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Hi, I’m travelling by Eurostar in a couple of weeks and have only just started panicking about whether I need a letter or anything from the gp. I haven’t been abroad since being diagnosed nearly 4 years ago and have just thought of it like a normal train, completely ignoring the security checks...

when I picked up my prescription I was given a ‘we owe you’ slip for my needles as they didn’t have them, I went back in today to see if they had come in and was told after waiting a little while that they couldn’t supply them anymore, or something along those lines and that my best option was...

I’m still fairly new to this, having only been diagnosed at the beginning of the year, but since having the freestyle Libre I’ve noticed that I tend to spike after eating before it comes down again. I’ve started trying to take my insulin at least 20 mins before eating, however I’m still having...

I am going to London for a few days in June and going to a live show at Wembley stadium whilst I’m up there, it’s the first time I’ve gone anywhere since being diagnosed at the beginning of the year and I’m just wondering how to deal with the change in routine ie more walking, being out all day...

My sharps bin that I got from the hospital after diagnosis is now nearly full, I was just after some advice as to how and where people take them to dispose of and how to get new ones? Do I need to go to my doctors surgery or can I take it to my pharmacy to replace it? Any advice is helpful and...

Being diagnosed at the beginning of this year with type 1 seems to have messed with my plans to lose the weight I’d put on last year. I haven’t put any more on but I can’t seem to shift any either, I don’t know if it’s just me or whether being diabetic makes it that little bit harder? Anyone...

Hi, I was diagnosed at the beginning of this year after being ill over Christmas. I had all the classic symptoms yet I was oblivious to the fact that they all pointed to one thing. If work colleagues hadn’t forced me into going to the doctors I don’t know how long I would have left it before...