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Are you carb counting? How do you decide how much insulin to take for your meals? If it is based on an insulin to carb ratio (carb counting) you should apply the same ratio to the mince pie to decide how much insulin to take for it. You shouldn't take insulin for red wine because it has...

If you aren't going to use your phone as a receiver, which can only be done with a smart phone, then G4 will certainly be cheaper. You'll need: - G4 transmitter £260 lasts 12 months, but will go for a bit longer. The G5 transmitters die after 3 months, for a similar price - G4 receiver £350. so...

I've started using the natural cycles app. You take your temperature every morning and tell it when you're on and it uses this to track when you are ovulating and when you're going to come on. You can tell it if you're trying to conceive and it will tell you which days you are fertile so you can...

If your son is antibody negative then he may just fall into the 25% of type 1s who are antibody negative. There's a variety of reasons he could be testing negative but still have auto immune type 1: the antibodies might just not be showing up (they might not be actively killing off beta cells at...

@Bonoscot you want either a dexcom G5 or a guardian connect (although I'm not sure whether medtronic are able to take on new customers at the moment as they were having serious problems with availability of their sensors). Both systems would require your daughter to have an iphone on her all the...

If all you've got is a duty solicitor you should really consider getting in touch with the diabetes uk advocacy service - https://www.diabetes.org.uk/How_we_help/Helpline/Your-rights/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsYC2w4Sx1wIVD7jACh2KWQ3CEAAYASAAEgKT_PD_BwE - to see if they can put you in touch with any...

There are sick day rules for children with type 1 - http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/https://www.esht.nhs.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=356788&type=full&servicetype=Attachment If you've not been through them with you health care team before you should be contacting your DSN...

Hasn't your solicitor instructed a medico legal expert. ie. an independent consultant endocrinologist - not his treating consultant? I suppose it depends on what exactly he has been charged with and what defence is being run, but I would have thought any defence in these circumstances is going...

Realistically, I don't think there is any advice on regaining hypo awareness that you are going to be able to implement at the moment. The advice on regaining hypo awareness is to run a little higher, ie to aim towards the top of the target, but that's the generic DAFNE target which is a little...

People with type 1 are 3x more likely to have epilepsy than people without type 1 - https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20160331/type-1-diabetes-linked-to-epilepsy-risk-study-suggests#3 So it's more than a coincidental relationship, but they aren't really sure what the relationship is, there is...

In the UK fibre is already deducted from the total carb count given on food labels. So, we wouldn't see a label that says "carbs x, of which fibres y" because those fibres have already been deducted. In the US food labelling doesn't work like that and there is a need to deduct fibre from carbs...

I don't think this is correct. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease, it can strike at any age. About 20% of people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are diagnosed over 40 - https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/1-in-5-cases-of-diabetes-diagnosed-in-the-over-40s @CrankyKat all a hba1c will...

Given that the current treatment is leaving you with average blood sugars of over 10 that doesn't seem wise to discontinue. Are you having any particular issues with you treatment regiem that is making you ask this question? Well, you're not dead and youre only on 14 units of lantus a day, so...

How long have you been type 1? Aren't you familiar with the sick day rules? If you're 20+ are you testing for ketones?

Type 1.5 is type 1. It's auto immune diabetes with a long honeymoon period. Nobody knows what causes autoimmune diabetes, ie nobody know what causes the immune system to start killing off beta cells. If you have been able to definitively pinpoint the cause of your diabetes it is unlikely your...

What treatment is your son receiving for his diabetes? On diagnosis it is not unusual for blood sugar levels to be gradually brought down because suddenly going from high to normal will be rather an unpleasant feeling for the patient with false hypos. Newly diagnosed you should be in close...

There isn't NICE approval of the libre, that's the point. It hasn't had a NICE appraisal, nor is there any indication that one is planned. There have been NICE appraisals of CGMs. The NICE guidelines on CGMs are not to routinely offer them and to only consider if there is hypo unawareness and...

It's all set out here - http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/alt-insulin-pumps/nhs-funding-pump/ Most clinics will want you to have done DAFNE or the local equivalent carb counting course first, and they aren't usually offered in the first 12 months old diagnosis because honeymooning makes getting...

I posted this in another thread earlier this morning, but it's probably better placed here. Most CCGs are yet to make a decision on the libre. Those that have, have all decided it won't be funded. Eg: Wiltshire - https://prescribing.wiltshireccg.nhs.uk/?wpdmdl=1715 Swindon -...

Do you have particularly high blood sugar levels during the night? Being diabetic doesn't mean you need to urinate at night. Being a diabetic with high blood sugar does. If you don't think it is blood sugar related but rather "change of habit" then it could just be age related or possibly worth...