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Could I be LADA?

I had gestational diabetes in 2010 when I was slim, pregnant and 23 years old. I was told it went away after I had my baby. Fast forward 2 years...

Post by: elaine77, Jan 6, 2018 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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Accu-chek test kits query?

Just checked before and got: Mobile:- 6.4 Aviva:- 4.4 Seems to be getting worse

Post by: elaine77, Feb 12, 2015 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Accu-chek test kits query?

Just tested with both now again: Aviva:- 4.2 Mobile:- 5 I've never had a reading below 5 yet on the mobile even though I used to get them quite...

Post by: elaine77, Feb 11, 2015 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Accu-chek test kits query?

Thanks Smidge, I have had error codes too, one said not enough blood but the others just say 'meter error' so I don't even know why there is an...

Post by: elaine77, Feb 11, 2015 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Accu-chek test kits query?

I'm on mixed insulin so I don't bolus but I've heard it's a good meter so I might ask. There actually wasn't any control sample with this meter...

Post by: elaine77, Feb 10, 2015 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Accu-chek test kits query?

I know they won't be the same consistently but if it's 1.5 or 2mmol or even more difference then that's pretty huge.. If the mobile says I'm...

Post by: elaine77, Feb 10, 2015 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Feeling so alone!

Hi liv, I'm sorry you feel so low but I can tell you for sure that ur not the only one so ur not alone. I have only been diagnosed for 2 years...

Post by: elaine77, Feb 10, 2015 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Accu-chek test kits query?

I did that initially Noblehead and it worked for another day then died again but I've just done it again and it's actually working now but I don't...

Post by: elaine77, Feb 10, 2015 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Accu-chek test kits query?

The old meter has been consistent since I began insulin back in October so if the battery was malfunctioning it's been doing it since October? I...

Post by: elaine77, Feb 10, 2015 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Accu-chek test kits query?

Hi all, I have been using the accu-chek Aviva for over a year now but it finally knackered a couple of weeks ago (battery) so my DSN gave me a new...

Thread by: elaine77, Feb 10, 2015, 22 replies, in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Can Type 1 Diabetics eat Chocolate ?!

I don't think chocolate is any worse for type 1 diabetics than it is for non-diabetics. You can eat it and inject for it but at the end of the day...

Post by: elaine77, Jan 20, 2015 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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So much weight gain since I started insulin

Hi and welcome, I have the exact same problem. I started insulin mid October and have put on a stone in weight since then. I'm on mixed insulin...

Post by: elaine77, Jan 18, 2015 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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How many different 'types' are there? Diagnoses Stories.

I completely agree Ian. My GP surgery refused to list me as type 1/LADA because I wasn't on insulin and they said it would "affect the system" but...

Post by: elaine77, Jan 12, 2015 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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How many different 'types' are there? Diagnoses Stories.

Surely you can't stop it from working if you don't know what it is?

Post by: elaine77, Jan 12, 2015 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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How many different 'types' are there? Diagnoses Stories.

With type 2 diabetes the ability to produce insulin is neither restricted nor destroyed unless left uncontrolled for a long period of time. In...

Post by: elaine77, Jan 12, 2015 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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How many different 'types' are there? Diagnoses Stories.

I would personally say it's way off the mark Tim. The most accurate way I've ever heard it explained is that there are only 2 main types of...

Post by: elaine77, Jan 12, 2015 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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New insulin user; advice, please?

Wow that is a lot... I only take 9 units in the morning and 15 on an evening... I have no insulin resistance though and am still producing some of...

Post by: elaine77, Jan 3, 2015 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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Nightmare diabetes appointment

The one i'm on at the moment is apparently 70% fast acting and 30% basal. The weight gain is awful though, I've put on a stone since starting...

Post by: elaine77, Dec 30, 2014 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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Nightmare diabetes appointment

It all sounds so confusing when everyone discusses ratios and being on a basal/bolus regime I'm not sure I could manage it as I don't understand...

Post by: elaine77, Dec 29, 2014 in forum: Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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Type 1: Prescription fine

I think it's just that diabetes affects literally every part of your body and almost always causes some sort of problem or complication at some...

Post by: elaine77, Dec 28, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes

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