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I'm not having a go but this does seem to be a long time. I was diagnosed at the age of 9, had 1 week in hospital and 1 week at home and was then back at school. Bear in mind this was the 1980's and I was basically left alone to get on with it. There was no support or anything.

This is not an uncommon response to exercise believe it or not. What happens is the exercise can encourage your liver to release stored glucose in response to the activity which can increase your levels. Strangely for me this can happen when I exercise in the morning but not in the afternoon. Go...

You still have to bolus even if your meal is carb free. Protein has an effect too and if you aren't eating carbs your body looks for other sources to convert into glucose which is essentially what we all need for energy. The saying is that there is no such thing as a free meal when you are a...

Hi I flew with my pump for the 1st time at Christmas to New Zealand so a total of 6 flights. I was told not to put it through the main baggage scanner ( I have an animas ) so on my first flight at Heathrow I just walked through the little X ray and set it off. So I told security that I had a...

Let us know how you get on mate, I'm certainly interested in finding out what your results are. I hadn't actually thought about DP with myself that much but that could explain why I need no extra carbs etc in the morning but loads in the afternoon or an insulin reduction to prevent hypo's. My...

Hi, I cycle a lot (24 miles commute most days as well as a 40 or 50 miler at the weekend). I am lucky enough to be on a pump so I can adjust my rates as I go and can often keep my Blood Sugars within a 2mmol range. One thing I have noticed however is that morning rides tend not to have as great...

Hi I'm T1 but I sometimes start yawning when my blood sugar gets low. It is one of the rarer symptoms and doesn't happen often but it is definitely a real thing.

If you test your blood sugar how about having some of this pizza with your daughter and then testing after an hour or so to show the spike this causes. I don't know how well you control your levels but this may have an effect. Failing that see if you can "borrow" a type 1 and then see if they...

I am on a pump now but I got a batch of these last year when I was on MDI. I can't remember the brand name but apparently they are capless to stop you using them more than once. They are actually supposed to be like this I believe. Bloody ridiculous idea if you ask me because you either have to...

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That would sound like it to me. For a Type 1 those are not bad levels and you should not be experiencing "hypo" symptoms at those levels. However your body is able to adapt to different levels over a period of time so as yours have probably been very high for a long time your body thinks it is...

Decaf coffee is like alcohol free beer though...pretty pointless if you ask me. It takes all the fun out of being bad! I am going to continue my experiments over the next few weeks to try and get to the bottom of who or what is the guilty party. I'm hoping I can prove the innocence of the...

I didn't drink coffee last night but went from 5.4 at 7pm to 10.2 at bed. I ate homemade leek and potato soup but counted the carbs. I took additional bolus before bed as per pump instructions but added an extra 2 units. I was 5 this morning. I also increased my pump basal rate as well. This...

Thanks for your replies everyone. I may have to start doing a bit of experimentation and see what happens. I'll maybe do a basal check tonight and then start reducing milk or even not frothing it. I do feel as if I have the start of a cold coming on but that would probably affect my levels all...

I was wondering if anyone else has experiences of coffee making their blood sugar spike? I am not really a coffee drinker (prefer tea) but after my last trip to NZ at Christmas I often found myself in some of the numerous and excellent coffee shops and drinking a lot more coffee than I normally...

I think you'll find we have all been there at some point. I was pretty bad for nearly ten years or so and only took marginal interest in my body. I had a few "eye opening" events though and gradually turned my course around about 3 years ago. I now try and be as proactive as possible.

The thing that sank home here for me was the already long list of serious complications she was suffering from. Blindness and kidney damage etc. I wonder if these effects and her obvious long term neglect of her condition made this a more serious issue more quickly. It is tragic either way and I...

I can only recommend what others have been saying that she takes on the full responsibility for her injections. It may sound harsh but as she is doing them at home it is not a giant leap to start doing them for herself at school. I was diagnosed at the age of 9 and I was injecting myself 2 days...

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There are a couple that bug me badly now. The first is people using "Like" every third word. It makes me want to smother people really, I hate it. The other phrase which has appeared recently is saying to a server or shopkeeper "Can I get" This would mean that you would go to the other side of...