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    Dealing with Hypo's

    hi Sw bloke Have you had your Cortisol levels checked, constantly low blood sugars, or very hard to treat Hypo's can be due to poor Adrenal response ,ie low cortisol, or even full blown Addisons .This is more common with Type 1 diabetes . It may be worth getting a check up with your GP or Endo...
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    IM TYPE 1 AND EAT FAR TO MUCH CHOCOLATE

    You've got it right IMO Lisa. I will try the Normandy Fromage Frais, it sounds lovely with the dark chocolate...Happy low Carbing and I'm glad it works for you too
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    IM TYPE 1 AND EAT FAR TO MUCH CHOCOLATE

    Hello Smeaton Yes you possibly do misunderstand, people should eat what they want, like I said stuff the chocolate down and match it with more insulin if you like. I do what works for me and it sounds like you do what works for you, GREAT :D The OP has not got a great HbA1c and stated she has...
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    Newbie Seeking Some Low Carb Advise

    Hey Sarah Well done on the weight loss, I bet you are well chuffed in such a short space of time, if you are happy with that diet combination and are getting the results you want weight loss wise then stick with it for a while longer to see if you can maintain something along those lines on a...
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    Type 1 Diabetes & fertility

    Hey I would not worry and look for problems ,let nature take it's course and if after several months of trying still no joy ,make an appointment with your HCP and get checked out...I'd just enjoy trying for a good while :D Hey WELL DONE on the weight loss and improved control, it's so good to...
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    Type 1 Diabetes & fertility

    Hi Submariner Well being a Type 1 Male usually means that you will have a higher SHBG and higher Testosterone, so this may explain Ocho's Dr's prognosis all those years ago. I think it's to do with low insulin levels, so keep insulin doses down as much as you can, through diet and exercise and...
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    Pasta highs

    Hi Dave :D Yes, fat really does react with carbs, really slows down the absorption, which can work in some peoples favour! Experiment with timed doses. Hopefully you will find a way with it, I'm sure you will. You could try it with just olive oil instead of a higher fat sauce. To be honest...
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    Low Carb Recipes

    DollyRocker Those Avocado Cheese Cakes look absolutely delicious. I will be making those this weekend. Such lovely ingredients too. Thank you
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    Pasta highs

    Hi Daver Happy New Year to you too! Pasta a VERY carb rich meal, one I could not of tolerated , unless I had been on a pump to keep the insulin going in over night! The fat will have slowed down the absorption of the carbs ,so this is why you got a spike a lot later on. You may have to...
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    Liver dump.

    Hey Jus I hear ya Lady!!! The visit to the Endo/Gyne :roll: If it ain't the old PCOS then they don't wanna know!! My advice to you is whatever they do test wise for you GET THE RESULTS, the whole lot, a print out...they won't like it some of them and a couple of times I had to go back to my...
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    Liver dump.

    Hi Jus It's funny you should mention the pregnancies, I had forgotten but I was on AMAZING amounts of Insulin during my first, towards the end of the Third Trimester I was injecting 70 + units of Bolus per meal, and Basal was dialed right up to the top of the pen split dose :crazy: I had crazy...
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    Liver dump.

    Yes, sounds familiar! Glad you have found a good DSN Andy, it makes all the difference even if it's to get the appropriate tests to figure things out for yourself, that helps. Good luck with the Pump, I hope this helps you.
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    Constantly Bad Hyperglycemia :(

    Agree with Sam. On that much Insulin you will swing. I found changing to Low carb enabled me to have tiny increments of insulin, to be honest my problem is the opposite of yours I am insulin sensitive. The small amounts of insulin ,instead of larger doses to deal with the Carbs, made things so...
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    Liver dump.

    Me too, I've had plenty of them and to be honest over the years when I used to suffer with night time Hypo's I was VERY thankful for my busy little Liver, as it got me out of the Schtuck a few times. I do actually evoke liver dumps at certain times in the month for long training sessions now...
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    Dating with diabetes

    Hi Rick Sorry to hear of your break-up, at least it looks like you are moving in the right direction thinking of dating again :D hope you have a lot of fun. As far as the Diabetes is concerned I think it would be very difficult to hide, even on a first date. What if you go for a meal, I mean...
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    Almond Flour

    Hi Stormy Lady :D you could try coconut flour this bakes up really well, but to be honest I'm not a fan of coconut and found it a bit obtrusive in my cakes but you may get on with it...nice and low carb. I really missed my mince pies this Christmas so made my own, they were lovely and it was...
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    IM TYPE 1 AND EAT FAR TO MUCH CHOCOLATE

    yeh stand corrected , just eat loads of chocolate and ice lollies as That Brennan Dude says and have a load of insulin....why not :D ** Oo, and don't forget to ask Brennan about his Diabetic pregnancies PrincessKerry and how he negotiated his BG during those , he looks like he has a world of...
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    Odd reading

    Agree, it was probably a Liver Dump, there are just too many variables to pin point one random out of the norm reading. If it keeps happening then I would look to make adjustments to my Regime but I would not worry and just put that one down to "one of them" Happy New Year to you too :D
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    IM TYPE 1 AND EAT FAR TO MUCH CHOCOLATE

    Hi A couple of ideas which may help satisfy your sweet tooth without having to increase insulin injections and hopefully Smaslan help bring your Hba1c down, obviously a lower carb diet will help both of you. If you need to have a chocolate fix get the big tins of small Chocie's the Hero's ect...
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    Is it possible to hypo on only lantus

    Hi Dingbat I was like that on Lantus, and have spoken to a number of other people who were just the same. Google side effects of it :sick: I think it is a good Insulin for folks who have a degree of insulin resistance but it had was very unpredictable for me, and I had the worse crashing Hypo's...