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Hi there, I'm completely new to all of this and I've been having some problems. I was called into my gp center on Friday following a blood test I had done on Thursday my HbA1c results came put as 98 and I was sent to hospital ASAP. The doctors are investigating whether I have type 1 or 2...

Hi, I'm newly diagnosed type one and have decided to join here for a bit more support. Diabetes team have been fantastic so far. I do have a few questions.. - do you ever get over feeling guilty/angry about being diagnosed? - does it get easier doing your insulin as times goes by? thank you...

Hi, I'm El. I'm 19 and I'm quite lonely in the area of diabetic friends! I've only ever had one diabetic friend and it's when I was younger and wanted nothing to do with my illness. I'm willing to give people my social media if you're interested in becoming friends (: I'm a photographer, my...

Hi, I'm Georgina, I'm 23 years old and just found out that I have diabetes on the 2nd of October. Its took a while to have the courage to post on here since my doctor said this forum could help in the long run. I have yet to be diagnosed which type I have but it's looking like type 2, I don't...

Is thr anyone in thr 20s who Is type 2 or lada i can chat with

After being a rebel I returned to my meds and had been taking them religiously for past 10 days(medications: 1.jalra m 50/500 x2 a day 2.reclide 40mg x1 a day Lantus 10 units once a day) and today I had a follow up and my fbs was 193mg/dl and ppbs was 355mg/dl. Now I was asked to increase my...

with me being recently diagnosed with t2, I’ve been doing so much research. Sometimes when I’m looking at articles and forums I can get negative thoughts it my head, last night was one of them! Now I can’t remember the website I was on, I think it was like a forum but can’t find it....it was...

I'm a 19 year old woman and right now I'm currently petrified that I have type 2 diabetes. I've been feeling tired for the past 5 days, even though I've been getting 7-8 hours sleep a night and I have a dry mouth. I also wake up early too for no other reason whilst before I usually needed an...

Hi, I was diagnosed at age 13 and have recently turned 25. Last week, i was laid in bed and my right leg suddenly went really hot then numb. I looked online to find it could be a complication of diabetes. Since then it has happened multiple times and I have tingling in my right arm occasionally...

I am just in my 40's and found my most difficult time of being a diabetic was through these years. At 14 your body is changing, school exams, people who do not know about diabetes can leave you feeling isolated and peer pressure, this goes on as your life changes i.e getting a job, uni, alcohol...

Hi Diabetes family, I am quite a new diabetic at around 6 months since being first diagnosed, I've put my weight back on, currently my normal weight before being struck with diabetes and my b/g levels have been great with my Hba1c dropping from a 146 to a 46 from October to January. Now, I...

Hello everyone, This is my first time posting on here... I've had diabetes since I was 10, I'm now 23, after a few years of good control, I went off the rails and have now only just started to take this illness seriously again. It's not been too difficult to get back into the swing of it but I...

Hi, I am going in to my final year of University studying Social Psycholgy at University of Ulster. I am starting to think of dissertation ideas & as I am Type 1 diabetic diagnosed 2 years I would like to do my dissertation on something I am genuinely interested about. I have been thinking of...

Hi Everyone Hope all is ok. I am working on a project to help raise awareness for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and I would be grateful for Type 1 Diabetics to answer this survey by clicking on this link : SURVEY : https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RJ77FT5 It won't take more than 5 minutes and...

Hello Okay so bear with me? I'm 17 and my whole life has been regular 3-6 month checkups of my glucose levels and blood tests due to diabetes being hereditory on my fathers side with every member of his family having it. I've always been around 6-10 on my glucose levels depending on if i've...

Hello everyone, Hope you all had a good Christmas! ☺ I have now had t1 diabetes for nearly a year and thought I would share some thoughts here where people may understand or relate! The initial flurry of appointments have now died down so I have very little contact with my diabetes nurse or...

Hi everyone, I'm a newly diagnosed Type 1. I'm 21 and was admitted to hospital 6 weeks ago. Finding it a big lifestyle change at the moment. I have 2 older brothers who are also type 1 so I've got some help there. Just wondering how others have found diagnosis when older? I'm still yet to go...

I'm a 20 year old male who was diagnosed at the beginning of the year with diabetes. For the past three years, I noticed that I began drinking a lot of water, all day long, busting to go to the toilet maybe once every hour. I weigh about 60kg and am about 180cm tall. I'm of Southern Italian...