Recent Content by cpea

Hi. Firstly I am not a medically qualified diabetes expert and it would be remiss of me to not say you need to call your diabetes team. However, I have experienced similar in the past and there may be things to consider. Most importantly have you checked ketones? If they are out of safe range...

I am not a doctor or medically trained - I just want to say that at the start. I am a relatively recently diagnosed Type 1, I lost a stack of weight before diagnosis - and like you thought it was great - and have put on about 20lbs since starting to take insulin. But then I also did a dafne...

Hi @Jazz97. I was diagnosed T1 in December last year. I have found the book Bright Spots and Landmines by Adam Brown really helpful (although he uses US figures rather than mmol/l so you have to keep dividing by 18)! On weight gain, now you are on insulin you will put weight on. I was told this...

That’s a great reading @Mbaker [emoji106]

Hi @PhilBat. Been there recently too, diagnosed 6 weeks ago. Def worth doing what you're doing with diet, make sure it's sustainable though! Everyone here is super helpful, everyone's different and some have had super results really quickly, others have taken a longer route. I understand anxiety...

Great news @peter.s! Numbers I dream of, but gives me so much hope!

Hi @horrible_al you are not alone! I've been diagnosed just over a month and completely concur with everything said above! Welcome!

@Bluetit1802 thanks for that. So possibly my pancreas didn't make enough insulin to cover the meal. I guess I must be super insulin resistant if cauliflower cheese has that effect! I'll keep at it and do more research about "last meal syndrome". Thank you x

@bulkbiker that is extremely helpful. I've been diagnosed since 17th Feb , LOL jumping in with both feet! I pretty much cut carbs as soon as I found this amazing site, followed links and still got told to do the eatwell plate (with which I had lost 3.5 stone) by my DN - thought I'd take matters...

Yep, I was gutted :( it was just primula (6.8g of carbs) which is my guilty pleasure and saves faffing with making a bechamel sauce ;) a similar thing happened when I had a cheese burger using a portobello mushroom instead of a roll. Burger just steak mince, slice of emmental and salad. Have...

Thanks @13lizanne - I will do and it looks like I should get onto an email list as suggested by @AndBreathe and @Contralto - my triglycerides are high and want to get them down too. Thanks SO MUCH everyone you are all so kind x

Hi @bulkbiker my levels were 4.5 before eating, I had spring onion, red pepper and mushroom with the cauli? Never been called hardcore before

Thanks @AndBreathe it looks like I should seek out @bulkbiker from what are saying! X

Thank you @Cedartop that is so useful - I am so new to this I don't know what Victoza is. Sounds like you have suppotive doc. I don't particularly- well they are but still saying carbs and low fat so want to have quick results to prove them wrong! What exercise do you do? X

Thank you @Art Of Flowers - on my phone so can't see signatures at the mo, but if it was you, thank you for your inspiration x