Recent Content by Catsymoo

Hello, Need some advice. My bloods hit 20s yesterday and I'm a frequent walker usually with no issues (walking usually gets my levels down quickly but no lingering after effects like this) so I'm baffled as to why my sugar levels are just absolutely plummeting. I seem really really sensitive to...

Hi hello. I'm really struggling with my diabetes control at the moment. It doesn't matter what I eat for breakfast, I am spiking up from like 3-5 to 25 and then the rest of the day I am miserable trying to play catch up with the bolus and usually I hit HI by dinnertime because my Novorapid just...

ooh thank you I will look into that! I haven't flown in a long time and am hoping to do my trip with cabin bag only - do they let you have a small handbag for insulin etc as well as a cabin bag?

Hi there. Last time I went to the states was 2010 pre-diagnosis. I got my letter posted today from my diabetes nurse for carrying stuff on the plane. I am going to Chicago for a week in April/May. What do you type 1s recommend just incase something happens and I need to get medical treatment...

Thanks! I'm trying to tell myself that but I've never experienced this before and I have major anxiety haha. I think my biggest concern is that the basal will release at a different rate (i.e all at once and kill me, yes I'm this rational )

Hey guys. I took my basal quite late last night. I usually have it anytime between 9pm and 2am but I was playing Diablo until 3am lol. I took it and as I pulled the needle out I realized it was bent almost 90 degrees. Somehow the insulin still went in because I had a tiny lump and nothing was...

Update: definitely faulty batch. I got a new sensor this morning with a completely different batch number. It stuck absolutely fine. Also, the one I had that was being held on by a patch had alarms going off every few hours which MAJORLY differed from finger pricks. It said I was having a...

Alcohol wipes usually, for skin. Sometimes I forget but it has never ever had any impact.

Hello! My sensor came to an end today. I took it off early and by early I mean I walked into a doorframe and it came off a few hours before it was due to end. I have 4 new boxes from the pharmacy and literally, none of them would stick. I applied it and it just fell off. It doesn't feel very...

Hiya :) I gained a lot of weight when I started insulin upon diagnosis of type 1. I've gained a lot recently but in the past I had a lot of weight loss just by going on a low to moderate carb diet and 45 minutes walking 5 days a week. This was pre-lockdown. I think you can probably lose weight...

Hello :) I'm being investigated for this as I'm having some weird problems with my right leg and I've put some weight in the last year (albeit I have been much less mobile until recently and was probably eating more). My doctor doesn't think it's vascular and my DSN is weirdly not concerned...

That was gonna be my next move but usually when I put it up by even just one unit I have loads of hypos in the mornings and barely need my bolus. have to put it back down again! It's so annoying.

I can't seem to post a picture of my libre but I am feeling really frustrated and upset that my blood sugar just will not go down and keeps spiking. Between 2am and 6am I went up from 10 to 15mmol. I took 3 units when I got up. I had a keto shake (7g carbs total). I've been walking around for...

Thank you for your kind words and advice. :) I have an appointment with my diabetic nurse in a few weeks to potentially change to another insulin. Preferably I want to change Novorapid because I just find it really inconsistent and unreliable. I don't think my Lantus is a problem. I don't notice...

Yeah. Some days its perfect and other days it shoots up to 18-20. I also went to the GP today about my foot/leg. They said my circulation is fine, and were not concerned that it's anything serious as my bloodwork for clots/kidneys/heart etc came back perfect. They're doing ultrasound of my...