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    High Bloods after eating Fruit and Fibre for breakfast

    Does anybody on here suffer from high Blood sugars, after eating Fruit and Fibre Breakfast Cereal? Today my Bloods were 4.5 pre-breakfast, so I had my breakfast before injecting. I then gave myself 6 units of Fiasp insulin and 26 units Tresiba. Now my Bloods at 10am read 17mmol. I have seen...
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    Hypo Whilst Out Walking

    Good Morning all I want to tell you a tale of woe. And how easy it can be to become complacent. Yesterday afternoon. I took my dog "Ellie" for a walk. We left our car parked in a layby and went on our way. But. Halfway around my walk, I realized I didn't have my bottle of Lucozade with me. I...
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    40 not out

    27th February 1978. That's the day when. One day before my 14th birthday. I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes . 40 yrs later I am still here. Thank goodness for Insulin. .... Paul.
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    Type 1 Vitamin C

    I have bought a large bottle Vitamin C tablets, to help reduce the risk of colds, and to help with tiredness. I have read that T1 DB's should not take Vit C as they could cause complications. I only intend taking 1 tab per day at breakfast. Is this likely to do me any longterm harm? I don't...
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    Jogging

    Hi Guy's, I've just been bitten by a strange affliction which has suddenly overwhelmed me. I have started Jogging :D My first run was last week-end, Sunday 21st that was half a mile. Followed by another run on Wednesday 1 mile. This morning I managed a 4.2 K run and thoroughly enjoyed it...
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    Diabetes and Illness

    Hi Guy's, I went down with a stinker of a cold on Sunday, and since then my Blood Sugars have been consistently high. My highest recorded peak was on Sunday evening, 18.8mml. And naturally I have had to considerably increase my dosage. Unfortunately this is isn't working because at 11:55 my...
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    Real Ale and Type 1 Diabetes

    Hi Guy's. I love drinking beer :shock: especially real ale, I'm not a fan of larger but I will drink it if there's nothing else. Last night I went out, I've been off work today :) and I had three pint's together with some nibbles. This morning when I did my blood test at 5:55 it was 10.3mml...
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    HYPOGLYCEMIA

    I'm typing this, in the hope that I might find an answer, to something which has been troubling me for a number of years now, and that is HYPOS. First let me tell you what I am taking. I'm a type 1 diabetic on the following. 5units Novorapid at breakfast (6:10am) 5units Novorapid Lunch time...
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    Hello from Macclesfield

    Hi Guy's, Let me introduce myself. My name is Paul and I live in Cheshire. I am 45 and have had Type1 diabetes now for 31 years. It started when I was a lad of just 13 in late February 1978; in fact I spent my 14th Birthday in hospital the following day on March 1st. I try and look after...
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