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If you waking every morning feeling rough, it's likely that you having a night-time hypo.. You've already tested at 2.2mol/l overnight which quite a nasty hypo.. What you need to sort out is your levemir set too high.. Personally before spiltting I would lower my levemir by max 2 units a...

You say no sign of an overnight hypo and you have good hypo awareness.. I think your sign was of a probable overnight hypo is feeling rotten this morning... As it sounds you slept through it, and your liver dumped to bring you out of it.. Which would go towards explaining your hypo after a...

I asked for the links for your quotes, so that I could see the quote in full context, and to be pedantic if you’ll quote its etiquette and copyright policy to link to the original article. And again I’m going to be pedantic, the first link you give to the does have its problem. There’s no date...

Can you supply the links to the research etc you've been posting... So we can read it all?

Didn't they show you the photo's and give you a brief talk through? Before screening my optician used to photograph my eyes' used to have to pay £20 though haven't got a clue what they charge now... I remember the first time my optician talked me through the photo's (a lot more indepth that...

If your control is good and you'll healthy then no reason why you shouldn't have another baby if you want one... I have 3 children (adults now, so they tell me!) 2 of them I had as a T1 diabetic... The best thing you can do is talk to your DSN, she can arrange for you to be seen by the...

Hi moodygirl.. You've not been diagnosed long, so probably either still in the honeymoon period or just coming out of it... The honeymoon period effect different people in different ways, some find at the during this time their diabetes is easy to control, as the pancreas slowly stops working...

If you studying in the USA, you are going to have some form of medical insurance... As the EU10 (the green medical) card doesn't cover any medical treatment outside of the EU, and we haven't got any arrangements for the government to cover any medical bills in America... Due to import/export...

Your post isn't very clear to time spam, when you had your hypo, when the paperwork disposed or where it was disposed at home or in work? But there are a couple of things to consider because this personal data, will come under the Data Protection Act, so it will need to be considered how you...

That's not good at all Boot's not working and not informing you... I would also write a letter to the screen department, so they are aware of what's happening.. In our area our screening isn't contracted out but done in outpatients... I would check that the optician's you'll going to can pass...

Glad to see you feel happier about it all... It might be wise to get somebody to drive/accompany you if you can as 12 hours of fasting, then it takes a couple of hours to do the tests... I would say yes.. Also take something to eat for when the test is finished,

The GTT test isn't being done because your doctor doesn't believe you, he's doing it to see what's going on.. A fasting test only gives a figure of a moment of time, it states that at xxx time after a period of 12 hours of fasting your Blood glucose was XXX... Which really unless your Blood...

Paul You've only been diagnosed for a month, so you will be in the honey period, where you still got some functioning pancreas still going.. Some your insulin needs now is probably going to be a lot different than 6-12 months time... Pene is right about the higher your BG the more insulin...

Shophie.. You've done a very hard thing, that's telling a bunch of strangers that things aren't good you have a problem and need help with it... This alone takes a lot of courage. I hear what you say about your parents believe that everything is so perfect etc, so shattering their world with...

@ hanna My husband had 2 vitrectomy and a reattachment of his retina, sad really has there was no signs or warning, he'd had his eye specialist check up several months before... No signs of dodgy veins, never even had any laser treatment, but the first bleed and only bleed was major which also...

No they always do it with eye drops, because without the iris fully dilated, they can't photo the whole of the back of the eye.. Has I've had many a bash at repeating 'No' eye drops to no avail.. As they take an unusual time to wear off around about 8 hours, which I can't do anything not even...

As to over active thyroid I'm not 100% sure what lays behind it to be honest.. The muscle wastage would be the diabetes, not under reactive thyroid as with this you put on weight. It sounds as though the radio iodine treatment, might have knocked out too much of your thyroid, I know a friend...

slummymummy As said, GAD testing isn't always indicative of T1, If your hubby is diagnosed as T1, he will have two choices either Medical Discharge or finish his remaining service, in a non-active service capacity and he won't be able to renew... If he goes for Medical discharge, this could...

There's what called the 100 rule for calculating your correction dose.. Where you dividing 100 by your TDD.. This will give you the amount that 1 unit of insulin will drop your BG by... So if your TTD (Total Daily dose (including both background and quick acting insulin) it would be 100/80...

Yes LADA and T1.5 are the same... there is another one called MODDY... Yes under active thyroid, also Addison's disease are all linked in with T1 due and autoimmune diseases, some T1's get clomped with all 3... I have actually got slow onset T1, which really means that my T1 was picked up...