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Hi I started a pump on 15 June so pretty new to it still. My night time readings were high at beginning so adjusted up my rates at night to highest at 12-3am and then lowest during the day 0.975 to 0.5 and then ratios between these at other times. This had me waking with blood sugars of 5-7...

I've been T1 for 2.5 years and I just got a letter saying that I have 'some background retinopathy', I feel so depressed because I dont know what this means for my future. I feel like i have no control over it and it will just get worse and worse. What should I do?:(

Hello, Ive read the newbies guide etc and I have completely changed my diet over the last 3 weeks, Im now eating low carb, pretty much carb free breakfast and lunch and then 70g at dinner. My question is regarding peoples experience with their insulin requirements and low carbing, my background...

Hi there, If you have hypos 2 hours after eating, would this be attributable to too high lantus dose or too high a novorapid dose before the meal? Im taking 6 CP with breakfast (10g CHO per CP) and injecting 6 novorapid units...and then 2 hours after I have a hypo of 56 (3.1)...should i...

Hi there, Im wondering what I should do if Im waking up at night around 3am feeling sick, i.e hypos: sweating, fast heart rate, headache, shaking. Ive been adjusting my novorapid to the amount of carb portions Ive been eating with each meal and thats working alot better than the 'take 8 with...

Hi there, Ive was diagnosed with type I last Thursday, im 23, spent 5 days in hospital, totally shocked but im okay with it now, just have to learn as much as I can about it and adjust my life I guess. Obviously with type 1 Im taking 4 injections a day, its lucky ive never had a problem with...