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Hi Everyone, Im only 3 weeks gone and my sugars are bananas!!! Does anyone have any advice on how to keep in range with hormones being less than helpful? Ive been high (8-13) consistently and slowly upped my basal and taken extra novorapid but it isnt working. Ive literally just found out...

Hi All, I am horrendously confused about my A1c result. I have a result of 59....what is that in mmols? I cant seem to find a good conversion chart. Any help is appreciated!

Hi everyone, Does anyone have a guide on basal reduction according to exercise? e.g. aerobic exercise-reduce basal by 10% etc I couod swear I have seen this guide somewhere!

Hi Everyone, Hope youve had a lovely Christmas! In Jan I will be doing a 6 week weightloss programme at the gym and will be predominantly lifting weights. Ive never done this before so just wondered if anyone can offer any tips about its effect on diabetes(type 1). Does it push your sugars up...

Hi guys, I just tested positive for covid, and I am terrified. Do any of you who have gone through this have any advice?

Hi Everyone, I received my 1st vaccine about 2 weeks ago. My reaction was super mild but about a week ago iI started feeling ridiculously tired. Im 37 and sugars are good so no reason for the extreme fatigue I am feeling! I spoke with a pal who also has underlying issues and she experienced...

Anyone else a bit frightened of this?

Hi guys, Going through a spell of hating this disease and in need of some positivity. I know we all go through the lows of it but most days we just get up and get on with it....whats the alternative? I consider myself a pragmatic person who tries to take each day with as much positivity as I...

Hi guys I have developed a fear of hypoing during the night and as such, set alarms every night. Does anyone else suffer this? Any tips?

Hi all, I came off my contraceptive pill in the new year to try and deal with hormones etc before trying for a baby. Well nearly 8 months later and its a complete b*&$#£d to manage! About 2 weeks before my period I am so resistant to insulin at night. Then as soon as it arrives I am hyper...

Hi guys. I had am interview this morning and clean forgot to do my basal. Im on split dose levemir. Any idea what i do? Leave it til later and continue as normal??

Hi guys. I am changing from toujeo to levemir tonight and im so nervous in case it all goes badly wrong with hypos and hypers. Im doing the split dose for the first time so have no idea what to expect. Any words of wisdom or calmness?

Guys, do any of you become afraid about your sugars when you are asleep? Ive been diabetic 7 years and in all that time ive had may 2 night hypos yet i set alarms to wake me every few hours as im so afraid of not waking up. I realise that this is extreme and wondered does anyone feel the same or...

Hi All The time has come for me to lose some weight (natures duvet is cosy in winter...not cute in summer!) And I have seen a lot of you do low carb. Is it difficult to maintain? Im very aware of hypos and understand there'll be a change in basal dosage. Im just overcautious with any change tbh...

Hi guys. I recently passed my driving test (Im 34 so a bit behind the times lol). Ive spotted a car I like but when getting insurance quotes it asks about licence restrictions due to disability. Do we as type 1 have no restrictions or is it a 3 year restricted licence? So confused!!

Hi Guys, Im going back to levemir as toujeo is too erratic with exercise for me. I will be on split dose. Any advice regarding adjustments for exercise? I will be starting kettlebell exercises and am a little wary of hypos!

Hi guys Are we allowed to donate blood??

Hi Guys, Out of interest do any of you notice that your bloods are a little off when you aren't sleeping well? I suffer bouts of insomnia and cant seem to gain complete control when Im like thus. Just wondering if it's sleep!

Just want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas! Thank you to everyone who has kindly given advice and listened to my moaning. Hope 2018 is filled with brilliant A1c's for us all, perhaps a medical breakthrough and plenty of humour [emoji4] x

Hi guys. I am ready to start a family and wondered what way that works with my clinic. Do I let them know beforehand? Or do I wait until Im pregnant (if it happens!) Just not sure exactly what way to approach this as I am super nervous about managing myself whilst pregnant.