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    Using only Lantus on low carbohydrate diet?

    I was diagnosed almost exactly two years ago so I don't believe that I'm going through the honeymoon period since I already went though it a few months after I was diagnosed.@catapillar and @EllsKBells.
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    Using only Lantus on low carbohydrate diet?

    About a week ago I thought I'd try two days of going low carb and not blousing and it seemed to me to work quite well apart from a few morning lows. I wanted to know if it's possible to do that longer term because that would mean only 1 possibly 2 injections per day. Has anyone else tried...
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    Type 1: I admit defeat, I can't cope anymore!!

    It seems to of calmed down today thanks still in 7s and 8s which I consider high but better than before @Lynz84
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    Type 1: I admit defeat, I can't cope anymore!!

    So I know I haven't been on the forum for a very long time but it's because my diabetes management has been going very well recently. So 2 weeks back my diabetes behaved itself so well that 1 hour after meal my blood sugars were 5.0 and didn't go low my ratio was so good and I thought I'd...
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    Hb1ac lowest in 7 years!

    Well done I have terrible control but have an excellent hba1c of 5.1 - 8.0 in all the time I've been diagnosed I achieved 5.1 but by having about 5 hypos a day and injecting every time I went high, but yeah congratulations on your hba1c. Edited by a mod
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    How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

    1 week after my 18th birthday so all my adult life!!
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    Lantus not working?

    I'm having problems with high blood sugars before meals and then my post Neal blood sugars are usually fine but then about 4 hours after I eat my blood sugars goes up to about 11. So whenever I don't have rapid acting insulin in me and I'm relying on lantus my blood sugar rises!! It's very...
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    Absolutely terrified now, what do I do?

    @mist you better be careful with your highs above 20! That's asking for trouble in the long term I would much rather a 2.5 than a 20!! Don't put yourself nore at risk of a slow and painful death I would put yourself a little closer to a quick death but just hope it dosen't happen and then you...
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    Absolutely terrified now, what do I do?

    @catapillar I've spoken to them but everytime I do they just seem to put it off and say lows are dangerous they don't seem to care about highs. When I wasn't managing it well when I was newly diagnosed I was rarely below 12 for about 2 months and they didn't care much but the lows they were on...
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    Absolutely terrified now, what do I do?

    Now even I realise I'm getting stupid but for some reason I still can't stop what I'm doing. I am aiming for non diabetic blood sugars and if I am even slightly out of that range on the high end then there is nothing I can do and I feel so useless that I haven't done better! Lows feel good to...
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    Turning to old ways to cope with extreme diabetes anxiety

    Ok so I don't know where to start really. Well everytime my blood sugar goes high even above 7.5 I start to feel very anxious and it is disturbing my everyday life because I am constantly checking to make sure I'm not above that and if I'm 8 for example I'll inject 4 units of insulin because...
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    I feel so upset inside

    I get it so much I really do, I feel upset everyday with diabetes because I think about my future im high all the time despite putting 100% in. I've made a difficult decision to give up on diabetes and live the next 15 years of my life happy :) I'm not saying you should do this because I want...
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    Type 1: I want my life back and my health back!!!!!!

    A lot of people get complications from diabetes after being 95%! Even after comrolling it well! The only way to have a good chance of guarding yourself from complications of type 1 is to be 100% and have no fun and also have a few lows here and there to keep yourself away from the highs. People...
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    Type 1: I want my life back and my health back!!!!!!

    I hate it when my blood sugars are always high and I just know that one day I will be told that I am ill with complications of diabetes!! For the last week they have been uncontrollable and I've spoken to my diabetic team and they just said do corrections and in 4 hours it will be down!! Well...
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