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If you have had a successful pancreas transplant which is curative then you no longer have a medical condition which would qualify you for a medical exemption certificate. If you need more than 12 prescribed items a year you can buy a 12 month pass for £104 which would cover all your...

Run sweet is a great resource for information on managing insulin and exercise - http://www.runsweet.com Levemir is a nice flexible insulin that can be lowered on days when you are more active, so that might be something to try. You might also want to think about what insulin you have in your...

@SarahlouiseEllis the glucagon hypostop kits are fine out of the fridge (up to 25 degrees) for 18 months, so long as they are within the shelf life it says on the packet.

@Shaz1208 its not possible that a type 1 pancreas is producing too much insulin. It might be producing a normal amount of insulin on an erratic basis. So some days it might produce the right amount of insulin perfectly, all day, other days it might produce the right amount of insulin, but it...

OP has confirmed on another thread that he is in fact type 1 - http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/theory.128328/

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It's also very unusual for a type 2 diabetic to get DKA. What sort of doctor told you you were type 2, a GP or an endocrinologist? On what basis did they determine the type of diabetes? Have you had a c peptide test and antibody testing? Type 2 diabetes is most commonly diagnosed in people...

That really does sound more like type 1 then. Who has told you you are type 2? On what basis?

What medication are you on? Have you been given guidance on how to treat a hypo? There's info on this here - https://www.diabetes.co.uk/how-to/treat-a-hypo.html

In your other thread you said you were diagnosed with type 2 when you were 6. It's very unusual for a child to be diagnosed with type2 diabetes unless they are morbidly obese. So, excuse me for asking, but were you a very fat child? It's also not terribly common for type 2 diabetics to commence...

Well that rather assumes what you ate won't send you up. Which is, obviously, a little over optimistic. I would be rather concerned by your approach to correcting. You are working on the assumption that 1 unit lowers you by 3mmol/l. So you took 3 units as a correction. 3 units would drop you by...

Well a flu jab doesn't cause type 2 diabetes. How were you diagnose? What prompted them to test your blood sugar? What was your hba1c on diagnosis?

MDI = multiple daily injections. You need to test before driving and every two hours while driving. Other than that, just test as you normally would. If you aren't eating, there is no need to bolus.

There is steroid induced type 2 diabetes, that is well recognised and accepted. Why do you ask @Jazzman75 ? What was your medication history prior to diagnosis with type 2?

Coeliac disease is an autoimmune immune disease, it's just unlike other autoimmune diseases we know what causes the immune system to start attacking healthy tissue, we know what the trigger is: gluten. When a coeliac eats gluten, the immune system gets triggered and wants to kill off the gluten...

@JoeT1 firstly do be aware that even though you posted your question in the type 1 diabetes sub forum, thus far of the 12 posts in your thread 6 are from people with type 2 diabetes. There is no requirement for people with type 1 to reduce or stick to a carb limit and your dietitians advice to...

Type 1, is in fact, an autoimmune disease, provable by the presence of antibodies. Type 2 does not "morph into" type 1 over time. A type 2 diabetic may progress to a type 2 diabetic treated with insulin. But how the diabetes is treated does not change what type of diabetes it is, it remains...

Usually trials looking at whether medication can prolong beta cell life are limited to very newly diagnosed type 1s (ie diagnosed in the last 6 months) rather than any antibody limit. But the trials you are looking at will have their own eligibility criteria so you are best off asking whoever...

So do you test when you wake in the night? Needing the loo suggests hyper, but an inability to get back to sleep suggests hypo. It is probably worth testing to check that it's not blood sugar excursions causing sleepless nights.