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I feel so stupid and embarrassed to ask this! I've been (type 1) diabetic for 10 years and never forgotten an injection, but for the life of me I can't remember whether I've done my lantus tonight or not - I usually take it at 6:00pm but it's been a rushed day and I remember coming into my room...

Hi everyone - this question has been on my mind all day so I thought I'd come to you! I've had type 1 for 10 years and have always been told to have some kind of "starchy carb" with every meal - so potato, pasta, bread etc. So I have always been very good and stuck to this rule - but what is the...

Hi everyone - I've recently been put onto a new monitor (The accuchek aviva expert) which is great because once it's all set up properly it should be a lot easier to manage carb counting etc and i may finally be able to get my levels vaguely under control! I had it set up at my check up at the...

is it ok for diabetics to wear flight socks? i'm very active, think my feet / legs are generally in good working order! last year i was getting quite a lot of tingling in my feet and legs for a few months & my nurse briefly said "oh it could be the start of neuropathy nothing you can do about...

Quick question, hope this is in the right place! All my friends are back from uni for easter and they're all going out tonight (drinking/clubbing) and have invited me to go with them - I haven't seen them in months so I'd love to go. But since I changed to basal/bolus (start of the year) i've...

i'm currently on humalog (and lantus), but it doesn't seem to "kick in" as quickly as it should do... i've been rotating the injection site just incase that was the problem, but it still doesn't seem as instant as it should be, and my sugars will be high for about an hour (or two!) after i eat...

another travel one, because the flights are actually booked now - yay! insurance?; I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a good (reasonably priced!) company to get travel insurance with? i've been phoning round, but would like to know of any good ones i've missed - so far i've tried...

this should be in ask a question, sorry!! i'm still trying to get the hang of basal bolus, but this has happened a few times since i've been on it and the people at the hospital are no help so i thought i'd ask here. my blood sugars are usually okay, not fantastic - but okayyyy - but for some...

another lantus question! so i haven't been on it long, when i started my nurse kept going on and on about how important it was to do lantus at the same time every day - i've set an alarm on my phone so that i don't forget, and have usually done it within 5/10 minutes of it going off. but i'm...

oo, first "proper" post! so i've had type 1 for 9 years now, but i was on mixtard 25 twice a day up until the last few months where they finally made me do the basal bolus (lantus once a day with humalog for meals) - telling me that it'd sort my control (it was high too much :( ) -to be...

hi everyone! i'm not very good at intros so i'll keep this short & sweet! - i've been a type 1 diabetic since i was 10 (now 19) and thought it was about time i joined a forum dedicated to it to just to get talking to some people who have it as i'm the only person i know with type 1, and in all...