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Thanks so much, I had no idea about the exercise being counterproductive when high. Seems I guessed every part of last night badly, every decision went wrong. I think I should have waited out the second hypo treatment too - usually hypo treatments work quickly for me, especially the Lift juice...

Thanks Ert. I’m going low carb today as I’m too shattered to deal with it all again but hopefully it was just a weird one-off

Hi, thanks for replying. Yes everything was with finger pricks as my Libre was giving me the scan error message for hours. I’m just trying to work out what went wrong as I have a really bad fear of hypos and last night was pretty scary. So it could be a random thing, should I not have corrected...

Hi, I’ve just my the worst night with diabetes yet and I’m trying to understand where I went so wrong. I had the exact same dinner as the night before, same bolus, same activity levels that day etc. This time my blood sugar dropped so I had a couple of jelly babies around when it was 5.2. Tested...

Ah, yes - I think Covid really didn’t help with access to support. I was diagnosed just beforehand so was in and out seeing my diabetes nurse a couple of times a week and then suddenly nothing, I had to phone and leave a (garbled panicky) message asking about blood sugar levels and then someone...

Hi, it’s such a shock and a lot to learn about isn’t it. Im one year in now and still learning (and still googling ‘cure for T1 diabetes’!) This forum is great and very friendly, I don’t know about you but I knew nobody with diabetes before my diagnosis and it definitely helps not to feel alone...

Thanks, I’m wondering if it was one of my random carb ratio change days - sometimes I go from 1:15 to 1:35 or 1:40 for a few days then slowly back to 1:15. Bit annoying as I get so anxious trying out new foods and haven’t got close to understanding pasta ever. Think it was perhaps that, random...

Hi, yes it was 30g carbs (95g cooked spaghetti). It’s almost 9.30 and still only had a small rise - but think from snacks and low carb dinner. It’s pretty strange, I can’t understand what’s happened!

Hi, I had one done a little over a year ago and it was absolutely fine. I hadn’t been diagnosed diabetic then so not sure of any blood sugar changes. I’m sure you’ll be absolutely fine x

So, I thought I’d give pasta another go and had spaghetti for lunch. My current carb ratio is 1:15 so I thought I would split and give half (1 unit) after eating at 12.30 (it was 30g spaghetti) and then wait for it to rise until I gave the other half but it’s now after 6 pm and it’s still not...

I’m so sorry to hear you are going through this, it’s horrible when you can’t sleep. I was prescribed tablets to use short term twice last year (gp gave me enough for a week each time) which helped break the cycle of sleep anxiety - too anxious I wouldn’t get to sleep that I didn’t sleep etc...

Hi, I don’t run but walk a lot and have the same issues - my nurse said I’m very sensitive to exercise and insulin so I have to have a jelly baby every 10 minutes of my walk or I have a hypo. It’s not very relaxing, constantly scanning, and I find it easier to only go for my long walks in the...

I had really bad flu a couple of years ago, first time I’ve ever had it, and wondering if that started my late onset (possibly slow onset) T1. Pre-flu I was really healthy but afterwards I was constantly unwell when I think back - colds, throat infections, UTIs. I was diagnosed earlier this year...

Thanks, yes I hadn’t really considered malabsorption. I may try a few days a week of low carb next year once I’ve stabilised my weight - ideally I would like to gain a few more pounds and it’s been a huge struggle to gain this year but low carb is so much less of a hypo/rebound hyper...

Hi, I tried to low carb but lost too much weight too so now I make myself eat carbs even though I’d prefer to low carb as my blood sugar control is easier and I felt great - but was so skinny despite constantly snacking on avocado, cheese, nuts, seeds, dark chocolate, meats, butter, oil, eggs...

Hi there, I was in a similar situation of not knowing which type I was early this year and it took at least a month to find out which type I was - very frustrating. I would say though that if you start a low carb diet now and turn out to be T1 then this will be difficult for the diabetic team to...

Some months yes, others no - can’t seem to find any pattern! x

Thanks, I tried to get a copy but only available on kindle format and wouldn’t download for me but I’ll try and read up on it as I think it sounds exactly what I need

Ah, thanks! That’s interesting about the protein - I didn’t know that. It’s all so complex isn’t it!?! I think non diabetics must assume we just inject and eat but it’s trying to assess so many things isn’t it. I’m definitely interested in sugar surfing too, will try and read up on that x

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has to split bolus for most foods/meals? So far in my experiments the only carbs I can pre-bolus for are bread, tortilla wraps and boiled potatoes!? I’ve not done too much experimenting since diagnosis due to fear of hypos and constantly changing carb ratio but...