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Hi, I've read with much interest what's been written about eating a low carb diet. I just wondered are there any low-carbers on here who have type 1? If so what happens when you do anything active after a meal and your body has no carbs to use? Don't you hypo alot with nothing to keep the...

Hi all, thank you for replies. I've suspected for a long long time that correcting highs as relentlessly as I do is causing more problems than it solves but I just wanted to know what other people did. Having hit a total rock bottom with my diabetes over the past two weeks and having read...

Hiya, I just wanted to know what other people's approaches to high blood sugar is. Do you correct high blood sugar (i.e. two hours after meals or during the night)) by taking extra insulin or would you wait until the next meal to correct it - or perhaps you wouldn't correct it all?? How high...

Hi again, ok now I feel really confused! I emailed my diabetic nurse and she reminded me of the problems I used to have (five years ago now so I had forgotten!) of high blood sugar between 4pm and 6pm every day before I started on Lantus. The long acting insulin I was on before - I think it...

HI Everyone, thanks for your replies. I visited The Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust website and was fascinated to read about human/analogue versus animal insulins and had already emailed my consultant asking for an apointment to discuss this. I was particularly shocked to read that Lantus is...

Hi, I'm new here. I was diagnosed with Type 1 eight years ago and have never attained stable blood sugar control. Recently it has got a lot worse. The problem I have is that some days I am very insulin sensitive and hpyo at the slightest hint of activity and other days I am very insulin...