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I basically diagnosed myself (there was the symptoms, Google and my nan's blood sugar monitor) so my first thought was that I probably should go to hospital... and maybe I should pack a bag in case they keep me in. But they just had a half hearted attempt at killing me (40 units of actrapid and...

I wouldn't have thought so. That's a very narrow range of people to try and determine an average result range, and what would be the point in determining the average or the range? It's a binary test. Either you are antibody positive, or you aren't. Yes or no. Being very antibody positive or only...

This is a very sensible point. The tight targets some people with diabetes impose upon themselves do not, in actual fact reflect what is perfectly normal blood sugar readings to see in a non diabetic. Don't be tempted to use an out of your target blood sugar reading to impute a diagnosis...

Do you mean average for someone with out type 1? The 'average' standard/expected result for someone without type 1 is 0, nil, no antibodies. If you are antibody positive, and diabetic, then congratulations, you are definitely type 1. That's all it tells you. It just confirms you have type 1...

While you are waiting for your DAFNE course you might want to check out the free online NHS carb counting course - https://www.bertieonline.org.uk

You could try getting in touch via the contact us page on the trialnet site - https://www.diabetestrialnet.org/webapp/PreRegTracking/MoreInfo.aspx - I think they can/do just sent out a postal pack of instructions with what labs to run and these can be run by any lab & then, presumably, the...

High blood sugar can cause weight loss. The sugar from food you are eating can't get into the cells, so your body thinks you aren't eating, it starts burning your body fat to keep you going, and it will eventually start burning other tissue and muscle because it thinks you are starving. So...

If you need help fairly quickly with the hypos, which I would think you do, I would contact the paeds team (flipping heck it really wanted to autocorrect that to something rather unfortunate), especially if you don't have a nominated DSN in the adult clinic. My experience of trying to get...

When do you take your basal and what basal are you taking? It is possible that it is running out in the evening if itis lantus taken pm, because lantus only lasts about 18hrs. Levemir lasts 12hrs. Many people split their basal dose the get 24hr coverage with an am and pm dose. Discuss this with...

@novowolf no, no one knows and neither will your GP, have a look at this page from input diabetes - http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/cgm/libre/

so what are you blood sugars looking like now? It's 2pm now so you're 60% through the day with no basal. If you take any lantus now, theres likely to be overlap overnight (which is when you'd really least want to be experiencing overlap and increased hypo risk). Because it's so late in the day...

You might want to have a look at the NHS free online carb counting course while you wait - https://www.bertieonline.org.uk - I think there's also a version for adolescents if you have a look on the site.

You could do some basal testing to check to see if his basal dosage is correct for him. Here's a guide on how to basal test - https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/

You mean "false hypos". Yes, anyone who has been high for an extended period can, and probably will, experience hypo symptoms when they aren't actually hypo. That obviously isn't what is happening to the OP though as he is getting hypo results and apparently not getting such extreme classic...

Common sense says that if you have had a change in activity levels, welding sounds pretty physical, followed by an increase in appetite then it's probably the increase in activity causing the increase in appetite. An increase in appetite can be a symptom of diabetes, but it doesn't happen in...

Hypos are caused by too much insulin. To analyse whether the hypos are related to too much basal insulin or too much bolus insulin you need to look at when the hypo are happening. If the happen within 5 hours of a bolus dose it's likely related to the bolus, if not then it might be the basal...

Have you looked into trialnet - http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/clinical-sciences/migrated/documents/factsheet.pdf ?

You should not be bolusing for protein if you are having a meal with a decent carb content in. Gluconogenisis (ie turning protein into glucose) only happens if your body doesn't have enough easy access glucose available to keep it fuelled. Gluconogenesis takes proper effort from the body, if it...

No, you can't. It's incurable. Anyone claiming to be able to reverse type 1 is scamming you. Don't be conned @Julia McCoulough

I'm extraordinarily lazy, so I normally buy cauliflower or broccoli rice from the pre prepared veg bit in Sainsbury's: https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/carb-alternatives/sainsburys-cauliflower-rice-300g...