Wow- I was really excited to discover your page - very cool, please keep me updated! My name is Denise and after mammoth weight loss and all the usual symptoms I was diagnosed with the big D while on a uni break/holiday in New Zealand about two months ago. My sugar levels were 47 and are now about 7/12ish. I have had about six hypos recently and seem to be handling them OK although they obviously piss me off. I really do feel I need some type of support and am sick of hearing about "normal" and "manageable" - what the fuck is normal about popping jellybeans every five seconds during a game of B'ball etc etc etc!!! 

I really need some advice about a "rave" I am attending this weekend. Do I skip the overnight insulin altogether? How do other groovsters handle late nights and full-on dancin? What about other lifestyle issues??? How do I safely dance for about three hours like a maniac? It would be like totally awesome to go out and have a really good time without feeling terrified of blacking out and carrying my glucose thingy. I am 27 years old, married (happily!) with two dogs and studying social work (final year) I forgot to mention. 
     (Please reply by Saturday if possible).

Thanks,  --Denise Collinson

And then later....

Hi - I had a fantastic night out, it was just what I needed to lift me out of a wee depression. While my friends had extasy, I chomped a few of the fruit bars you suggested and drank raspberry cordial. My levels were 6 when I arrived, and 10 when I left (at 4am) and I danced like a crazy woman for about three hours. I will write a little story for the newsletter and E-mail it to you somewhere between now and tomorrow evening. 
 -- Denise