Recent Content by happyholly

Hi, I find that my blood sugars go up after exercise, but only when I exercise in the afternoon. They have gone up as high as 16! When I exercise in the morning they stay low. I split my background insulin into a 7am and 7pm dose, so when I go to exercise in the afternoon after work, my...

Hi, I was diagnosed with type 1, 4 years ago at the age of 21. My weight has fluctuated since diagnosis. In the last few months my weight crept up and my insulin dose increased because of this. I decided 3 weeks ago that I needed to lose weight and went on a low carb diet. I have already lost...

Hi Abby, I was diagnosed Type 1 at the age of 21 too. For the first year I didn't want to deal with it. I hardly ever checked my blood sugar and didn't inject the right amount of insulin for the food I was eating. Once I'd come to terms with it I did start to improve my contrl but struggled...