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Thank you, I completely understand. Could you tell me though, do spikes cause hypos? Ie because I ate wrong the insulin had to work too hard and caused blg to drop or would that probably have happened anyway with different food as that's just the dose I took?

I am thinking it is too high. I don't have a team here, as I'm not in the Uk and the doctors here are a bit.....well let's say aftercare isn't great. I'm hoping to visit yet another clinic this weekend to hopefully find an english speaking doctor to ask more questions. I wonder if I should try 8...

Hi everyone, I'm newly diagnosed type 1.5 and just started on insulin. So today was day 2 of my 10units of Lantus in the morning. I woke up with normal levels and I had cereal for breakfast as I was worried the insulin would make me drop too quickly as it did that when my blg was very high. I...

Thank you very much for your answers, I also updated my profile a bit as requested, I hope it works :) I have to admit I was very scared this morning and may have cried before I did it but the injection really wasn't a problem and I got over myself. During the day I dropped to normal range, 127...

Thank you so much everyone, I am not in the UK at the moment, so there is definitely a language barrier issue and I haven't found an expert focussed on diabetes yet, so general doctors is where I had my tests done. My HbA1c was 12.1 and C peptide I have a unit of measurement as ng/mL I don't...

Hi all, Just today I got my diagnosis that I'm type 1.5. I had my c peptite test done and was at 0.8, with normal levels being 1.1 to 1.4 apparently. As it is just a bit lower than normal, the doctor said it may be a mix of type 1 and 2, so 1.5. I was told to continue taking Zemimet to lower...

Thank you, I just ugly cried for the last half hour, friends about to pick me up to go to the pharmacy to get the insulin and hopefully learn how to take it. Not even sure of any dedicated english speaking support centers. The stress raised my bgl higher again of course. I really just...i dont...

I feel like c peptipe 0.8 (when normal is 1.1) will only ever go lower , dont think it can ever rise and doubt it will remain the same....

I got my results... original hba1c was 11.8 and now it is 12.1 within a week. my c peptide was at 0.8 Doc says combination, 1.5 so on the way to 1. Been told to continue the drug i was given to lower bloog sugar and been given a prescription for longterm acting insulin, he said 10 units which...

@Mbaker thats exactly what I did too to get more energy - tons of orange juice, fruit juice, bread (white...) with banana, peanut butter, yoghurt oats but with oat cereal thats mixed with sugar and chocolate (still 'healthy' but still carbs and sugar) ...and yeah... Guess it's just about...

Thank you, that gives me a bit of hope hah....either I can live without meds and good diet or I still get to eat pizza and sweets. Will be glad to know for sure, for now I find nothing really lowers blood sugar, the only way to decrease the number is to exercise and walk. Today I had no...

@Mbaker thank you very much, yes I do think martial arts are great to keep fit and healthy. We train everything, from stretching to sparring to forms to kicks and punches. I'm fairly sure whenever this started, I kept eating carbs cause I didn't know any better, then trained some of the sugar...

Hmm....I wonder if I should not take the medication tomorrow and see if continued diet and exercise will keep my sugar levels low enough. I currently test when I wake up, before and after lunch, sometimes before and after exercise and before bed. I also just read more about diet and thought I...

Thank you everyone, I didnt get a lot of information, there is a language barrier here too. I was super thirsty for a while before I got tested and first thought it was due to dry winter air here. Then thought I was exhausted cause I couldn't sleep as I had to get up to pee several times a...

Hi Everyone, I just found this forum and am super glad to have a resource to learn more. I think right now I'm jusy hoping for a bit of hope... I'm not in the Uk currently, but I got a blood test done this week as I've been feeling so low and weak and not normal. Back in August all was well...