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I was catching a flight from Stansted yesterday and went into Burger King for food. Went over to the drinks machine which was a nice fancy digital touch screen one with an option for 'low calorie/no sugar' drinks. Exciting I thought but only expected to find Diet Coke and Coke Zero but...

Hey y'all Plugged my meter into my laptop and as usual it switched on automatically. I then had to go out in a hurry and shut the lap top over (no power supply but plenty of battery). I was gone for about 2 hours and when I came back the meter was off. It now won't switch on! I thought it might...

This isn't about whether it's healthy for you or not, we all know fast food in large volumes has consequences. I only get one probably every few months. Previously when I got something they had all the nutritional info on the packet/box which was great because it included Carbs. I was in a rush...

Hey I'm always struggling to get breakfast because I'm in a rush so decided on something easy - yoghurt. My tub usually contains approx. 100g yoghurt, some flaxseed and a few blueberries. 1:1 ratio so I take the correct amount of Novorapid. I've also tried it minus any fruit and the result is...

should I bolus for couscous? If so, when? It has carbs but is it slow released?

I got a letter from my doctor's surgery a couple of weeks ago to say that they were changing my insulin pen needles from BD microfine to Omnican fine as they were cheaper. Fair enough. I got a box of them yesterday and put them into use. It turns out that once you put the needle on and remove...

I use a novonordisk penfill 3ml and I probably only change the needle once or twice during each vial of insulin. I was wondering, are there any T1s out there who change the needle for every single injection?

It never ceases to amaze me how lax airport and 'airport style' security is when I'm travelling. My needles are in my hand luggage, yet every single time without fail over the past 15 years I have never been challenged when they go through the x-ray scanner thingy. Not even when travelling to...

I read people writing about how they maybe only have 20g carbs a day etc. and it completely bamboozles/scares me(that I might be doing something wrong). I see so much of it on here yet I'm a T1 taking in easily 200g carbs today. I get that insulin will narrow my blood vessels and that high...

In discussion with a non-diabetic friend, he made what I thought was an odd statement when he said 'yeah but you have to watch how much caffeine you have at it affects your insulin' He wasn't talking about energy drinks or anything like that and he wasn't getting confused with sugar content. Is...