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  1. ferret1o3uk

    struggling to eat

    I am type 1 and have been since birth , am now 45 and in the past year I have really struggled to eat , i manage a mouthful of breakfast , similar at lunchtime I tend to have a Piece of fruit and same with dinner once i have cooked something I can't eat it . Tonight has been soup eat about half...
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    DVLA revoke licence even though GP advised me fit to drive

    YES APPEAL STRAIGHT AWAY IN WRITING , STATE YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THEIR FINDINGS , WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION AS YOUR DOCTOR IS SUPPORTIVE AND HAS NO ISSUES WITH YOU DRIVING . PHOTOCOPY EVERYTHING YOU SEND TO THEM .REPORT IT TO YOUR MP AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD IT TO THE...
  3. ferret1o3uk

    Explaining type 1

    MY BIGGEST THING THAT ANNOYS ME I AM ALWAYS TOLD I AM OVERWEIGHT BY A DIABETIC NURSE WHO IS TEN TIMES MY SIZE , I EXERCISE WORK AND AM CURRENTLY TRAINING FOR A MARATHON . TO BE PUT THROUGH HELL WHEN YOU DRIVE , I HAVE BEEN DIABETIC 40 YEARS , DRIVING SINCE I WAS 17 NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT BUT NOW...
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    Anonymous Question Why did they stop making pork insulin?

    I was diagnosed diabetic in 1974 and put on pork incilin , when i was 16 i went onto human insulin which was great for several years , until I turn 35 then my health hypos took a severe nose dive My Insulin was killing me . After several near death experiences , and losing 9 friends to...
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    DVLA Revoked My Driving Licence

    hadders, report this to your member of parliment asap, and the transport minister and your MEP A wee letter to the prime minister explaining how you can no longer get to work you will be requiring unemployment benefit along with housing benefit and full disability and carers allowence...
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    DLA

    DLA is changing to PIP , god knows why , too many people claiming it when they don't need it . Some Diabetics , or parents with children do. I have being diabetic since i was 3 yrs old my parents got 22 pence a week for me and my sister who is also diabetic. I had to appeal for my DLA as i live...
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    New Driving Issue

    The new driving guide lines set up by the EU , as Diabetics are supposed to cause more accidents than anyone else, the guide lines attack single people living on their own . They state if you have a hypo and require the help of someone else whether that be a neighbour or paramedic you have to...