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I find spending more time on the diabetes and doing more tests actually helps me to relax because it keeps my sugar levels in the right range and that ultimately leads to more energy, a better ability to think straight and therefore less anxiety. The exception, however, is when I'm not winning...

Type 1 for 22 years and counting. I used to get freaked out when I heard people say "I'm almost always between 4 and 7" until I realised that these people were frequently lying/kidding themselves. This was shown when they reported HbA1cs that showed their average b.g. numbers would be above the...

I'm with Ocho8 that the most promising treatment being worked is likely ViaCyte http://jdrf.org/encapsulation/ Note that a lot of money is needed to support the trials. Here's a more reliable take on the news story from the JDRF (I'm no fan of out of proportion headlines like The Telegraph...

Usually 15g is too much for me and causes me to say hello to results around 12 mmol/l within 15 mins or so. However, sometimes, such as if having done very intense physical work earlier in the day, I may need to eat a veritable meal's worth of carbs to get sugars back up following a hypo if I...

I wouldn't personally worry about the small amounts of carbs in vegetables such as tomatoes or petit pois. Ketosis is brought on by low calories and not exclusively ultra-low carbs. Whilst it's good to have a target, don't let your target prevent you from having good, healthy food. The body has...

I'd suggest reviewing your Levemir doses with your doctor. The time at which you split them may not be a problem. The doses of each, however, might be. Whilst Levemir is pushed as having a flat profile, research indicates that the profile is not as flat as we're told. Here's a graph which shows...

Levemir can be a pain to balance right if you find it doesn't last a full 24 hours. I find Levemir lasts me about 18 hours which seems to be about average. On a single daily dose, this of course means 6 hours of the day will be covered by no basal and therefore is ketoacidosis waiting to...

In the last week I've had 2 results under 4.0. However, my meter reads slighter higher than others and therefore I could have had around 3 additional grey area hypos where the meter's read between 4.2 and 4.4. Anything under 4.5 I treat with at least a small amount of sugar or glucose. Given...

I find that hypo symptoms change from time to time and have a theory that if you frequently ignore or don't treat in response to a hypo sign, the body readjusts to use a new hypo sign. I have no idea if this really is the case but it's a nice theory for explaining why my hypo signs were changing...

Type 1 diagnosed at age 11. No other autoimmune diseases that I'm aware of. My granddad was diagnosed with what was assumed to be type 1 diabetes later in his life (50+) and my grandma (same side of the family) has coeliac.

First up, congrats on the 4/5 stone weight loss. Losing this much weight will have had at least a modest effect on your insulin sensitivity, so just as your meal time ratios have changed, I suspect there'll also be some change needed to your basal insulin (albeit perhaps not to quite the same...

Bruising occurs if you hit a blood vessel. They'll happen if you hit a blood vessel regardless of what insulin you take. Try to inject under a good source of light as this can often help to at least avoid any veins you can see through the skin.

As a type 1, I'm glad to have a BG meter, regardless of some accuracy issues. Generally the meters I've had seem to have served a decent reflection of my levels and have supported, rather than hindered, me in achieving good control. I think the message we need to take is that at times the...

The breakfast is significantly more carb heavy than some of us on the forum would have. It's well worth doing blood tests before breakfast and between 1 and 2 hours after starting your breakfast. Try this on at least a couple of days to give your breakfast a fair test. If you're getting a sharp...

I can see the addition of glucagon being beneficial to reverse hypos quickly but is it worth it for putting in an extra cannula? A low glucose suspend feature which is available on newer Medtronic pumps achieves a similar result, although suspension of insulin probably takes longer to restore...

I'm not much in favour of people suing the NHS as that's effectively suing the taxpayer. Increasing personal responsibility of individuals who work for the NHS is arguably overdue. When the Stafford Hospital scandal was dealt with, the NHS was blamed rather than failings of individuals. The UK...

Note that Benecol in the UK 'probably' contains trans fats. It certainly does in the US: Do BENECOL® Spreads contain trans fatty acids? The amount of trans fat contained in BENECOL® Light and Regular Spread is less than 0.5 grams per one tablespoon serving. The FDA allows products containing...

GlucoJuice is available in small bottles of glucose http://www.diabetes.co.uk/shop/productdetails.aspx?pid=4185

My personal experience is that it gets better with time. When I started going out with my partner, now my wife, I was quite defensive sometimes when low. I stubbonly didn't want to want to test just because she was telling me to. As a diabetic, after you have time to think about it -and with...

I was borderline underweight when I started low carbing. Whilst I've lost a few kgs on the low carb diet, my weight has stabilised. My BMI is now about 18.2 so just underneath the official healthy threshold but I feel as healthy as I ever have. Could your Mum's weight loss be related to not...