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My friend is a Pharmacist and she says they smell of fish! :crazy:

Re: Festivals I've done festivals when injecting before, with no problem :) I ran a little bit higher, just incase of unexpected queues at the food places. I'm on a pump now, so looking forward to T in the Park this year with it! Remember to bring your baby wipes, cos it's really dirty if it...

Hi Pickle bean, I'd always thought that things like Victoza couldn't work for type 1 as we don't produce insulin. My understanding was that it encouraged the secretion of insulin (which - in theory - shouldn't work for us). I'd like to be as informed as possible, but everything I can find...

Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe Interesting stuff! I'm always asking people about their diagnosis story, always looking for a link! Over the years, I've come up with a few theories of my own , but I'm no expert. i lived down wind from a huge industrial tile...

Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe Interesting stuff! I'm always asking people about their diagnosis story, always looking for a link! Over the years, I've come up with a few theories of my own , but I'm no expert. i lived down wind from a huge industrial tile...

So glad I found this post! I've got my annual review at the end of the month, and after speaking to a different DSN regarding my doses and unexplained weight gain, she has suggested I ask about metformin. It makes sense, but I'm a bit wary of the hypos! I'm on a pump, so my readings etc are...

God Bless the Unions :D This story is disgusting! My brother and I are both diabetic and I remeber when he was in school one of the teachers took his sweets off him in class and threw them in the bin. He flew for the teacher in a blind rage, and luckily his mates held him back and got the...

Readin this has actually made me really sad :( Firstly, can I jsut say that I hope your wife and baby are doing well. I'm T1 since childhood and had a very stressful and worrying pregnancy with my 3 yr old daughter, who has, thankfully turned out perfect, until around 2 years old with...

Hear hear! How dare you drive and put others at risk without even checking your sugar! Especially when your hypo awareness is so bad, 0.8 before it's really bad... I suspect your cognitive function is "really bad" long before you feel hypo.

Hi, I stopped taking insulin for a few years, just survived on a few units of background when I felt ill, and would not recommend it. 3 years since then, I'm only 26 and have retinopathy, kidney problems, loss of feeling in my left leg and various other things. Even though I felt ok at the...