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Hi guys, My sugars have been really bad lately for no particular reason. They are almost always high and anything i eat big or small they will either go low very fast and then go straight back up to about 17/18 mmol or they will just stay in the 13-17 zone. my levels are usually pretty good and...

Thank you. The thing i struggle with is what if i am at 2 and it’s telling me 5 or 4. It can become quite dangerous especially if like mine one meter is telling me 4 and another 7. Does anyone know who controls this so i can at least call them myself?

Sorry i didn’t really explain it properly. I have a freestyle libre aswell. So at the moment i am buying spare contour strips for when my gluco men doesn’t match my libre i double check it with the contour and the contour always matches the libre. So for example my libre might say 5.3 arrow...

Hello, I have said previously that my GP have changed my glucose monitor to the Glucomen Areo. I am not getting on with it at all. I have compared with my Contour one and they vary so much. It often tells me that i’m much lower than i am and i just don’t trust it. Does anyone know who i can...

Thank you guys, i am dizzy all the time it’s not just when i stand up, it doesn’t get worse when i stand either but it is usually all day every day. I have a lot of anxiety which i thought could be it but when i’m not anxious it’s still there which i don’t understand. I was also diagnosed with...

Hello, I have been feeling dizzy for the past 6-12 months now. I have had so many tests done to check food intolerances, vitamin levels ect. I also have coeliac disease and am type 1 diabetic. I also get really bad bloating no matter what i eat. I could eat 1 rice cracker and i’ll look about 5...

Thank you guys! I asked my mum if i have ever had one and apparently had one when i was first diagnosed. That was 8 almost 9 years ago now so i’m assuming i don’t need to get another one?

Hey guys, I know diabetics are meant to get the flu jab each year, but are we also meant to have pneumonia jabs? Or can we pay to get pneumonia jabs? I read somewhere that we are meant to get both but i have only ever had the flu jab?

Hi everyone, Need some advise here.. I usually take 16 units of levemir at around 10pm every night, and then take my novarapid as and when i eat during the day. But my blood sugars will start to rise on there own constantly, and by the time i get to around 8pm-9pm my sugar levels will rise to...

Hi guys me again! I have type 1 diabetes have been now for 8 years. I struggled a lot at the beginning not really accepting it but for the last few years i’ve been trying my best to get my sugar levels at a good range. I struggle a lot with this and am currently just trying to get my long...

Hey Does anyone have any good sugar free hot chocolates or low carb/sugar?

that’s great thank you! i will definitely look into this, when is the version 2 coming out or do they not have dates yet?

Hello that’s great thank you, i have seen that book before so i think i might order that one! And regards to the dog, we wanted a dog anyway but i’m assuming you mean they will just help with the company?

Hey Guys, I’m type 1 diabetic, have been for 8 years now and i’m soon going to be moving out into my first home. I’ve always lived with my mum and brother who are always in but will now be living with my partner who works a lot and isn’t in till late some nights. I struggle with anxiety a lot...

Hi guys, Just wanted a bit of advise on what people do in the hot weather with there blood sugars? Do they rise or drop? Mine seem to drop but i want to try and avoid this as it’s getting hotter where i live now and want to enjoy sitting in the sun!

It’s very frustrating isn’t it. The other day my libre was saying 14 so i tester and they were 18. So i tested again to see what one was correct and it was 14.6? Things like that make it very difficult to judge what you do next. It’s just not a nice feeling not trusting your blood glucose meter...

Thank you. My consultant has wrote to my GP and they have called me to say the pharmacist they use will contact me on Tuesday regarding this. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not but the meter is continuing to give me inaccurate readings so i’m not going to lay down with this one

Hi everyone, My GP has recently changed my glucose monitor and test strips to the Glucomen Areo. I previously used the Contour Next. They said this is due to money saving but i’m having very wrong readings from the gluco men. Sometimes it will say i’m much lower and ill test 2 seconds later and...

Hi everyone bit new here, does anyone have any recommendations for some low carb breakfast and lunch ideas?..

Thanks everyone!!