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Ohhh arent you all so well controlled 14.8 this morning.

About two years ago I had an appointment booked to see the diabetic nurse, on the day of the appointment I got called into work urgently for a meeting, which ended up with getting made redundant. Yes I missed my appointment, the surgery sent me a letter stating that I must send a letter stating...

fantastic advice ..reduced the amount of fizzy pop and the pains have eased a lot...so many thanks

I will try that instead ..well worth a try as I am not getting a decent nights sleep..only about 3 hours a night

No not had any tests but I do drink a fair amount of diet pop..so maybe I could cut that out and see ...thank you for the suggestion

Hi not been on here for ages ..type 1 for about 10 years and still learning..recently started experiencing extremely painful joints I.e.ankles, knees, wrists etc..so painful it wakes me up at night ..taking paracetamol helps for a short while but would prefer not to take them ..has anybody...

Thanks Zilsniggy since posting my readings have started to come down, i have also taken steps to alter my diet..i started writing down what i was eating and realised i was on a very high carb diet, gradually cutting down on the carbs. Thank you for the advice i will bear it all in mind. Am...

15 this morning ..better than yesterday . heading in the right direction

hi yes keytones 0.6 ..correction done starting to come down but it's been hard work.

Thank you Juicyj some good advice...monitoring every hour and i'll see if i can get under control..

keytones 0.8... ended up in hospital earlier this year with ketoacidosis not a pleasant experience

not got any ideas, feel quite unwell but not sure if it's because of my levels or may be coming down with something.

hi yes correcting but as you suggest maybe need to increase that due to resistance. Good tips, will try attacking it and testing more frequently. Also good tip on the water, i have suffered from dehydration in the past.. thanks for the tips much appreciated.

thanks Ianpspurs

hi all been high all week and cant get down, ended up in a vicious circle of eating going high taking insulin then feeling hungry so eating and going high etc.. etc.. am taking enough insulin to cover the foods i am eating..this week have been between 11 and 38. ...any ideas on how to press the...

20.3 completely lost my way...feel awful too

One phrase i have always been told and think about every day is. Diabetes does not control my life, if i control diabetes

i have been a type 1 diabetic for about 3 years, and admittedly not very well controlled but have gone back to basics and have started to regain control. My problem is i weigh just 54kg which is underweight for my height 5ft 5 ..all the discussions on here tend to be about how to lose weight...

Getting back to the original start of this thread. I am type one diabetic (DAFNE) carb counting etc.. and i have a work colleague who is also type 1, they have fixed amount of insulin every meal time..when i go out on break we obviously discuss diabetes etc..but one thing really gets my goat is...

spent a couple of hours last night studying my DAFNE books and acted accordingly so far readings have been. 5.8 @6am 6.0@10am 18.3@ 2pm definitely getting better, bit more studying to do. Proves how lazy i had become.