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If you're regularly having less sleep than recommended such as 5-6 hours, what effects will this have on management of type 1? What if you fall asleep in front of the tv for 30 minutes to an hour in the evening? How does a nap affect things? What if your sleep is regularly interrupted for...

Ingredients in coke etc (especially diet drinks) are linked to heart and kidney disease. We are already at a higher risk of getting these in the long term. The food industry thinks it can come up with magical solutions to things like this, but we end up taking in a substance and not food. When...

Is there a national standard as to which CGMs are available or is it hit and miss depending on the PCT? I'd be interested to know how long people had to wait for one. I'd be in the group of people who don't want a pump, but would want to monitor what's happening at night once a year of...

It's a question whether it's an efficient way of raising money, which I think it isn't. There's lots of people getting a cut along the way. Organisations sending letters are living in the past. These can just as easily go straight in the shredder(as mine used to) as an email can be deleted...

In some ways it's good that we're protected by the same laws that prevent people with disabilities being discriminated against. We have the benefit of not having to class ourselves as having a disability. Looking back at university days now, I'd question whether it's just the good times that...

Re: is it ok to eat a lot of sweet food and inject lots of n You don't happen to have any links to more information or evidence for this?

It's the time of year when the Diabetes UK Christmas catalogue arrives. I’m calling on people to boycott it. The absolute rubbish that’s in there! Frankly with the recession and global warming we ought to be avoiding it anyway. I’d call on people to just give presents to kids and maybe...

The cheese and butter thing is an excuse for scared companies to stop this altogether. These companies are no better than drug dealers. I'd like so see a minimum age of 16 put on these foods as well. This would stop our obese kids spending their lunch and pocket money on these instead...

I got some funny looks from a Spanish security man once about my frio cooling wallet. I'd take the instructions with you if you use them, especially since recent attempted bombings. Don't bother asking if it's OK to test. I once asked the stewardess if was OK to use my test kit on the plane...

Firstly as a general comment the world is massively overpopulated and we all should be having less children, whether diabetic or not. Having more than 1 or 2 kids is a bit irresponsible these days. Should you stop fat people having kids because they might get type 2? Ideally yes, but you...

My view is they're a way to charge more for yogurt. You're better off just buying a cheaper yogurt. I thought they'd found they only help a minority of people at best and only when they've a bad stomach. There's no real way of knowing if you're one of them. Unfortunately yogurts' image of a...

Since I became a dad over a year ago, it's obviously been a time of lack of sleep and lack of time. Up till now the pressure to get everything done has meant it's been the diabetes that has suffered. They now sleep through the night and there's no longer that excuse any more, but I'm still...

Is the seasonal flu jab going to be given at the same time? Does anyone know what the latest is on swine flu jab availability? Is it still October? I'm concerned that we may get a delay getting the seasonal jab if they are waiting for the swine flu jab to be tested.

I also think it's definitely worth going on. It's free. You might know some of the stuff already, but it's very useful to meet the other people. Any dedicated time you can get with diabetes professionals should be jumped at, even if you've only a few minor adjustments to discuss. The one day a...

I've always bought my Frios from Lloyds pharmacy as sometimes they're cheaper than directly from the company. I take a big one and a smaller one for when going out for the evening to a restaurant. It's also wise to keep a spare (unactivated) one in your suitcase/rucksack. One split once on...

Did the doc explain how they would help? It seems bizarre to me! Unless he's sponsored by Danone or someone. I thought latest trials have shown they only work for a minority of people if you've got a bad stomach, so the chances of them helping you are very low.

Re: The worry of swine flu. 1) People should be doing more to prevent/control seasonal flu. I hope people learn something from swine flu. How many people at work wash their hands, or even sneeze into a tissue? None! 2) The news talks about us as if we all live in London and go to work on the...

Can when you wean your babies affect the chances of them getting diabetes? (Father Type 1, mother no diabetes history in our case) The usual recommendation is 6 months. They warn against too early weaning as it can cause allergies. I wondered if there's been any studies in this area?

What about the gels, could they affect results?

I think some of the newer disposable monitors/injectors are an absolute disgrace :!: I'm not saying health shouldn't come before global warming/green concerns but I don't think its a case of that. The scummy marketing people seem to have got into the Diabetes market and are trying to sell us tat...