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Hi all, I’ve been injecting insulin now for just around 5 weeks after being diagnosed 24th August. On Tuesday I was ‘fitted’ with a Freestyle Libre and I’m trialling it for two weeks. I thought I’d be pretty impressed with it after reading numerous forum discussions relating to it but so far...

Positive Attitude "Life is not the way it's supposed to be - it's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference." A guy was in a horrible accident. He finally regained consciousness. He was in a hospital, in a lot of pain. He found himself in the ICU with IV...

So since my unexpected diagnosis on 24th August, life with diabetes has been interesting, somewhat frustrating at times, extremely informative (to the point of borderline overload) and humbling in many respects. The good news is that, with the exceptional help I’ve received from the specialist...

Hi all. I've only been diagnosed with diabetes for 2.5 weeks and it appears "highly likely" it's T1. I also have to deal with narcolepsy and cataplexy My concern with the current method of pen injecting is that if I have a sleep attack during dialling up my pen doses that I could end up under...

Hi to all, My name isAnthony, I'm 48 and was diagnosed with "likely" type 1 12 days ago. As the title suggests, I am also narcoleptic and cataplectic (eventually diagnosed in 2008). Most people have heard of narcolepsy but very few have heard of, or understand, cataplexy. Not nice. My...