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Hi, ive started eating low carb in the past 4 days so im able to have better BG levels, my levels have been in the 4's and 5's which is perfect for me. I just tested my ketones and im at 1.3, is this anything to be concerned about? Or am i fine to carry on with this diet? Thanks

Ive been type 1 for about 6 months and 90% of the time i will check my BG (before meals and bed) and it will be within the 4-7 range (typically in the 5's and 6's). The other 10% accounts for the times ive been a bit unsure of the carb amount and not had enough insulin, i which case i find my...

Today i went to pick up my prescription for them to only go and tell be that my prescription was 'lost'. I was able to get test strips from them but no needles so im probably going to have to wait a few days. What should I do? Can I use the needle for a few days?

Wow, thats great!

Im about 3 months in to being diabetic and ive heard that BG spikes arnt good so i want to try and avoid them. I carb count with a ratio of 1:10 and usually have anywhere from 3-8 units a meal, 4 is average (dinner typically has the highest amount or carbs). I try to eat foods with a GI under...

Going to the cinema shortly and was planning on eating a bag of salted popcorn throughtout the 2hour movie, should i bolus the full amount as i start eating it or should i split it and do half the units each hour?

At 10:30am and 22:30pm i take a split does of 7 unit of levemir morning and evening. This evening i take my 7 units and the shortly after i plan on eating a meal which requires 10 units of novorapid (this is a unusually large amount of carbs in a meal for me but i was hungry). But instead of...

Have a great Christmas :)

My BG is at 7.4 2 hours after my meal so guess it went in :)

Thank you, i get back to you if i need more help :)

Thanks, what should my BS look like after 2-3 hours to be normal?

I just injected my novorapid without priming it, i usually see a small amount of residue after injecting but this time i didnt so im worried it didnt go in. I ate 60g of carbs with 6 units of insulin. Im new to T1D so what do i do?

Thanks for telling me that, I never knew that

Yeah I lost 13 kg when I went into dka and in slowly gaining it

I was diagnosed with type 1 a couple weeks ago after being in hospital with DKA aged 17 My sugar have been under control for the past week and staying around 4.5-6 most of the time and never exceeding 8. Last night I lightly pulled my hair after seeing a post about hair loss and I pulled out a...