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Australia and New Zealand! The latter is a punishing 31 hour flight and the only stop is Dubai, which is about 7/8 hours from the UK. So yeah, gonna be up high for a loooong time. With regards meals, I've heard the diabetic meals aren't that good (standard Eatwell approach) so I will probably...

Sort of - though the outcome of that thread was OP saying "don't use Libre up in the air and everything will be fine"; I was hoping someone had a more up to date experience of using it in the air and how that worked out? Unfortunately I'm going to have a 20 hour stretch up at altitude and I...

Let us know how it goes! I find I don't miss chocolate very much, and a square of 85% does me fine when I do get that sugar craving. Takes a bit of getting used to though, I'll admit

Hi guys, I'm taking a long distance flight in a couple of weeks (27 hours - joy!) and am curious about the effect this will have on my Libre. Less worried about airport security as there are a few threads where people have used it fine on those. I'm more interested if anyone's used their...

I think the suggestion is that for recently diagnosed people their beta cells are just 'switched off' rather than dead. Kind of like a hedgehog rolling up into the ball to protect itself. So a person may have 50% beta cell function *however* they have the potential to get back up to normal...

No dice sorry, though you will be able to get it VAT free. I think there was a code for free shipping going around - post should be in this forum, only a week or so old

@Goonergal I have the strangest suspicion that we live in the same area and will probably be both going to this gym... he said, not giving out his location on the Internet... did it used to be a BHS?

Woke up at 5.9 B: Atkins protein shake L: lowcarb wrap with chicken breast, spinach and peppers D: chicken thighs baked in homemade masala sauce with a side salad Blood sugars have been crazy today - random spikes and rises all afternoon and was 6.1 pre-dinner. Usually I'd be in the high 4s or...

You can do it! You have the right attitude :) I don't post on many ND threads but I follow them - still continuously impressed at people's determination to get them done. Best of luck with yours!!

Can't imagine how tough that is for you @amandakelly, but you've come to the right place. You'll find a lot of people with T1D on here who are living pretty much normal lives. Diabetes is a horrible adjustment, and feels so unfair, but it's manageable and while it might not seem like much of a...

5.8 this morning - high for me. I've been running a bit higher all day; wondering if I might be coming down with something

Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Just before lunch today I did my usual pre-prandial test on my TEE2 and got a whopping 9.5 despite not having had anything since breakfast (normally I'm around 5-6 before lunch). I had some suspicions that my new batch of test strips may have been...

Was about to post exactly this. On a LCHF diet fat is the least of your concerns - at least when you're trying to lose weight. Your body has plenty of it to burn. It's not a goal to hit, otherwise you probably would gain weight. My understanding is: Carbs: a limit Protein: a goal Fat: until...

Thanks for the notes Ali - interesting! It was nice to see the ND on television, but I was a little concerned about the way they claimed she had cured her diabetes on the basis of a lowered HbA1C test - did she return to full pancreatic function, or 'true reversal' as you put it? Or did she...

The Newcastle Diet isn't low carb - just low calorie

Hi Alex Depending on when you had your A1C taken you might not see a big result - as it's essentially an average over the last three months rather than a snapshot test (for the same reason those granola bars on the morning of your test wouldn't have made a difference. They usually would do...

People forget this all the time. I'm sure when the "low fat is good" studies came out in the 70s people were clamouring for the NHS to follow the scientific evidence for it and support that diet to help avoid people developing heart disease. It's easy to look back and wonder what they were...

Are you saying you got tested as a blood donor? I wasn't aware they did any tests like that - I give blood every 12 weeks and have definitely been diabetic during for over a year before my diagnosis in the summer.

You should see a doctor to confirm your diagnosis. Not seeking medical attention, and self-medicating could have extremely serious negative outcomes. Are you registered with a GP?