Recent Content by Cookiekeri

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    Insulin= Weight Gain

    Look we are all human !!! Don’t worry about it I feel like me and you r in the same boat ... It’s took me 12 years to get a grip and the past two years I’ve really got a grip!!! Am Glad your doing more for your diabetes now and my advice high protein medium fats and low carb!!! Breakfast maybe...
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    Personal independence payment UK T1D

    You’ll only be entitled to PIP if your T1D with complications ... there’s many people out ther who work perfectly fine with diabetes and Go on To have healthy lives !! As you’ve mentioned you’ve only had diabetes for two months so atm your gonna be up and down with your blood sugars this will...
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    Newly diagnosed T1D wanting a pump on NHS

    If your looking to go on a pump try the tandem X2 me personally prefer this pump it does most things a pump should do plus it’s much smaller and clearer (digital) front for people with poor eye sights !!! Pumps give you more freedom rather than injecting a load of insulin on one shot they...
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    Gastroparesis and diabetes

    Hey everyone !! Just looking on some advice for the next step for best treatment in gastroparesis!! If anyone can relate to this I am type one on a pump with CKD stage 3 and I have really bad gastroparesis Wer I’ve tried numerous amounts of medication and also tried pyloric Botox yet it seemed...
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    why am I so ashamed/embarrassed to tell/show people I'm diabetic?

    You feel ashamed because your still in denial by the sounds of things!!! I did for years and I hated myself I hated the diabetes I wouldn’t injected I wouldn’t be careful or listen to anyone because I just wanted to be normal ... I suffered and my body suffered and become ill because of my...
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    Type 1 Struggling To Get Basal Rate Right - Advice Please.

    Is toujeo a better insulin than lantus ?? Am having this problem myself am currently on 20iu of lantus glargine and still having high bms through the night to the morning .. I’ve tried everything like stop eating at a certain time or increasing doses.. no carbs everything !! I think I need a...
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    Type 1 Anyone Ever Needed To Change Ther Basal Insulin Over Time ??

    Feel like my lantus glargine isn’t working for me anymore
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    I Think I Need To Change My Basal Insulin .. Is Ther A Better One Than Lantus Glargine??

    Throughout the day my bms r fine reaching my goals of between 5-10.. yet when it comes to my night time injection I usually take this when my bms r 8-12 I wake in the morning to rather high bms .. I’ve tried not eating after certain hours .. I’ve tried increasing my lantus glargine units .. I’ve...