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It's fine to drink on insulin. A glass of red wine will have basically 0 carbs in. And 1 glass of wine isn't really enough to keep your liver busy. If you do drink more then the thing to be aware of is that your liver can't multi task. If it's busy processing alcohol it won't do what it usually...

Yes. That's very common with LADA or type 1.5 because the lack of insulin in a LADA is low enough to not cause ketones. The 85% figure is from a podcast talking about trialnet: so 85% of type 1s are diagnosed with ketones in DKA, but for those who have had trialnet screening (so have a parent...

It's very unusual for a type 2 to be diagnosed with ketones. Diagnosis with blood sugar over 20 and ketones certainly points towards type 1. Diabetic ketones aren't caused by high blood sugar. They are caused by lack of insulin. Most type 2s have too much insulin, so ketones are unlikely, while...

The DAFNE course sets the following targets for people with type 1: 5.5-7.5 before breakfast 4.5-7.5 before other meals 6.5 -8.0 before bed

No ones blood sugar, diabetic or not, sits at 5 all the time. The only person who's blood sugar doesnt occasionally peak is a dead person. What exactly are your targets? Because aiming simply to be 5 seems unhelpfully unrealistic.

It depends what you are doing to try and achieve control and what you are struggling with. Have you basal tested? Are you accurately carb counting and are you confident in your I:C ratio through the day? Pumps can be helpful with dawn phenomenon, with offering temporary basal rates and with...

That's incorrect. Type 3c is diabetes caused by chronic pancreatitis or surgical removal of the pancreas, so physical pancreatic damage. Steroid induced diabetes is type 2.

On a fixed dose of mixed insulin your insulin will only be able to cope with a certain amount of carbs in your meals. Have you been given guidance on what the carb content of your meals should be by whoever prescribed the insulin? It sounds like the insulin isn't coping with the carbs in your...

Here are the NICE guidelines for targets during pregnancy: >5.3 fasting >7.8 1hr after eating >6.4 2hrs after eating https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng3/ifp/chapter/your-blood-glucose-levels-during-pregnancy @Celiarose what advice have you had from DSNs re diet and bolusing? You might find...

You might want to think about reducing your I:c ratio (or increasing, I can never figure out how that works syntaxicaly, but whichever means you take less insulin with your bolus). Something like HIIT can have quit a prolonged effect, working the muscles will wake up the GLUT4 receptors...

I think @Skye's_mummy has a very little one on a pump, she might have some tips on how to manage site changes with a toddler.

Hi @Heyrehair im not sure I'll be much use. The only person Ive changed a cannula on is me and I tend to stay still as required. Have you tried doing site changes when your daughter is asleep? Have you tried doing it when she is fully engrossed in something else (be it YouTube, lunch time, or...

That was interesting to complete. Is the MsC in neuropsychology? Are you getting people without type 1 to complete to compare the results by age etc? I mean, I have heard non-diabetics grumble about not being able to remember if they're going up the stairs or coming down at the half way mark...

Yes. It will say the new date of expiry. No, you won't have to pay the renewal every 3 years.

@welshgirl2228 while one autoimmune disease (rheumatoid arthritis) increases your risk for another autoimmune disease (type 1) simply because your immune system has got form for attacking perfectly health bits of you body, it's still pretty unusual for antibody testes to be run to distinguish...

@south869 what medication are you on for your diabetes? This goes into whether your type 2 diabetes is considered a disability under the equality act. The test for whether something is a disability for the purpose of the equality act is whether there is a long term condition that would have a...

What do your blood sugars look like? High blood sugar causes weight loss, so if the basal isn't controlling your blood sugar you may need a bolus insulin too. If you've changed your diet at the same time as starting insulin and your blood sugars are under control then the weight loss is related...

53 isn't a bad hba1c at all. It's an average blood sugar of 8.6, so she must be in range for fairly decent chunks of the time. What sort or range are you aiming for and what sort of numbers are you seeing? What percentage is your daughter in, under and above the target levels? Remember, no one...

It doesn't look like it is for a masters. It looks like it is for developing some sort of bolus calculator app. What is your masters in?

It's really very unusual for people with type 2 to be diagnosed with ketones. So the fact you had ketones suggests type 1. It also sounds like the onset was fairly rapid for you. That also suggests type 1. Othrr things that would suggest type 1 would be a lack of the things that indicate type...