Recent Content by evj95

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    Type 1: What are your HbA1c test results?

    At diagnosis in August it was 103 mmol/mol. Just had results through from the 16th november and it's at 32 mmol/mol
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    Background Retinopathy

    The thing is, is at the moment I feel as though I can't have any better control as I am on set dosages of 7 units of Novorapid at meals and 15 units of Lantus a day currently. I haven't been given anything that would aide me in carb counting apart from being told 'You're going to be referred for...
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    Background Retinopathy

    Just had my first diabetic eye screening about a week ago and have had a letter back saying that I have 'Some background Retinopathy'. Which has worried me a lot as I wasn't expecting it! Could this be linked to the aftershocks of my diagnosis? Had a bg of 28 mmol/l at the time. Or does this...
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    keeping blood sugar steady at work

    Similar to you I also work in a grocery store and I have found that whilst at work it is one of the few times where my bg's have acted properly for some weird reason. So I have found that I do not need to be eating to keep them steady at all. I suggest at the moment to be continuing how you...
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    Type 1 Been told something on holiday (upsetting) type 1 diabetic!

    @pleinster It was lovely to teach her, As she is my friends younger sister, she has known from the start of this journey that things are different now, and she's seen me grabbing my little meds' bag in order to do either insulin or a bs check. So last night I asked her to bring my bag to me...
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    FED UP

    I understand you @toner29, I had one of those days yesterday myself, being hyper at work with a killer headache that comes with it so brain didn't fire on all cylinders then ended up hypo after work! It's hard to keep positive when just living is a grind all day every day, but just think if...
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    Type 1 Been told something on holiday (upsetting) type 1 diabetic!

    As someone who has injected in a restaurant toilet once so speaking from experience here. The toilets are simply contaminated to hell and back, When you see liquid all over the sink area that you need to put your monitor, test strips, lancing device and ultimately your pen on to sort everything...
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    explaining what it's really like to live with Type 1

    @Smsquire90 I know the feeling of friends dictating what to eat or not! I still get that too, but now I either just tell them to fob off, or if its a friend that has just known and don't know much about T1D, I will explain to them very briefly and quite harshly to be honest that I can eat what I...
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    Birthday bash

    I unfortuantly can't give any advice on how to handle going out and drinking, but I thought I'd give you some emotional support as I have only been diagnosed just over a month and I totally understand the fear around going out and drinking! I haven't been able to force myself to go out and...
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    Personal Question

    No I'm not on the pill, so that isn't causing it at all. Been a while now, and I have to admit I am carrying pads with me everywhere I go in case I start whilst I'm out!. I forgot to ring my DSN at the beginning of the week unfortuantely so will wait until next monday to ring if it still...
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    Personal Question

    @auroralapetite I lost roughly two - three stone before diagnosis, which is slowly starting to re-appear. So that may be another reason probably. @Juicyj I don't have an appointment with my DSN until december, but have got her phone number, so I shall ring and enqiure on Monday if it hasn't...
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    Personal Question

    I've noticed that at the moment I am roughly a week late with my period and am wondering if this could have been affected by starting on Novorapid and Lantus? If so, is this common? Before anyone asks, No there is no chance that I could be pregnant at all.
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    What have you bought when shopping with low blood sugars?

    Haven't had any impulse hypo buy sprees yet, but that would be fun at the time. Then I would regret it massively when I see the impact on my bank account eek. Why the electric welder? By the sounds of things your brain was thinking of going out for a nice swim! :D
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    T1 New Diagnosis :O

    @db89 I may have to do that next time, normally I have my friend try the drink for me as she is epic at tasting the difference but this time I wasn't with her and trusted the staff. I know mistakes can be made but what harm would be caused to do a quick double check after they have made the...
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    T1 New Diagnosis :O

    @db89 At the McDonalds near me, the drinks dispenser is hidden behind a wall dividing the resturant and the final drive thru window area a apart, so I unfortuantely couldn't keep track of the drink I was served. If I did manage to see this happen I would have instantly caused a fuss and made...