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Oh gosh, yes, I agree with Ken, Dragongirl. Please don't stress yourself out because your levels are in the 5's!! That's a great level to be at. Nothing wrong with it at all. Flippin' diabetes is enough of a stressful pain in the bum without anxiety over perfectly great levels. When I said I go...

Hi Stuart :) Yep, I'm exactly the same. I always know when we have a hot day that my levels will run higher. I find it worse if I'm active in the heat, such as going for a walk. I really try and avoid going for walks or doing anything where I'll be moving or rushing about a lot because I will...

You know I think that's a really good point. I've injected umpteen times in cafes/restaurants and have never been noticed doing it, even by the people whose company I'm in. I even had a friends say to me, "Oh do you need to take your insulin now?" and I've already done it 5mins earlier. Yeah...

Best (or most weird) one I had was, in regards to insulin; Other person, "Ugh, I don't know how you can put that stuff in yourself!" Me, "Um, well I sort of have to." OP, "Yeah, but it's rat poison, isn't it?" ?????????? This person, who works loosely in the health profession, also...

Thanks for taking the time to reply, ebony. I appreciate the info you gave me :D badmedisin and noblehead - hi, the problem, though, is if DAFNE isn't run in my area, isn't it? Had a look at the DAFNE website and there's nothing even remotely close by. I got told that if I decided to switch...

Hi there, I've been T1 for nearly 2 and half years and have been on 2xday Novomix. This has been fine for me as I've had quite a nice honeymoon period and while I've needed to be fairly rigid with my eating patterns I found that it didn't impact too negatively on my life. However, the past...

I have milk for a mid-morning snack because I use the 2xday mixed insulin, but that really is the only time I personally would have milk, to essentially avoid a hypo. I'd keep an eye on those banannas, too, because they can shoot you up pretty high. And perhaps watch your portion sizes, as...

How sad :( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8638039.stm

No one is intending to give you lectures, but yes, your symptoms may be indicative of diabetes, or they may not. I don't know what other condition may be causing them because I'm not a medical professional. Have you ever had your blood sugard tested? If you're adamant about not going to your GP...

I couldn't agree more with what the other posters have said. You've lost 21lbs in weight for goodness sake's, please don't waste your time posting on here and trying to find patterns in your symptoms. Go to your doctor! Alternatively, your local Lloyds pharmacy provide free on the spot blood...

What totsy said. I suspected diabetes so bought myself one of those colour wheel testing kits from Boots (about a tenner) which resulted in a very high reading. I then discovered that Lloyds Chemists do free diabetes tests (wish I'd have discovered this before spending a tenner :lol: ) so the...

Hi, thanks totsy & synonym. Haven't made the appt. yet but think I probably will on Monday. I got my thyroid tested when I was first diagnosed 2yrs ago and it was fine then, but I noticed I appear to be losing a bit of weight. Point is, I'm a very slim person and am actually on a diet plan to...

Thank you both for your very quick responses. Yes, seeing my GP is more sensible, you're both right. I've only suspected it could be a thyroid problem since this morning. It came to me in my sleep, oddly enough. Just based on a couple of "symptoms" that I've noticed since last week. Nothing...

Yeah, stress does because it gets all your adrenaline going. A few months ago I was involved in a very small scale charity panto type show, but even though it was small it was all very exciting. I had to remember lines, dance routines, plus help out backstage. After it was ll over my BG's were...

Hi, I'm T1 dx 2yrs ago and I'm getting a sneaking suspiscion that I may be developing an overactive thyroid. I'm not due to see my Endo until mid August and wondered if it would be an idea to phone the clinic and ask if the appt. could be brought forward or just go to see my GP so she can send...

I do a lot of my own baking using ground almonds instead of flour. I also use splenda, but really not that much. I've actually cut down my splenda use significantly by just experiementing and found I don't need as much as I was originally using so that's been good. I'm making a list of...

TBH, I find injecting in my stomach kills me :( I just can't do it. It really hurts, I am very slim, so perhaps this might have something to do with it; but yet I can grab enough fat from my stomach to accomodate an injection, but nah, it takes about five attempts before I can find a spot and...

Yeah, I was thinking along those lines. I was 30 when I was diagosed with T1 and it came on me very quickly. Started with just one day when I just felt quite sick. Next day I felt fine but within a week I noticed I was losing weight (and I was a skinny minnie to start with and couldn't afford to...

Thanks for your reply, Ian. See, I was looking at the therapies as a way to promote relaxation and a way to de-stress as opposed to have a literal effect on stabalising BS. Obviously, having D is stressful therefore I would have liked to cater to that stress by offering permanent reductions for...

Hello, my name's Vicky and I'm new to the forum :) I would be really grateful if I could collect up some opinions from members who are interested in the holistic approach. I'm T1, diagnosed almost 2yrs ago aged 30. Next year I'm planning to begin training as an Holistic Therapist. I'm doing...