Recent Content by scaryblueberry

This is just a reminder that Hba1c is just an average. The same hbA1c could be great or terrible depending on if your sugars are stable or not. So really, at least for type 1s, it only gauges the bad stuff by saying either ‘yes your control is bad’ Or ‘this has the potential for not being bad...

Hi Logan, I’ve just been in a bit of a down period and came on here looking for others who are autistic and type 1 looking for similar management tips from others that you have asked for. Reading what you wrote made me realise I do have quite a few already and am just having a **** day with it...

So does this mean no one has used Quin or another app?

I have significantly different insulin needs at different times of the day and month and although I’ve been type 1 diabetic for 24 years I still haven’t got clarity on the patterns, especially related to time of the month. I end up chasing my bloods for at least a week a month. I have asked my...

That is pretty common I think. I was told by diabetes nurses that raised bloods when unwell are standard. It’s my experience too.

That sounds similar to me. I’m glad you got a helpful nutritionist. I’m really interested. Do you remember why an irritated stomach makes you need more insulin?

Great. What’s the fodmaps/blood sugar control research you know of? I appreciate the info. Thanks.

Do different foods affect bloods differently for you?

I am type 1 and never been able to predict blood sugars because they have very often seemed random. I figured out that the inconsistency probably had to do with digestion rates years ago but was told by my diabetes doctors that digestion rates wouldn’t affect blood sugars and it was just me not...

After another couple of weeks I’ve realised the patterns of blood sugar craziness still follow my usual monthly cycle of blood sugar chaos but In a more extreme way. This makes it no easier to manage but it does reassure me that all the exercise is doing is making already more insulin sensitive...

I’d not realised it takes so long for bodies to adapt to exercise, good to know, thanks

Thanks that’s a useful ballpark figure

I was taught on a Dafne diabetes course to calculate the carbs in the beer and inject as normal for the first beer as it won’t yet have effected your livers ability to produce glucagon. The second beer plus will have put enough alcohol in you body to have affected your body’s ability to produce...

I’ve been type 1 for 22 years and for most of it have had unpredictable but not too extreme ups and downs of insulin sensitivity. It seems that everything effects my insulin sensitivity inconsistently, which has always made it hard to maintain really good blood glucose control but it’s been...

There's a lot of discussion about what protects the wearer and whether or not its worth it for personal protection to wear a mask but not so much about social responsibility to others. If everyone wore masks it would make a big difference to those who are more at risk and be a very welcome...