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Thank you for the information guys. Got in contact with PIP and they have taken my DLA form thankfully and i'm waiting on a assessment. @donnellysdogs sadly the omnipod is only funded for now if you are in paediatrics. I had to leave my paediatric clinic as I wasn't getting the right care and...

Hi, i have a question about DLA I'm currently under 18 and was wondering when my DLA stops. I only just sent it off but received the form shortly after my 17th birthday in september. I had been very ill for 3months and it had been lost while i was in hospital. I just sent it off finally but it...

Hi again, I do take my levemir once in the morning and once in the evening. Sorry this is very confusing for people, I keep leaving things out everywhere! (blames the highs) So yeah, I take it between 7am-8am and 7pm-8pm everyday :)

You must have misread, I'm on 1unit to 4g now and i'm reducing to 1unit 2g.

Thanks for the replies! I am on a 1:1 ratio anyway for correction. So where I take 35units about 28 is correction. My diabetes team don't think I should change my carb ratios, but I'll change that to 1 unit for 2g. Hopefully it'll do something! Normally I'm a low girl and I don't particularly...

Hi, I have spoken regularly to my team and they don't seem to have anything constructed in any meeting I have with them. They keep telling me to keep putting it up and up and then my control is awful! It is of the belief that your insulin should be equal or no more than your weight in kg's as a...

Hello, I'm a very stressed type one right now! My blood sugar levels are at an average of around the 20mmol mark, often reaching past a measurement that my monitor can read (so above 34mmol) It's making me feel very ill, however my ketones are practically non-existent. so I don't really have...

Hello, I'm a very stressed type one right now! My blood sugar levels are at an average of around the 20mmol mark, often reaching past a measurement that my monitor can read (so above 34mmol) It's making me feel very ill, however my ketones are practically non-existent. so I don't really have...

Hi all! Okay so I am a type one diabetic and I have some issues. I'm nearly 16 so time to start GCSE's. But over the last 6months I have been kinda on a rocky patch. I think I'll just list my problems. - At easter i stopped taking insulin for a month, i believed the sickness and pain would make...

Hi, I was diagnosed on the 15th July 2011 :) Three days to go! I also get my alpacas then :lol: I think that's my d-day pressie haha :3

Re: Diabetic Friends Hi, I'm Phillippa, and I'm 15 :D Been diagnosed for two years now, god it feels like yesterday! :lol:

Hello, I'm Phillippa ^-^ i have had diabetes for two years now O: almost feels like yesterday -_- I am on Novo-mix and Novo-rapid, i was on the dafne course but I had a very sever reaction to the insulin :( so back on the mix! Haha I'm always around if you have any questions :)

Hello, I have really irregular periods, before diagnosed they were very very regimented- i could even tell you what time! Sometimes it's a few months or two weeks. My control is normally good and im in good health. My doctors tell me its to do with hormone regulate and how insulin interferes...

Include a photo here if you wish to. - What is your name? Phillippa ^-^ - How old are you? I am 15 :3 - Are you male or female? Female - Which country are you from? England - Which city/area do you live in? Essex - Are you religious? Partially - Pick three words to describe your personality...

Thanks Guys! I should really edit the first post, I mean't when should one seek medical assistance! On update I will be seeing my GP on monday morning, they are all bloody booked up! The cough has lessened thankfully! Hopefully i will be able to go back to school after the doctors Hoorah! I...

Hello all, I have come to query whether i need help from the hospital. It's 2am currently and still awake due to a vile chest infection. I have been prescribed antibiotics but i feel my cough has stayed the same or worstened since wednesday (2days ago) I find it difficult to swallow, so food and...

My highest was 31 when i was diagnosed. I was adamant i could not have diabetes as there is no link in the family at all.... I was feeling fine except the constant toilers and 6liters of water a day!

Hi all, I have come to ask for some help. Last summer i was diagnosed T1 and about 4weeks later i restarted school again. I'm very sensitive to insulin, my nurse says my body behaves like a 5year old T1 lol, so i was up and dowm everywhere. It was a frustrating 3months. At christmas i was...

Hello, I've had so many issues with my Diabetes. First with the diagnosis. I was pushed around for two weeks being told "How could I have diabetes?" then the day of my party for my friend who was leaving to go home to America I was taken to hospital. For an hour they tried to put a cannula in...