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Hi Sandra, welcome to the forum :D I am not a type 1, but have had DKA. I was in hospital just before Christmas with DKA and pneumonia. It took me a good month or two to get over the aches etc. My blood sugars were also all over the place for quite awhile. I wasn't on insulin then, so can't...

and every birthday

I try and avoid dried fruit as it makes my blood sugars go up. The only way you can find out how they effect you is by testing.

on the radio

Hi and welcome to the forum :D Here is a link with advice we give to new members that maybe helpful to you and your mother in law. viewtopic.php?f=20&t=17088 With regards to food, most of us have found that as all carbs eventually turn to sugar, it is sensible to cut down on them. Please...

I use a mixed insulin which i inject twice a day. Half an hour before my breakfast and half an hour before evening meal. I have to eat at set times though which can be difficult. Others use the basal/bolus system where you have a long acting insulin, usually once or twice a day and then inject...

Hi and welcome to the forum :D Here is a link to some advice we like to give to new members that you may find useful viewtopic.php?f=20&t=17088 Most of us agree that as carbs eventually turn to sugar, it is a good idea to limit them. The only real way to tell what foods effect you is by...

in every respect

not the cruelest

I'm a type 2 on a mixed insulin ( Humulin M3) and am trying as hard as i can to get my DN and Dr to let me change to MDI. I find the mixed insulin so inflexible. I can never have a lay in for example and eating out is really difficult as i have to eat at set times.

can't use airfreshner

Oh dear how difficult for you. I can understand your boyfriend being scared of complications etc, but he really does need to talk to you and by the sounds of things see a Dr as well. Has he got a close friend he might talk to? Sometimes it's easier to talk to friends about things like this than...

I'm a type 2 but using insulin and that all sounds pretty familiar to me :lol:

had a scratch

Oh poor Fido :(

Sounds fantastic :D

wiping and balancing

As someone who is having to take 4 different types of blood pressure medication at the moment and still has blood pressure which is too high, i have to accept that i will need some form of medication for life. I am hoping that once my blood pressure is better controlled and we find the cause...

steak, just cooked.