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beware relying on experts. My experience of diabetes management from the NHS has been awful. In life in general, DIY or teach-it-to-yourself is often the best approach, and certainly you only have one person to blame if you get it wrong. This book is a good read, relevant to this point...

they can't answer - try it

but that is my point Albert "a person with diabetes" is too vague/general a classification. What I'd like to know is the correlation between diabetic control (HbA1c as a proxy perhaps?) and the "increased" risk of infection/complication. Example - a person running fairly tight control - how...

Sid "being diabetic does NOT make one more likely to catch flu" diabetes.co.uk ""People with diabetes are at a greater risk of catching flu" I happen to believe with tight control you are no more likely to catch flu, but I can't find the stats to prove it. Catching flu is bad but not something...

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/flu-and-diabetes.html "People with diabetes are at a greater risk of catching flu (influenza)..." it's the first line, Sid. The theory is, a compromised immune system is responsible. Unfortunately the statistical evidence showing the correlation between poor...

do you use a half unit insulin pen? please vote above

it is no big deal if you take responsibility! but taking responsibility does not mean wallowing in self pity, which, is exactly what sparked off my post (and is a recurrent theme through each of the 16 points i.e. threads about each of the 16 topics are typically mired with it)!

1. i think it's changed because of a cookie on my desktop PC (wizard is on laptop and was registered today). 2. could you elaborate on what parts exactly are disrespectful, unless you mean the original? 3. I was being somewhat facetious - my experience of 'learning' diabetes management is...

painoman makes an interesting point. The length of time it takes to become 'au fait' with diabetes is about a year, from my limited experience. But if you molly coddle people and allow them to play the victim, the length of time is much longer (if not indefinite). My post will surely, if...

you can't read it here because (inexplicably) it was deleted by the mods - go to Diabetes Discussions to see it, while it remains, it's called "there are no stupid questions" http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24408

following the comments I tried to post this on the Type 1 forum but it was deleted. What is wrong with the mods on this forum? They should be ashamed.

1. the original subject was "why are some diabetics so pathetic?" but that wasn't allowed by the mods. The new subject was just a play on the common saying. 2. as mentioned the tipping point was Watchdog. In what way is it anyone else's responsibility if a meal isn't served on a plane? who in...

pavmas - you (MAY) be suffering from cognitive dissonance which is very common amongst smokers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance