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Sorry, @Natasha23184 i have zero hypo anxiety, that's kinda my main problem, so I can't really offer anything to deal with hypo anxiety because I have no experience of it.

If you're going for "a few months" why would you need a prescription? It's perfectly possible to go 2-3 months without needing a prescription. If you don't think you're repeat prescription will last however long your planning on being away, see your GP to ask about getting a script that does...

1) low carb diets cause physiological insulin resistance. So if pre-low carb you were on a 1:10 insulin to carb ratio, and so if you were eating only 5g of carbs half a unit would have covered it, because of the low carb diet your I:C ratio may have changed and you may need more insulin to deal...

If you have a hypo you have an alpha cell response with the alpha cells in your pancreas releasing glucagon to tell your liver to release its glucose stores to correct the hypo. You have counter regulatory hormones released in response to a hypo - ie adrenaline which works in the opposite way to...

If you have a confirmed type 1 diagnosis with antibodies then those antibodies will be killing off your insulin producing beta cells. Once the autoimmune attack on the beta cells starts we don't know how to stop it and it will continue until all of the beta cells are killed off and you aren't...

Diabetes uk run a lot of local support groups. You can search for them on this page - https://www.diabetes.org.uk/How_we_help/Local_support_groups?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2beqg7Tp2AIV5p3tCh2s2AsTEAAYASAAEgLTG_D_BwE - they cover all types of diabetes and only 10% of diabetics have type 1, so before...

@spage gliclazide isn't recommended for people with type 1.5 wanting to extend the honeymoon. It will wear out beta cells, that are on their way out anyway, faster. Checking blood sugars only once a week for a confirmed type 1 diabetic who isn't on insulin is ridiculously risky and you risk DKA...

What are you eating @megan ? Reducing carbs causes physiological insulin resistance, so your insulin to carb ratio may change to require more insulin to deal with low amounts of carbs in a meal because of the low carb diet. A low carb diet also means your body is going to want to get glucose...

In 2016 I, on an unthought through impulse, signed up to run a half marathon in 2017. I hadn't done an awful lot of road running before that, I just used to run on a treadmill and staff at the gym knew I was diabetic, or at least I had ticked the box on the health questionnaire form when joining...

What treatment were you given for your diabetes on discharge from hospital? How have you been treating your diabetes for the last three weeks and what medical advice have you been getting from your doctor? Are you under a GP or an endocrinologist?

Sorry, wasn't intended to be aggressive. But the point it what's best for me might not be best for you. And frankly, what's best for me on Monday might not be best for me on Tuesday. It's a bit like asking what's best: round or square? And that depends what shaped hole you've got. And what you...

It depends on the context. A healthy person eating a normal diet will have not ketones. A person not eating anything will probably have ketones. These are starvation ketones. A person losing weight through calorie control and exercise will have ketones. Ketone are produced when the body burns...

@Kinsley01 what exactly do you mean by cheating?

Nutritional ketosis is different to diabetic ketones. Nutritional ketosis happens when your body is using fat for fuel. Diabetic ketones happen when you don't have enough insulin. You tell the difference by your blood sugar levels. If blood sugar levels are normal then ketones aren't anything...

The target ranges for type 1 diabetics are to be 4.5 - 7.5 before meals. So, yes 20.3 is too high. However, if you are recently diagnosed there is an element of gradually stepping you down to the target levels because your body will be used to the high levels and suddenly running at healthy...

Your GP can't put you on a pump, it would need to be done via your hospital diabetic clinic. Hospital clinics usually only offer a limited selection of pumps. To train patients on how to use the pumps the diabetic specialist nurses need to have been trained on how to use the pumps. They aren't...

When Ryanair/easyjet only allow 1 item of hand luggage they can be a bit more flexible to allow passengers requiring medical gubbins to take on a second bag into the cabin. This means I don't have to struggle to fit my handbag into my suitcase if I tell them I'm type 1, and my handbag does have...

This is a useless question. Whether a pump or mdi is "best" really depends on what problem you are trying to solve. @Landor what exactly are your "massive problems with high blood sugar levels"? Is this dawn phenomenon? Or pizza effect? In which case a pump could help by offering bespoke basal...

Clapton v DWP might be worth a look. It's on different issues but re benefits being stopped to a diabetic who had electricity cut off, couldn't store insulin in a fridge and then died of DKA. I'm not sure how far the sister of the deceased got with her intimated judicial review, but it looks...

https://www.arlafoods.co.uk/brands/arlabobmilk/milk-26547/ 100g of BOB milk has 4.9g of carbs. So if you're having 20g worth of carbs from the milk in your tea you must be having 400g of milk, which is the best part of a pint. I'm hoping you mean you're counting the milk in your tea through the...