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Yes, I, too, had an illness just prior to my diagnosis. I had a serious bout of bronchitis when I actually felt so poorly I thought I was on my way out! And also, as I mentioned elsewhere, I was struggling with a great deal of stress. I do think the two things together can add up to the...

Yes, I think often stress can play a massive part in the development of Type 1.

Apparently, people can still get Type 1 in their early 70s. I am now 73, and I was diagnosed in 2019 when I was 67, just before Covid seems to have started: (Autumn 2019). I think you are correct about more older adults getting it. Being rare 'with this and that' is something of...

What is your diet?

Thank you Antj77!!

Hi there, Does anyone know whether, when these insulin pens show END on their caps which apparently indicates the pen will no longer be able to indicate how much I last injected because the battery has run out, - whether this affects the selected amount of insulin so it doesn not work properly...

Thanks Cheeseseeker! I will try that!

Thank you Juicyj. I do take Vitamin D3 and K2, and try to get walks in most days. Today I did 10 minutes on my indoor exerciser bike, but it made no difference to my BG at all!! There seems to be a strong resistance to injected insulin and exercise to bring down the BG. All very unusual for me!

Thank you for responding Melgar. I had a C-Peptide test a year or so ago however, which showed that I had no natural insulin being issued from my Pancreas...

Thank you Juicy! Yes that seems to be the case - as I can find no explanation for this, and it has been so very sudden. As you say, it can be exhausting. I have also been very depressed in general in recent weeks, and maybe that too can contribute; I don't know? Oh well, all one can...

I am rather confused! My A1C has always been around 40. For a number of weeks now, I have experience a steep rise in BG levels in the mornings which I know is generally explained and described as the Dawn Phenomenon. But the rate of the rise has, for me, been quite shocking! The other day...

Oh NO! I don't have hairy toes!!!

Thank you Jasmine2000. I think these are very interesting and will follow them up. I think these risk calculators could be very useful if sufficient data is allowed for, and put in. At the present state of affairs regarding the QRisk3 however, in my opinion it is really very misleading...

If that is the case---- that these assumptions are made---- then in many cases, the result of the test seems even less dependable than I at first thought!

But that UKPDS seems to relate to Type 2 Diabetics but no mention of Type 1s?

Hi Jasmin. The point here is simply regarding the accuracy of the QRisk3 score. It is the variables that affect that score that are being discussed.

Just wanted to clarify something here HSSS. What makes you think that already taking the statins is implicit in the QRisk3 score? I have not read that anywhere in their explanation---unless I have missed that? My assumption is, that since it is not included in the form questionnaire, there...

Sorry HSSS, I did not perceive a problem.

Thank you for your response. I have read, and have been told by a doctor (not my own official GP/consultant) that, in fact, STATINS which are meant to improve CV risk, only address LDL lipids which are of the 'light and fluffy' type whereas the type of lipids that are responsible for the...

Hi Everyone! I wanted to discuss my blood test results with a GP, and ended up not seeing one of the usual GPs at my practice but a locum. At the outset this doctor, very worryingly argued with me about my diagnosis of type 1 diabetes! I told her I had only been diagnosed with TYPE 1...