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    Blood sugars and alcohol

    Hello, I’m 21 years old and been a type 1 for over 3 years now, I’ve done a lot of drinking over these years as I’m at the prime age of wanting to go out and get smashed! I’ve never ever had an issue with alcohol affecting my blood sugars which is extremely lucky, however recently over the past...
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    Blood sugars and tattoos

    Hello, I’m looking to get a tattoo relatively soon specifically a sleeve, and I’m wondering what effects tattoos can have on your blood sugars, I know they can raise your sugars but I’m not sure on what precautions I need to take, weather to administer insulin for it and how long should I leave...
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    Absorption rates

    Hello everyone, recently I have been injecting into my thighs to help my stomach recover and heal. But I have a slight hunch that when injecting into my legs the insulin is absorbed slower than if shooting into my stomach? A DSN has said that injecting into legs does do that (I never believed...
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    Honey moon period or insulin sensitive?

    Hey everyone, This year in January my sugars randomly started dropping without needing much or any rapid insulin at all. I remember for about 8 days I took 1 unit of levemir and not a single drop of rapid. This up and down rubbish continued all the way up to September/October time. And since...
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    Type 1 omeprazole and possible effects on blood sugar?

    Hi everyone, This is my first post on this website and I'm just looking for some advice, about 5 days ago I was given omeprazol for acid reflux, everything was going okay and had no side effects, however yesterday and today my blood sugars drop very quickly with me requiring little to no rapid...