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My symptoms when hypo, extreme hunger feeling shaky feeling a bit 'odd' tingling feeling cross with myself confused there are other signs too, but can't remember them all lol. I don't usually experience hypo symptoms till I'm below 3.5. Sometimes I don't experience any signs till under 3, which...

Jopar, thanks for your reply. At this time my son has only expressed a 'slight' interest, he likes the thought that he might be mostly free of injections, and that his bg would be better controlled. He's only 13, and coming up to puberty, which means that his bg can be all over the place. At the...

I asked the DSN about a pump for my son as he had expressed an interest. We were told that our area weren't supplying pumps for children for at least another year.

My son had been at secondary school for 9 months when he was diagnosed with type 1. Whilst he was in hospital the paediatric diabetic team got in touch with his school, arranged meetings with teachers and staff, involved us as a family with those meetings and made absolutely sure that everyone...

I'm not a low carber, I should imagine I eat between 100-200 total in a day. At the moment my bg is pretty good, some spikes now and again, but sometimes I even manage to get into the 4's! yay for me! My understanding of low carbs is the aim of achieving low non-diabetic levels of bg? Is that...

I would say I use mine about 30-40 times before changing to a new one. Very economical lol

People who use this forum are pretty well informed about their diabetes, so they won't have need of the kind of ad that DUK have used. However, if it makes even one person think about how diabetes might affect them, and make them change their lifestyle to a healthier one then surely it has done...

I've had my flu jab this year and had no problems except for a high bg the same day, which is a small price to pay if it keeps flu at bay. I've had flu three times, the last time was 18 years ago, I can still remember feeling the worst I've ever felt, it's not something I want to repeat.

I don't change lancets often, sometimes weekly! I must admit that it's generally when it begins to hurt to test that I remember, lol.

I can't function without coffee when I get up! I haven't thought about testing at any other time of day to see if drinking coffee has the same effect, but I'll try it tomorrow. I did wonder why it should have the effect of raising bg when the carbs are negligible, but even eating a cream cracker...

Does anyone else have a problem with coffee raising their bg? I can't function when I get up until I've had a couple of cups of weak coffee, no sugar, small amount of milk. This morning my bg was 5.7, half an hour later and two cups of coffee later it had risen to 8.9, that's okay as I can...

I was diagnosed in May this year, and went straight onto Mixtard 30. Although it did reduce my bs, I couldn't get the kind of results I wanted. I found that I would have a hypo mid morning, correct that, have lunch and a couple of hours after my bs would be between 15 and 21, eat dinner and then...

I've just joined the forum and found it very informative. I don't know about statistical evidence to back up genetic links, but my son was diagnosed with type 1 last year aged 12, this year in May I was diagnosed with type 1 myself. My sister's youngest son also has type 1. I can't help but...