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Hello if your worried about your daughter developing type 1 diabetes or think something's not quite right other than checking her sugars as she hates it I would ask your doctor about getting some ketostrips to test for ketones Sugar in the blood isn't a definitive sign of diabetes but having...

Hello I'm a type one diabetic with retinopathy My control wasn't very good although I didn't have retinopathy when it was bad I didn't have any damage but didn't have an eye check until I was pregnant and then it showed some damage so not sure if it was the pregnancy or the fact I brought my...

Hello I'm a type 1 also and when I was pregnant I was scared about miscarriage too before I knew I was pregnant my sugars were all over the place right up to about 14 weeks my pregnancy wasn't a good one but my baby is here and she's a happy 11 month old Problems I had weren't until the third...

Started the metformin yesterday 500 mg slow release hasn't done anything yet but obviously too soon to tell. Fingers crossed it works

I've been a type 1 diabetic for 6 years Started off on novorapid and levemir then 2 years ago started on humalog and lantus my Doses have always been high but I didn't realise the amount I was injecting was any more than the average diabetic (my mum is also diabetic) I inject up to 150 units a...