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Hi, have been T1DM for 57yrs. Now living alone and diabetes gone weird. I don't visit the Diabetes Centre as am fed up with being pushed to accepting artificial insulin and a pen. I'm quite happy with my injection and pork insulin. Does anyone else feel unable to speak to the nurses or...

Hi everyone May I thank you all for your warm and honest replies. I hope no one minds me printing off these pages and showing them to my DNS and others who are currently looking at how my T1DM is managed. ... I especially liked the replies 'if it's not broke...' by iHs Legend, and the one that...

What are the pro's and con's of... pen injections every time you eat or an injection twice daily and portion control? So confused!

Hi everyone I've been diabetic since a toddler (apparently), and have been taking fast and slow acting pork insulin -twice daily, all my life. I not overweight, my Hb blood sugars are average, I have no sight problems or nerve damage... I'm old school and still follow portions at every meal...

Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe OMG. I live on the Isle of Portland in Dorset and was diagnosed with diabetes (from nowhere when aged 3 in 1964). I too did a little research and concluded that it was cause by one of two possibilities: Firstly I had an extremely...

Thought I was the only one striding 'round the bedroom doing a monty python sketch with bent legs and extended strides. Blood sugars were way out as I was purposefully trying to loose weight (the wrong way). Consequently with extreme thirst I washed all the salts out of my body. Add this to...

Hi again Fraddycat and Elc1112 When and why did you start doing this Elc112? In my 20's I remember being bulemic, skipping insulin, drinking to excess to lower blood sugar and rocking the night away on a journey of self destruction. ...Went down to about 6st before loosing consciousness and...

Hi everyone, Thank you for responding in the way you did. I am careful of extremely high b/s levels but can't stop this as I've been doing it for years. Will type in Diabulimia and continue discussion there. Thank you x

Hi Have been type 1 diabetic for 46 yrs and understand the regular bits, but news like this is very interesting. I wonder if the same applies to a 20 min hot shower? ...Actually came to this site by accident after watching telly a moment ago and someone mentioned diabulimia. I thought I was...