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some helpful suggestions thanks, I’ve managed to stick to 30 minutes rowing a day for the last 3 days and some squats etc with a barbbell which is a good start I guess, there’s a swimming pool yards from my house so I’m going to try get into the habit of swimming too

Definitely agree about the mind comments, I have a six year old son who seems to be regularly telling me that I’m not fat but need to lose some weight! Which is an incentive to lose weight. Although having belly fat the rest of my body I.e- arms, legs, neck shoulders are all skinny which I put...

Thanks, I’m sure it’s trial and error and I’m literally just getting started. I will definitely consider joining a gym, the council offer a package at £25 a month which includes gym membership and access to their swimming pool + there’s on of their facilities within a 5 minute walk of my house...

I’ll have a look into that Thanks a lot this is all helpful stuff! I do tend to be quite bad at being hard on myself in general right now, I’ve found that when I was in my teens and 20s and had poor control I literally couldn’t care less about being healthy, the way I looked etc however the...

Hi, I’m a type1 diabetic of 33 years, over the last few years I’ve really managed to get my overall blood sugars under better control than ever before as a result of using the freestyle libre, a good local diabetic team and getting a bit older. However I am a bit frustrated with my lack of...

I managed to speak with occupational health ans the lady was much more understanding (her son is apparently type 1 diabetic) so hopefully once her comments and recommendations are fed back to my manager things will work out! I’ll bare your comments in mind if things aren’t resolved though, thank you

I guess I’ve done quite a lot anyway, pushed for an occupational health meeting, got a letter from my gp and have really gone into lots of details with the manager. The most frustrating thing has been the lack of empathy and I’ve been clear in saying to them that i won’t always require any...

yeah I’ve mentioned that, I’ve managed to get an appointment with occupational health Friday so I’m hoping they are more understanding

Hi, I’ve been type 1 diabetic for 33 years and over the last 4 years have had diabetic retinopathy/bleeds on both eyes. My control is probably as good as it’s ever been (7.5 my last hba1c) and I’ve been told the length of time I’ve been diabetic also plays a role. I’ve had lots of laser on both...

Thank you I'll look into those resources, and I can relate to the feeling frustrated by double figures but I guess it's better caring about that than to not be bothered- overall I think I do ok, I'm in target 70% which I'm working on getting better and touch wood never have hypo's that I can't...

Yes absolute game changer the Libre, a lady from JDRF called me last week and mentioned the artificial pancreas, hadn't heard much about this but will have a look into it too! anything that makes life easier has to be good, good look with parenthood and ye I agree with changing things for the...

Yes the lock down has been really good for control but I can't be happy about lock down given the circumstances! I'm just been reflective, the libre really has been amazing in the few years I've used it so hopefully that continues helping my control. Totally agree R:E exercise, I've made sure I...

Thank you I will keep having a look, like I touched on I'm now at the point of wanting to really get on top of things!

Hi, I'm a type 1 diabetic of 33 years and have been working from home since last March. I have always just sort of muddled through and done my best and have always said that I think perfect control and real life in my case just aren't possible or it doesn't feel as if that's the case. So during...

Who knows, maybe some companies will realise people are capable of working from home part of the week and start incorporating that into the working week, which in turn will mean we've more time to work on our health- good luck with 'perfecting' your control

Good luck too! My control over the last year is better than it's ever been to be honest, I hadn't had any complications but then started to have problems with my eyes and eventually surgery on one of them so that, have a child and growing up a bit has made me want to kick on but I agree I find...

Hi, I'm just wondering what everyone's thoughts are around the coronavirus and their diabetes/dealing with things, are people worried etc. My thoughts are as follows, (purely from a selfish point of view and without meaning to be insensitive) I am a type 1 diabetic of 32 years, I'm 34 so had it...

My bloods have got much better over recent years but then I’ll have a day when without real explanation my readings sky rocket, although that’s maybe stress etc- I may have a look into a pump if that would improve my readings but I think that’s a conversation to have with the doctor- also I...

Also- for many years I was very frustrated at the nhs and how I always found they were very judgemental (telling me to sort my control out but giving no real advise on how to do so) they also used to suggest changing insulin all the time and in the end I just stopped going to the hospital for...