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Hi all, My Aviva Expert Accu Check meter has stopped working! Changed batteries but it just won't turn on. I'm in Greece on holiday at the moment.. Anybody know what I can do?? Advice needed!! B Sent from my SM-G920F using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Hello all, Wondering if any other T1D's out there that have experienced this.. If I start at the beginning... Out of the blue in January 2016 I started experiencing frequent diarrhoea which lead to a visit to my GP and a prescription of antidepressants in case it was caused by anxiety which...

It seems I have hit a wall. At diagnosis I felt apprehensive but was prepared to deal and manage this condition to the best of my ability.. Fast forward a few months and now I'm finding it really difficult. I have a full time, quite demanding job, two (amazing) kids aged 5 and 3 and at the...

Can someone please help? Diagnosed in October 16 and this evening have developed sickness and diarrhoea! I can't seem to keep anything down at all, not even sips of water? Any advice on how to keep my sugar level stable? Worried as it's my first illness since diagnosis! Thanks

I have always eaten a fairly healthy diet .. freshly prepared meals with veg, moderate to high carb, not a lot of processed foods. Since my diagnosis, I have found that I’m eating more or less the same as before but the only difference is I’m now working out the carb content (as best as I can)...

Has anybody come up against problems with being prescribed test strips for your glucose monitor machine? I'm newly diagnosed and the DN told me to test as often as I need but at least four times a day. Problem is that I'm using around 7-8 a day currently (some give a fault error and have to be...

Being new to this type 1 diabetes, I wanted to ask whether blood sugar readings should ALWAYS fall between 4 and 7 pre meals and 4 and 9 after meals. Is this what I should be trying to achieve all of the time or is it still normal for blood sugars to spike and for us to get higher readings? I'm...

Hi all, This weekend I am going away for a spa weekend which includes a 3 course meal in the evening. I was diagnosed Type 1 two weeks ago and have been injecting insulin 3 x NovoRapid before meals and 1 x Levemir before bed. I inject my NovoRapid before each meal and have been very careful...

Hi all, Tomorrow will be my first day back at work since being diagnosed with Type 1 last Monday. I'm trying to practice food preparation to make sure I'm eating the right things instead of grabbing convenience for lunch. Do you have any meal/snack recommendations that will be easy for me to...

Hi all. Newly diagnosed and a bit scared of what's to come! I inject NovoRapid (3 times a day) and Levemir (before bed). I check my blood sugar every few hours at the moment but am a bit worried that they are currently ranging from 4.0 to 18.0. I have only this week started using insulin so is...