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Ah, found it, NHS site. It’s applicable if a woman who’s non-binary, or living as a trans, is pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Seems absolutely reasonable to me; they, and their babies, would be facing the same Type One problems as ‘straight’ women.

Where did you copy those criteria from?

Hi @Kenn027, yes, I’ve experienced the dreadful effect cortisone has on blood sugars. Unlike you, I was told by the doc who administered the cortisone that it would not affect blood sugar control. It was awful, and very very difficult to find a high enough dose to lower the highs. I think the...

Abbott has always been good at replacing faulty sensors, and as it’s a medical advice, it’s something that’s required to be reliable. I, too, am experiencing problems with a sensor. I expect to receive wild results for the first two days, this seems to be a given, but this one’s either at least...

I think that learning how to juggle insulin to provide what your body needs when it needs it is key to avoiding difficulties when a normal routine is broken. I’m not perfect at it but correction doses are really useful as is knowing when basal doses need to be raised (illness, winter) or lowered...

I wear mine on the rear side high up on my upper arm and cover it with a waterproof plaster so I don’t knock it off.

I personally find the kind of carb eaten affects blood sugars as much as the amount does, and correctly calculating the amount of carb in a food source is super-important in keeping blood sugars within a given range. For instance, cheese on toast may well take longer to release carb than...

Oh yes, snorkelling is great too and I’ve done some in Greece after the knee replacement. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of weightless freedom in the other world beneath the sea: we know so little about how it feels to live in that larger part of this blue planet.

Thanks for the tag @Antje. Yes, dive providers do need a doctor’s letter to prove that you’re fit to dive even if your logbook shows you’ve dived recently. It’s some years since I’ve dived, but like @Juicyj, I found that even in warm water it was safer to have BG at 10 or above before...

There should be a care plan for your father @A17 and levels of support required assessed. The link below may give you an idea of what questions to ask the Sister: if she knows you have an understanding of what’s required she may be more compliant with regulations. Ask her who has assessed your...

You’re the victim of circumstance, as well as health @A17 and it’s enough to make any of us feel we’re unable to go on. But please don’t do anything drastic. If you’re in the U.K. maybe you can take a few small steps to make your situation better: reach out to friends, to family, and ask for...

Have a Cheerful Yule everyone, whatever you eat and drink, however you make merry, may your blood sugars stay stable. @becca59 I sincerely hope the saga’s over tomorrow and healthy life returns free of what we call nitroglycerin (nitrofurantoin) nasties. As if it’s not tough enough having a uti...

I crawled into the ice house, the Canadian igloo, and had to shed my parka, scarf, hat, jumpers. I also thought of shedding base layers but didn’t want to frighten the bears.

Our daughter built and spent a couple of nights in the Canadian version of an igloo, she said it got very warm and they all had to shed their cold weather proof outer layers. I don’t know if an ice hotel or a glass igloo also gets warm but I’d take a frio just in case they do

I suspect that at this stage the diabetes medics want to see how you react to the insulin dose they’ve prescribed and if you keep a food diary then they’ll be better able to calculate your needs

There are various apps that show how much carbohydrate is in foods. I use Carbs and Cals, but that’s just one of the apps available. It’s surprising how many things contain carbohydrate, eg lots of fruits and fruit juices, carrots, butternut (and other) squash, sweetcorn . . .

Bread and biscuits are both carbohydrate and need insulin

Bread and biscuits are both carbohydrate and need insulin

I confess I want more information. When you say you first had diabetes as a teenager, do you mean that you first noticed the symptoms then or that you were given a diagnosis? It’s tough having consistently high blood sugars. Can you get an appointment with a diabetes specialist who’ll help you...

In a person with a ‘normal’ pancreas, yes. Are you following a ketogenic diet diet?