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I use libre, my last meal was 3.5 hours ago. Novarapid is the insulin, I gave a 1 unit correction and my blood sugar is now declining.. currently sat at 11.6 :) x

Hi guys, my sugar is currently 16, 0.4ketones. I have injected one unit as a correction dose 20 minutes ago and my sugar is still rising, How long will it take for my correction to start working? Thanks!

I have only drank a glass of white wine since delivering my daughter (thank you!) 2 months ago. I’m not currently breastfeeding and would never drink alcohol when she is solely in my care. My partner wants me to go out and socialise as I haven’t left the house since lockdown began (stupid...

I find fruit to be a bit risky for my BG if I’m honest, I’m a big lover of fruit but stick to one portion a day now as I found even half an apple would send my BG skyrocketing with a heavy crash shortly after. I’ve experimented with other fruits and find them all to be difficult for my body to...

I think it’s still a worry for any type 1 that has children, even with the tech it’s still not a pleasant disease. I do worry about my daughter, although I know her chances of developing diabetes is much higher if it were her dad who is diabetic. I’m friendly with a lot of parents with...

By eating before bed do you mean a meal with insulin? or a 15g carb snack?

Recently diagnosed, honeymooning like crazy, gave birth 2 months ago and I’m slowly starting to get back out into the world. I’ve started to take up invites for meals and drinks in bars.. but I’m absolutely stumped! This is something I’ve never really thought of! Before falling pregnant I...

I’m sorry you’re going through this right now and I understand in a way. I struggle to stabilise my BG’s During exercise, my BG is either high or really low. I run off Dexcom g6 aswell but find the insertion super painful so am tempted to return to the libre. Downside of that is I won’t get...

I took 15 units of novorapid for meals and then I took 18 units basal insulin towards the end of my pregnancy. after giving birth they told me to stop my insulin, and I was back on it within 24 hours taking 2 units of novarapid for meals and then 3 units basal. My need for insulin has...

that’s what the doctors suspect. Yet I’m finding it very difficult to cope with as I can’t judge when it will happen. Which makes me scared to inject for meals if I’m honest incase I end up hypo within an hour after it.. some days one unit is fine! Others I end up fighting off hypos for the...

Hey! I injected one unit for my dinner - teriyaki noodles with chicken (50g carbs). 45 minutes after my dinner I started to feel like I was having hypoglycaemic attack.. I checked my sugars and indeed I was. My blood sugar had dropped from 10mmol before dinner to 3.6mmol and that was after a...

I was diagnosed type 1 diabetic at 12 weeks pregnant Christmas just gone. I had a brilliant diabetes team that helped me keep levels stable through my pregnancy to Protect me and my baby from complications. I managed to drop my hba1c from 47 to 32 by the time I was in my third trimester...

Hi, I was diagnosed with diabetes at 12 weeks of pregnancy, my blood sugar at diagnoses was 19.1 after high sugar drink and high carb meal. My hba1c is around 40-41. Endocrinologist put me on 2 units rapid action before meals and 3 units basal before bed. I’ve tested positive for some type 1...