Recent Content by jamiejones10

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    Hoping I'm not diabetic

    Hi, thanks for the response. I was diagnosed based on my age, the fact I wasn't obese (so they categorically ruled out type 2), my symptoms and the fact I had high ketones and a HbA1c of 66.0. But i've been doing ketone tests at home and none have been higher than 0.3 and my HbA1c is now 23.0...
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    Hoping I'm not diabetic

    Hi guys, I was diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic in February of this year. I had the classic symptoms; thirst, dry mouth, lots of urinating. I went to hospital and a urine test showed high presence of ketones. I was given a small dose of insulin to bring my blood sugars down and then daily doses...
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    Type 1 Diabetes and exercise

    Hi, I've had type 1 diabetes a couple of months now and have managed to maintain good glucose control. However, I haven't started back at the gym or playing football yet. I usually do 20-30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes weight training and play a 90 minute football match once a week. I...
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    Skipping injections

    I am a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes sufferer and wondered what would be the impact of skipping my lunch and dinner injections. I inject in a morning before my daily muesli, usually 2 or 3 units as my pancreas is still producing spurts of insulin and i theorise i am still in the 'honeymoon...