Recent Content by Scarjaws

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    Does anyone have a list of 1 aday long lasting insulins?

    I'm on Abasaglar as my once a day
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    Mildly Annoying Moments as a Diabetic

    When no one around you understands what it's like
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    Treating a hypo with carbohydrates

    I swear in the hypoglycaemia manual thing that is available it's advised you do? So that you are able to stabilise your BS levels or something to stop them dropping further?
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    Donating blood

    I was told as a type 1 on insulin we can't donate because of the risk to ourselves not the person receiving the blood, people can accept our blood but us losing the amount donated or more results in 'dramatic' loss to our BS levels and makes it harder to recover from or something like that. It...
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    Understanding how T1 is passed to children!?

    I come from a family with no history of diabetes at any point recorded be it type 1 or 2, I still developed t1 at the age of 23
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    Any type 1s that don't often inject?

    Thanks for the info, I do keep an eye on them and I still test every time before I eat just in case
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    Any type 1s that don't often inject?

    My question is more rather that does anyone not need to inject? Basically I work 5/6 days a week and my job is pretty hands on, I'm a general builder and I don't actually have to take insulin at work unless I have a takeaway or a really really big lunch, however when I'm at home it's a different...
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    Anyone Type 1's Between 18-30 Here?

    Heyy, I'm 24, I was diagnosed t1 about 6 months ago, hope everyone is coping well
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    Looking for a pal who understands

    Heyy, I'm 23 with t1, got diagnosed about 3 months ago and I'm in the same position really x
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    Sugar we're going down swinging

    Okay, cheers
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    Sugar we're going down swinging

    I don't actually know how to do that, I'm fairly new to it all and haven't been told a lot about it "/
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    Sugar we're going down swinging

    Hi guys, basically, I think I've started my honeymoon phase and just looking for advice, I'd been reducing my morning injection due to hypos roughly 3 hours later everyday for the past few days, today I woke up with a reading of 6.4 and decided not to take any insulin with my breakfast (big bowl...
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    Type 1 What meter do you use

    I use the Spirit Caresens dual which does both bg and ketones
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    Friends....

    Hi, I'm recently diagnosed and am looking for people to talk to, I'm 23 and type 1