and could have also explained a high morning reading, Do you carb count? its so important to...
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    Type 1: What are your HbA1c test results?

    5.5 this year, 5.9 last year 6.1 previous time, and I have really good low sensitivity, at 4.5 I really don't feel too good, and that doesn't happen very often, and I test 7 to 10 times per day,
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    T1's having strips limited?

    My Surgery sent a letter to me asking me to have their meter and test strips I told them that I was happy with my current accu-chek Aviva and mobile, and that they worked well together especially with the software, as I could download the meters to my laptop from which they take data from, to...
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    What are some of the best ways to tell people you're diabetic?

    Im happy to chat T1 with any interested party, and I don't hold back...worts an all as they say... but only if they are genuinely interested, and that's normally led by their questions, , I often MUST inform some people for health and safety reasons, so that they know how to react if I collapse...
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    Always Hungry

    I was starving for at least the 1st year and put it down to the new low carb diet, but I did get more accustomed to it slowly. But 4 years later.... still hungry, but much less of an issue, unless someone opens something very sweet near to me .... then ... 20 mins later I will devour the...
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    CGM - Continuos Glucose Monitoring

    I would love to give one of these a go , anything to reduce the number of holes I drill into my fingers is a bonus ( testing approx. 10 times /day) and as a person who works with his hands, sore fingers is a problem, but the costs to me if I had to pay are too much, all my current medication...
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    New Type 1 diagnosis

    your doing ok, I was told T1 3 years ago , complete shock to me and everyone that knows me, however its a very steep learning curve and if you are fortunate enough to have a good DSN, Then lean on her/him, and extract all the info you can, initially i followed the advice given to me to the...