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Pretty sure it was checked when I was diagnosed in October. However, the result, I know was big, I want to say up around 11 but will have to confirm on Tuesday. What are you thinking? I'm looking into substitutes for meat, such as using quorn more. Turkey rashers for my treat and so on. From...

Thanks guys. I'm not sure when my referral will be, would be nice to get an answer soon as this sort of thing scares me. I was only thinking to myself on Monday that I was feeling a lot better, fitter etc and looking forward, I am worried now that I am going back to square one with all this...

Thank you all for your great responses. It has given me a lot to read and think about. It just doesn't make a whole pile of sense to me. My diabetes is well controlled, i'm physically very active, my diet consists mostly of vegetables, cauliflower rice etc. My meat and egg intake is a large...

My blood results. Seems my HDL and Trgs are normal, but Ldl is very high... Any comments?

44 - 6.2% from last week. Really happy with that, however it looks like I have extra high cholesterol at 13....Need to get checked out at the hospital in the next few weeks to see if it's familial hypercholesterolemia. Scares me a little to see i'm doing everything right, but things keep kicking...

My Doctor has actually called me back, he is referring me to a hospital to test for familial hypercholesterolamia. He said that my HBA1C is 44, so he would have liked my cholesterol to have followed suit, but it's a bit worrying that it hasn't. Has anyone had this test before? Is that directly...

Hi All, I have been thinking i'm managing my Type 1 really well, my HBA1C since diagnosis has been decent and I have been exercising a lot etc. I have a clinic next week where I will sit down with my specialist and review some blood results taken last week. The doctor rang me today, asking if I...

You're right. Lets all just curl up and wait for it to get us.

Yeah there are strict rules in Ireland too. You MUST inform your insurance provider that you are diabetic before continuing to drive after diagnosis. They won't raise the cost of insurance, but it can affect your claims etc if they are not made aware.

You're right. What's the point? There is no point, surely. I should stop getting out and getting my 15,000 steps minimum a day, I should stop lifting weights, I should stop looking after myself. It's pointless, i'm clearly just brainwashed and fooling myself into thinking I have felt better...

And you would have been doing damage to your body all the same. Your score is better than mine (6.4%), and mine is good. I managed to climb a bloody mountain at the weekend.....so you are at least able to get your HBA1C to a good level, now work on the other stuff gradually.

Do you mind me asking why the doctor told you that you wouldn't make it to 30? Was this a case of if you don't get your control better then things are not going to get better etc?

Have you checked for Ketones also? Worth checking to see if there could perhaps be an underlying infection or illness coming on. Also, what are the types of food that you are eating at the moment? Anything changed recently? Exercise less etc? I find nothing brings my levels down quicker than...

Thank you all for the kind messages. My legs are still sore today :banghead: It made me realize that I just need to adapt and anything is possible. I ***** and moan about not seeing a scale move as much as it should, but I have come to the conclusion, i'm a work in progress, I don'y actually...

Been watching too. Think I would like to do something like that also. I go to Spain in June, will try and take in some big walks while I am there. I struggled yesterday, but know my level now.

Just a bit of a positive story from me this weekend. I was meaning to try and climb a famous mountain in Ireland for a long time, but decided it was something I wanted to aim for after diagnosis. Didn't think I would get it done so soon after being in Intensive Care with DKA on diagnosis, but...

I have kept my carbs in the keto range <20g over the last couple of days before trying to add in a little more. Yesterday I felt pretty dreadful at times with what seemed like a migraine. I hadn't been sleeping well either with high alerts, low alerts etc (most of the time compression issues on...

This is ridiculous.

For protein shakes I would look into Optimun Nutrition Gold Standard. They are the best tasting with water that I have tried. The chocolate mint is the best that I have had, cold water and it's actually really nice at 2g of carbs per shake. Now, I have not tried this since diagnosis so not...

I tend to see it like this. I fancy eating moderate carbs again, to the point I may need to bolus 4-5units. What I noticed before was if I had a meal of 30-40g of carbs, and took the (what I thought was) the right amount of insulin, if the food kicks in first and raises my levels to say...