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Hi Atfsgeoff. I'm a long standing type 1. I'm sorry you are feeling so poorly. The ketogenic diet has quite a following and seems to show positive results for some type 2s and pre diabetics. I'd suggest a meeting with a nutritionist and/or dietitian to ensure your diet meets your personal...

Hi LindaBurner. I'm so sorry to hear about your Kelpie's death. My dogs have all been amazing to various degrees. I'm getting a dexicom on 4th February and will let you know how it goes. I think Abbott are bringing out a CGM Freestyle. I would avoid the Abbott. It's very inaccurate. I had a LO...

Hi Karen, glucagon is an intra-muscular hormone, available in injection form. It's relatively fast acting. Dad will need to eat complex carbs after having glucagon.

Hi. I'm a type 1 diagnosed in 1972 as a 10 year old. I coped well on isophane and porcine insulin. I lost hypo awareness when switched (while pregnant) to human insulin. I have severe and frequent hypos and now have a Libre Freestyle as well as a care package. I'm being given a CGM on 4th...

Hi Thelma 21, Be wary of taking more insulin as you may experience more hypoglycemic episodes. It's possible that you need a higher insulin to carbohydrate ratio but do this in consultation with you diabetic team for the safest options. My Consultant advises that post meal spikes are the normal...

Hi Dogby. Your sugars are good and well done for working so hard to manage your diabolics. I'm a type 1(for 46 years). I have no severe side effects from this endocrine disorder and, if you continue to work hard, hopefully you'll avoid the extreme side effects of this disease. I have read lots...

I have been using Libre Freestyle for 5/6 weeks now. As one of the respondents has already stated each sensor seems to perform differently. I am grateful for my finger's respite and find a limited amount of the information helpful. For example, if I eat wheat based products my bloods raise 2.5/3...

Thank you for the information. CCG have just started funding the sensors and monitors. I'll make sure I feed back though.

There is a .4 difference usually with the finger prick (blood sugar) consistently higher than the sensor (interstitial fluid). I'm a type 1 brittle diabetic who is asymptomatic to hypos. The sensor is great for relieving my fingertips from endless stabbing! I had paramedics out three days ago...

It's an interesting and quite challenging disease to live with. I meant in my earlier reply that I can get between 4 to 6 tubs of test strips a month. The CCG in Northampton have recently adhered to the NICE guidelines and now provide Freestyle Libre meters and sensors for diabetics who struggle...

I'm so sorry to hear that your GP is not facilitating your frequent testing. I have brittle diabetes and am asymptomatic to hypos. My diabetic senior registrar told me I should be testing up to 6 times a day. Fortunately my GP gives as many Caresens strips as I need, at least 4 and sometimes 6...

Hi, I'm type 1 and brittle. I find that my BS can go up or down due to stress. Indeed it was exceptional work based stress which precipitated the brittle diabetes. You're doing the right thing in managing your work/life balance

Thanks Snapsy. I'm not sure I used rational in anything I wrote but what the heck! Currently nursing a broken jaw after my last hypo on saturday when I fell breaking the coffee table! (You should see the coffee table!) I lost the ability to be rational when my driving licence was revoked because...

Hi Mariom. There is no evidence that type 1 is heredity. There is no one else in my family with this disease. Your partners HAB1C results are good and this indicates he is minimising his risk of long term side effects. There is an awful lot more to marriage than sex. As a woman I have no...

Thank you. I have hope and light in my two living children. I know how hard I worked as their mum to stop them from developing diabetes, So far so good. I am glad that you have found a way through. I am just exhausted by the whole thing.

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Thanks Deb. I ran them higher than usual for a month (have brittle diabolics so there were times, despite my efforts, when the BS dropped or went really high. There was no difference. I have absolutely no hypo awareness at all. I haven't since using human insulin. It is good to hear that it...

You are quite right. We do measure blood sugar which will not give the same reading as other body fluids. My lowest BS, while still standing and talking was 0.9. Usually my legs go at 1.4 and I am unconscious below 0.8. However I usually have lower BS, probably because there are so few carbs...

Hi there. I have been type 1 for 45 years after being diagnosed at 10 years of age. Diabetes has impacted on every area of my live in a fairly negative way. I lost all hypo awareness in 1986 was I was changed from porcine insulin to human insulin. As an expectant mum and then new mum I spent...