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An update, just been to the Docs and its acute neuropathy

Hi Everyone Last night was a contender for the worst night's sleep ever. Around 5pm yesterday my right calf started itching intensely and sort of hurting. This turned into the most annoying 12 hours that I can remember and I've been type 1 for 14 years. I can only describe it as someone running...

Hi there I have done the Insanity workout intermittently (the fit test is hard enough!). I would like to complete the 60 days in one go so restarting tomorrow after todays fit test. It definitely drops you levels. I usually make sure I'm about 9/10 to start and within two hours of the workout I...

Fantastic informative post, many thanks. I just need to figure out a daily diet that is sustainable with 50g carbs or less. Will have a mosey through my South Beach book tonight. :clap:

Thanks for the quick reply, I have been reading all the low carb stickies for the last couple of hours. Interesting material if not subject to the individual.

Hi All Im about to restart my low carbing, not been disciplined enough this year yet and undone all my good work from before Xmas. I happened upon a video on youtube when I was looking for losing weight with Type 1, it was a doctor in Oz saying that the body only has two modes when you are Type...

Hi there I have had the same for about three years now. Had a few ECG's , I have tachycardia (fast heartbeat) and ectopic beats (missed beats) all of which is somewhat normal but annoying and very stressful indeed. I have figured out the ectopic beats get worse after a series of hypos and the...

Hi there, thanks I have one of these now. Its much lighter than the memoir but I keep having to remind myself to write the dose down. Lilly are hoping to reissue the pen by the end of the year I am now told so fingers crossed

Hi everyone Having problems with my 2nd memoir pen, will not display amount of insulin injected, which is pretty much the only reason anyone uses one of these pens! Lilly tell me they are aware of the fault and its a battery issue. No re-issue till next year :cry: Anyway, can anyone...

Sorry to hear that Viv, you have an awful lot to contend with. I would hate to think at my age (33) that i'm limited to walking and nothing more exciting than that, not that I was intending to go freerunning mind lol Will try bits of dvds as well and just cut out the squats/lunges as they hurt...

Hi Sid Thanks for the inspiration..and well done on your achievement, its pretty awesome. I can walk about fine, not usually in pain, unless I have done too much and sometimes it feels like it can give way but i'm ok usually. I'm loathe to believe the docs view that I can only make things worse...

Thanks Sue, I already have some of those, will dig them out..the steppers at the gym have always hurt my knees, wish I'd had them checked out sooner -not sure it would have made a difference though Karen

Hi Viv Thanks for replying. Cycling is out as well apparently (too much load on the knees!) Whatever...i'm starting to come off my downer and around to the 'sod it' way of thinking..and carry on regardless...strap it up and get back on it. Ive ordered some supplements too so hopefully they will...

Hi All I started the year great, got into a firm routine of treadmill before work for half an hour and Zumba twice a week and was feeling the benefits, unfortunately , was also feeling pain in my knee. Got my xray results fri and they show arthritis :cry: Now I took the docs advice last...

:mrgreen: I think you may be right there!

I went to have this done thurs with my friend who is non diabetic, having had gift vouchers brough at Xmas I thought it was a strange if not unpleasant experience, would very much liken it to lots of mini static shocks although I only had a couple of fish on each foot. My friend however, had...

Hi Head323 Sorry to hear you are not doing so well. I can assure you it does get better and more manageable but yes it can get the best of us down at times. Have a word with your Diabetes Specialist Nurse, they can be more helpful than just seeing your GP, who usually knows the bare minimum...

Hi there I can only say that I experience the exact same thing. Unfortunately I have used trial and error , i.e injecting and not eating before, not injecting and not eating, various methods but never seem to avoid the high. The only thing i haven't tried is strength training (weights) to see...

Hi Levy Have pm'd you - I'm from the same area and too would welcome a meet with people who can actually understand what I'm banging on about :mrgreen:

Hi I have few hypos but they are hard to counter when I do and it takes a lot of sugar to bring me back up. Its a rare occurance if I am ever under 10.0 but usualy I have at least 4 corrective doses a day to bring me down. This is why my HBAIC looks good on paper I guess, but I would like to...