Recent Content by KC67

Jelly babies and my phone. As well as a Dyson fan (too hot in the night), lavender oil ( to help me sleep), and ear plugs in case the hubs starts snoring!

Another vote for the app. So much easier when you can type the weight in and let the app do the calculating for you! You can also keep updating the app.

This happened to me although I had lost weight before starting the insulin. I gained 1 or 2 pounds a week but my weight levelled out after a while once things settled down.

I’m a type 1, and was diagnosed after going to the GP with recurring savage thrush! But I was also thirsty, incredibly tired, and lost weight. I was in denial about all of this at the time though - it had become ‘normal’.

I have just completed day 3 of the DAFNE course and so far I’ve learned so much. I’m a relatively recent type 1 and so far I have managed my BG numbers by eating very little or avoiding certain foods altogether. Now I’m learned to carb count, things are making sense, and I’m beginning to realise...

On diagnosis in April this year I was 122 but with insulin and careful food choices have got it down to 55. I would like it to be lower but my DN thinks 55 is ok - I think she wants me to avoid hypos to bring it down any lower.

I inject insulin into my stomach and thighs on a rotation basis. I also have to inject beta interferon which causes quite a skin reaction so I also have to use the back of the tops of my arm. It took me a while to master this until I realised that if I rest one arm on the back of the chair I am...

This happened to me too but then my GP did another test and discovered I was type 1. Type 2 is much more common and I think it is sometimes assumed as adults we are most likely to be type 2. Unexpected weight loss does sound more like type 1. Did they do the HbA1c blood test? Maybe you could go...

I’m t1 but fairly newly diagnosed (Easter). I’m now on insulin but still in honeymoon phase. There is so much to learn and I’m such a newbie to this that I often don’t feel qualified to make a comment, although I do like to hover in the background and read the posts.

Thanks for your reply. Initially I was put on Metformin and Gliclazide but only for a few weeks until my antibodies test came back and they decided I was type 1. It was impossible for me to control it on the Metformin, but I'm finding it hard on insulin too! But it's early days and I think more...

Hi there, and thanks so much for your reply. Yes, my BMI is also 21 and is still dropping but since being diagnosed, like you, I immediately cut out anything sugary etc I have always had a reasonably healthy vegetarian diet but now that I am measuring blood glucose levels I see a direct...

Thanks Tony. I am only just beginning to understand the relationship between the three. Thanks for your reply.

Thanks so much. Yes, a marathon - I must remember that! Yes, at the moment I'm on a fixed dose so will have to learn how to tweak things as I go along. Thanks for your reply.

Thanks so much, that is very helpful and reassuring. I really don't understand the whole carbs thing - never really thought about it before. But I'm sure it will all fall into place. But a tablespoon of pasta doesn't sound very much!! Where do you get your low carb brownies from? Do you make...