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  1. M

    Type 2 Blood sugar

    Good BS dont punish yourself that level is fine mine just doesn't do what I want it to!! Best wishes
  2. M

    How long until I’m healthy!

    Yes I too can't imagine how she does it but lets.face it we all don't have a team behind.us like she has all the time I'm sure! When do her hypos exist or even happen?? We wi never.know.I believe.she is on a pump but cannot be sure maybe.you can control things a bit easier but.I do admire her...
  3. M

    explaining what it's really like to live with Type 1

    Wish I had your confidence Alaska!!
  4. M

    Blood Glucose Diary

    I am too which.makes.it easier for recording everything for the diabetes.nurse.or team especially on the dafne regime. I have been recording mine for over 40yrs!!!
  5. M

    Type 1'stars R Us

    Hi Through no fault of my own I now live on my own and love.it. I did worry when my control was not good.the usual falling over hypo at night calling my family 2am to recover me! These days I have the libre and my control is so much.better as I check most of the day.and have not had a bad hypo...
  6. M

    Possibility of no complications

    48 years type 1 2 beautiful sons 2.beautiful grand daughters Years ago I was.told.I would not be able.to have children. Boy did I prove them wrong,,! Still here - struggling some.days but.still fighting the dreaded " D"
  7. M

    T1 food.

    That's my kind of.dinner! Matches mine!!
  8. M

    Struggling to cope and avoiding my insulin

    Thats your first move done.brilliant! Soon it will get better you'll see. No one understands my diabetes only us on the forum it is camaraderie which each one of us needs. Keep going Catherine remember do it for you no one else be proud of yourself at this moment. Well done...
  9. M

    Struggling to cope and avoiding my insulin

    Hi Catherine Please dont feel stupid you have been through so much and I can only sympathise and take myself back to my life and I have also been punched and beaten.by diabetes.but I try to fight.back if I can! Its hard and at.times you must feel desperate like I did but remember you have to...
  10. M

    Just got my Type one diabetic tattoo

    My bracelet has also lost its red ink but has not come off me feel so safe with it on now. Have worn it all the time for over 15 years and would never change it for a lifelong tattoo !! So unnecessary a tattoo and no information either on it ridiculous!
  11. M

    Dropping And Worried

    Not if you buy the original and steer clear of reduced sugar!!
  12. M

    Dropping And Worried

    I've never heard it called that before!! I owe my life to a bottle of lucozade as and when needed and it is certainly not a devil!!!
  13. M

    Dropping And Worried

    Definitely never try to eat ALWAYS have lucozade!!!
  14. M

    Diagnosed Yesterday With Type 1 Diabetes!

    Hello Alexandra I really feel for you now as I was diagnosed at 21 and felt devastated. My.life had just.began and then in a way my past life had to move onto an unknown one!! But I now congratulate myself as today I like myself and have forgotten what I was like when I was first diagnosed...
  15. M

    Consistently High Glucose Readings

    Not to panic.can't get mine down either! 16.6 this morning added extra fast acting by lunchtime it will be down to 5! Ha ha stress for me doesnt help either dont worry
  16. M

    Lucozade Alternatives

    Lucozade is still lucozade as I am still relying on it! You just.have to make sure you get the original.
  17. M

    Medical Id - Bracelet/necklace

    Medic alert bracelet it contains emergency tel nos and allergies and has.my family's details also. I never take it off and I know I feel so safe .
  18. M

    Type 1 Depression

    I feel for you as it is a unforgiving illness and sometimes you need.to forgive it. When u say "why me" I have to answer that when I feel like saying it but I never have I think to myself "why not me" that gets me thru sometimes. I have had diabetes for 48 years and type 1. I would never want to...
  19. M

    Type 1 New Ideas For Hypo Treatment For 11 Year Old

    Hi only one drink brings my BS up quickly and I mean quickly. Jelly babies are great when u know and can swallow them but I know when u r hypo I could never chew.jelly babies in a.hypo!! Lucozade is the only one for me. Good luck! Type 1 for 48 yrs.
  20. M

    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    Totally agree like you wish I could let my ex see me now he lives near me but I dont see him (good) I still love him but he broke my heart but not my soul! I am a stronger nicer person today coping with diabetes myself ups and downs like us all!! But the feeling I still have won't go but I have...
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