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Type 1: Normal response to low numbers?

I had my first ever hypo when my blood glucose dropped to 6. I was in hospital recovering from the DKA-induced coma, and my glucose was 64 upon...

Post by: devexity, Feb 14, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Hello

Egg mayonnaise, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, fried eggs. I'm a big fan of eggs.

Post by: devexity, Feb 13, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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What the hell is going on?!

Dawn phenomenon and morning insulin resistance is a very common feature of diabetic life. My blood glucose often doubles between first testing at...

Post by: devexity, Feb 13, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Premix insulin

Mixed insulin regime was appalling for me. Did not work for me at all - insane swings, uncontrollable highs, terrifying lows even after I switched...

Post by: devexity, Feb 13, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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explaining what it's really like to live with Type 1

Excellent stuff. While I am indeed doing a PhD, it's in literature. Bah. I'll have to find some other way of contributing.

Post by: devexity, Feb 13, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Menopausal and type 1

Re-animating an old thread because I am in desperate need of advice. HRT helped stabilise everyone's blood glucose then? I'm perimenopausal not...

Post by: devexity, Feb 13, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Type 1: Could it be stress raising my BG level ?

As everyone else has said, yes - stress has an impact on your blood glucose. Like you seem to be experiencing, I went through a period of...

Post by: devexity, Feb 13, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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explaining what it's really like to live with Type 1

I was diagnosed when I was 32 and pregnant, and for ten years it made no difference to me at all. Just like it doesn't for all the smug, unhelpful...

Post by: devexity, Feb 11, 2017 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Urgent: insulin dose advice needed after full pancreatectomy

Thank you, people! I knew you'd come through. 3c? I had no idea such a thing existed. Cheers for the info! -t

Post by: devexity, Dec 27, 2016 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Urgent: insulin dose advice needed after full pancreatectomy

Hi all: I'm posted here before as a T1 diabetic; my father joined the ranks on the 1st of December after a Whipples procedure with a full...

Thread by: devexity, Dec 27, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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What was everyone's blood when they go diagnosed?

I had no idea mine was so exceptionally high: 1200 mg/dl - I was living in the US at the time. 66 mmol/L. I was 20 weeks pregnant and went into...

Post by: devexity, Oct 8, 2015 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Stress, teaching and crazy highs

After all of your helpful feedback and a letter on Friday announcing that I'd developed background retinopathy, I went to the GP. He promptly...

Post by: devexity, May 1, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Type 1s: What stupid things have people said to you?

'Do you have your-fault diabetes or not-your-fault diabetes?'

Post by: devexity, Apr 29, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Help me!

I've been in the same situation for the last year, and totally failed to get a handle on it because I put it at the back of my list of priorities....

Post by: devexity, Apr 29, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

I've had it for ten years: went into DKA mid-pregnancy at 32 years old (the baby lived and was miraculously undamaged despite my 66.5 bg)

Post by: devexity, Apr 28, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Is it normal to get really bad "off" days?

Irritability, lack of ability or desire to concentrate, loss of interest in things that normally engage you and lethargy are all classic symptoms...

Post by: devexity, Apr 27, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Feeling down

I'm a teacher, and can tell you that your school is doing absolutely everything wrong. Here's how it's supposed to work: all staff, but especially...

Post by: devexity, Apr 27, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Stress, teaching and crazy highs

Like Mrs Vimes said, most of the time I don't feel stressed at all: tranquilisers wouldn't help. Unfortunately (and fortunately: it's what makes...

Post by: devexity, Apr 24, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Stress, teaching and crazy highs

Thank you for the advice, everyone! Mrs Vimes - fabulous to hear from someone who understand my classroom pain, and really good to know that this...

Post by: devexity, Apr 23, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Stress, teaching and crazy highs

Hey all: Looking for some advice on managing bg control in the classroom. I'm in the middle of my first year of full-time teaching, and from...

Thread by: devexity, Apr 23, 2014, 15 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes

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