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morning all :) Just a quick question. Why, when I'm going to bed with bloody sugars between 6.8 and 7.8 have they risen to 13 the last few nights at about 2am!! I'm confused!! Any advice/ideas greatly appreciated Xx

There are research articles that show the average person with type one diabetes tests 1-3 times a day. With the libre in the trial phase this increased to 15. I've seen the documentation as I was chosen as part of the trial. It's easy to say that those who finger prick do so less often than me...

Hi there. I have one and I can't imagine going back to strips. It's convenient, easy, spots trends and rather than just giving you a blood sugar it also shows an arrow indicating whether ur sugars are rising, falling or stable. It's ingenious!!!! Try! Try! Try! It's a shame about the cost. My...

I understand what you mean, but I also feel that it's highly beneficial for all diabetics especially to chart patterns and gain better control and understanding and patterns relating to our T1. I buy my own and at £100 a month it's expensive. I do not need a prescription of testing strips (which...

Hi Gemmy I can't give any more advice than above, I can add I'm a type 1 diabetic and I find following a low gi diet works well for me in terms of co trolling sugars. You could try this until you get further support from your diabetes team. I will say that there blumming sugar in more than you...

Thank you. So as per anyone one else it's the 2 weeks after surgery which I need to be especially cautious after surgery?? Xx

can I ask everyone. Am I more st risk of DVT over a longer period of time due to my diabetes??? Thanks in advance xx

Thank you for this. I really appreciate it :)

Thank you. I'm pretty much doing this!! It's just by the time I've corrected I'm hungry and then it's raising! I'm gonna do only a small amount of carbs per meal as well until I'm confident I have more control xx

Hi there. I've had this once, it was put on too soon after I'd showered. I rang and said it had come off and they replaced it :) I always put a tagaderm plaster over the top now, at £48 I don't want to be replacing them and it helps if I want to go swimming or a nice long bath!

hi all I've just had major surgery on my abdomen and have been instructed to rest as much as possible for the next 2 weeks.......I'm literally moving to go to the toilet and walk to the table. My blood sugars have started to raise, presumably as I'm not burning off any energy. Do you think...

Hi Mark :) This is going to sound so cliched but bear with me!!! Recognising that this is happening is the greatest step, so many men have an issue in admitting depression that you should be super proud of yourself for having the courage to step forward and talk about it. I dont have any...

Hey lovely, We went to mexico in half term and my blood sugars were no different and the same in america the previous year. Its obviously sensible to monitor lots but I find this more relevant to differing foods and being unsure of carb quantities than the heat, I'm sure youll be fine. Just...

I love the term micro pancreas.......makes it sound sweet! ;)

Are you on the right long lasting insulin?? the background insulin (or so I was told!) should cover a 15g carb snack xxx

I just found this after reading another thread, I don't know if it helps to explain more normal readings when you wake up: "The dawn phenomenon is a natural rise in blood glucose between 4 and 8 a.m., which happens because of hormonal changes in the body. All people have the “dawn phenomenon,”...

Haha!! I know, I havnt been obscenely drunk since being diagnosed! As with the person above, since using the libre i can see that I drop more in the night than I could have ever anticipated but when I wake up my sugars are still within range. Its weird! but for whatever reason my body does...

Sometimes you can hypo and not realise it, for me a huge headache is my main indicator. When I wake afterwards my sugars are always in range. I know I've hypo'd though xx

I would guess your blood sugars are dropping in the night and your having a hypo. Maybe set your alarm for 2am and check to see how you're doing :)

Also, 8 is only 0.2 from where it should be!! ;)