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Hi guys/girls, Type 1 for about 8 months (26year old male) and for the past few months or so my hands have been like blocks of ice! Sometimes i'd check my b/s and I would be low and after a bit of lucazade my hands would warm up. But then sometimes Id get cold hands and Id check my b/s and it...

Ah brilliant thanks mate! Yeah I know, its a bit odd, most people want to lose weight! I eat like a maniac now and still now weight gain. Thanks for the link, I'll give it a read.

right, i never knew that...but i did a google search and came up with this site, that is saying that it is fine? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14556707/ And on the FDA website i found this: Q. Do low-calorie sweeteners cause adverse reactions? A. No. Food safety experts generally agree there...

Sorry to jump on this post, but why cut out aspartame? Is to much bad for you? If so what are the effects? Thanks Alan

Hi, I've been a type 1 diabetic for about 8 months now. I was told by my diabetic team that i would gain weight being a type. But the opposite has happened, before I got diabetes I was 13.5 stone and 6ft tall. For the past few months I have lost 1.5 stone, so I am now 12 stone. My b/s is...

He guys/girls, Im a type since Nov 08. When I was dianosed with type 1 in Nov. I was 13.5st and I'm 6ft tall. Now I'm 12st my my hba1c for the past 3 months was 6.4. I was told by my diabetic team that I'd put on weight, but to be honest I cant put on weight and I havent really been doing...

Got type 1 in Nov. My Hba1c was 9.8 then. Had my first real Hba1c result yesterday and got 6.4 :) Pretty good I guess, but im sure that was due to honeymooning! :(

Hi guys, I'm a type 1 since Nov. I have a quick question that came to light today. I was out on the road with work and had to get lunch. But i stupidly forgot my needle or it fell out somewhere before lunch! So i couldnt inject for my lunch. So i just aint a small bit of lunch so my b/s...

thanks for advise shedges. I maybe look into in the further but for now im happy.

Thanks guys, just on the carbs in weetabix. I was told by my diabetic team to always have carbs at meal times, they told me to go brown with everything, brown pasta, brown rice, brown bread etc. I understand less carbs = less insulin...but if I cover the carbs with the correct insulin then...

Hi Guys, Ive been a type 1 since November. And My B/s have been good nearly always to till now. The past three days or so my b/s after a meal has been coming in around 10 - 12's. I havent changed my food intake. This morning like every morning I have ate 2 weetabix an apple and a Benecol drink...

Thanks tubolard. Thats good to know, even though I dont eat pizza or ice cream any more. But do eat peanuts whenever I was having a few bottles of beer on a night out to keep the b/s up. Thanks Alan

Thanks for the advice, i just worry to much i guess about spiking. Jopar - can you expand a lilttle on the pizza effect? Does this only happen with Pizza? My nurse only touched on it alittle, not that id big a massive fan of pizza just be good to know.

I was wondering what is a normal 1 hour blood sugar reading after meal, even with people without type 1. Say my b/s is 6 before a meal and i take my novapaid insulin injection. How high should my b/s go 1 hour after meal. My 2 hr readings normally come in around the same as before my meal...

Yep is very annoying, kinda gets you depressed a bit as you dont want to walk anywhere just want to lye down. At least it not diabetes related. Going to go back to the doctor for a third time on monday and try and get it sorted! I can deal/cope with diabetes, but this bouncy feeling is...

Hi Everyone, Im a newly diagnosed 26year old male with type 1 about 4 months now. Was going very good, was just working out my correct insulin dosage which took a while but seem to have it sorted now. I am currently using Novarapid at meals and Lantus at night. I was on too much meal time...