Recent Content by Danny1412

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    Type 1 Haven’t used insulin for a week

    Yes T1 for about4/5 years, my blood sugar is at around 4-6 during the day, goes up to maybe 9 after a meal but quickly comes back down again
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    Type 1 Haven’t used insulin for a week

    So, since starting a fairly robust diet I have noticed that I have not needed to use any insulin for almost a week. Is this safe to do and am I setting myself up for a fall?
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    Travel with T1

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    Travel with T1

    Hi all, I am late onset T1 and have a long term plan to go travelling once the kids fly the nest in the next 5 years, can anybody advise if long term travelling is feasible whilst needing insulin daily? I’m planning on being away for long periods at a time. Is insulin available in less developed...
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    Blood sugar drop

    Hi yes I am in the UK, I am in weekly contact with the diabetes nurse at the hospital, who to date has just increased the dosage of Lantus and increased my medication.
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    Blood sugar drop

    Hello, I have been diagnosed in the last 12 months with type 1 diabetes and have only recently relented and started taking insulin, I still take Metformin, gliclozide, empagliflozin and linagliptin tablets twice a day. I have started taking Lantus insulin in the evening starting at 6 units and...
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    Advice

    I have recently been diagnosed with late onset type 1 diabetes just in time for my 50th birthday, originally the doctors thought it was type 2 and treated with Metaformin and Linagliptin. Blood sugars remained between 20 and 25. I went in to see a specialist who wanted to start me on insulin. As...