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    Type 1 Advice wanted please for which vaccine might be best for a compromised immune system

    Does anyone here have another autoimmune condition as well as type one diabetes? I have sarcoidosis which is a multi system inflammatory condition that has affected my lungs and my joints as well as giving me erythra nodusum. So I’m very worried about having the CEV vaccine which will promote...
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    Type 1 COVID Vaccine

    Hello. I am also type one, have sarcoidosis but I’m not classed as CEV. Luckily the sarcoidosis is in remission at the moment but my research shows that this condition is one that should not be exposed to the vaccines; I will very quickly go into an inflammatory response. I’ve only ever had one...
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    I’m wondering whether diabetes UK still supply charities in third world countries with unwonted insulin and diabetes equipment? Or whether by contacting them you can instigate this? It resonates with me and will do with thousands of others I’m sure
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    Cholesterol/statins with history of heart attack

    This has all been supremely helpful, thank you so much everyone. I’ve been given this weekend to think about whether I take statins and I’m having another conversation with my GP on Monday. I’m also on a very low carb diet and my HbA1c is always fabulous (use a pump to manage my type one...
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    Does anyone here have type one and has contracted the COVID-19 virus?

    I met someone yesterday who is on a forum for her specific pump and she told me that she’d asked this question and had many, many replies from people who had been ill and recovered with little or no effect.