Recent Content by Shaolindan

I'm currently doing this trial. It seems to have really made a difference in my control. I don't get any of the spikes in my readings that I used to. It is double blind but talking to the consultant he said it is fairly obvious when you and on it, in fact he can accurate predict the dosage too...

I understand how you feel. It, the elephant in the room, can make you feel really low and *****, at other times angry and short with the world. I was diagnosed at 17. I went to the GP and told him I wasn't sleeping well as I kept waking up to pee. He tested my sugars which were 32 and told me...

In my opinion I would say that it is 90% likely to be a matter of high sugars. I have had type 1 for 24 years now and I become short tempered, irritable, cranky and generally in a mood where I don't enjoy my own company if my sugars are high. If you find yourself feeling like that, check your...

Hi Michelle, I don't want to speak ill of your health team but it sounds to me like your pump basal isn't right and that you haven't been taught enough to adjust it. I realise that I am incredibly lucky as I am the DAFNE REPOSE trial which got me a pump on the NHS...

When I changed hospitals and joined a different diabetic unit - my nurse and consultant were shocked to discover what I had been taught when I was originally diagnosed in 1990. I had been told, at a fairly well known London hospital that I should aim to have a blood sugar of between 3 to 9...