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Hi, ive started eating low carb in the past 4 days so im able to have better BG levels, my levels have been in the 4's and 5's which is perfect for me. I just tested my ketones and im at 1.3, is this anything to be concerned about? Or am i fine to carry on with this diet? Thanks

Ive been type 1 for about 6 months and 90% of the time i will check my BG (before meals and bed) and it will be within the 4-7 range (typically in the 5's and 6's). The other 10% accounts for the times ive been a bit unsure of the carb amount and not had enough insulin, i which case i find my...

Today i went to pick up my prescription for them to only go and tell be that my prescription was 'lost'. I was able to get test strips from them but no needles so im probably going to have to wait a few days. What should I do? Can I use the needle for a few days?

Im about 3 months in to being diabetic and ive heard that BG spikes arnt good so i want to try and avoid them. I carb count with a ratio of 1:10 and usually have anywhere from 3-8 units a meal, 4 is average (dinner typically has the highest amount or carbs). I try to eat foods with a GI under...

Going to the cinema shortly and was planning on eating a bag of salted popcorn throughtout the 2hour movie, should i bolus the full amount as i start eating it or should i split it and do half the units each hour?

At 10:30am and 22:30pm i take a split does of 7 unit of levemir morning and evening. This evening i take my 7 units and the shortly after i plan on eating a meal which requires 10 units of novorapid (this is a unusually large amount of carbs in a meal for me but i was hungry). But instead of...

I just injected my novorapid without priming it, i usually see a small amount of residue after injecting but this time i didnt so im worried it didnt go in. I ate 60g of carbs with 6 units of insulin. Im new to T1D so what do i do?

I was diagnosed with type 1 a couple weeks ago after being in hospital with DKA aged 17 My sugar have been under control for the past week and staying around 4.5-6 most of the time and never exceeding 8. Last night I lightly pulled my hair after seeing a post about hair loss and I pulled out a...

So im fairly new diagnosed at the age of 17 and am terrified of the complications that diabetes offers and ive heard my life expectancy has been reduce by 10 years to 66y/o. Is it possible to avoid these complications by keeping my blood sugars within the correct levels (4-7) or is it...

So im new to this whole type 1 diabetes thing so i may be a bit uneducated still, but today i had my first hypo(1.5 hours after eating my lunch), i went to 4.0 and i was told by my consultant to have my Glucojuice if i go 4 or under. So i had the drink, 15g carbs, then check my sugars 15 mins...

So Ive recently been diagnosed with T1D at the age of 17 and I was in hospital with DKA and at the time my blood sugar was too high to read (above 40 mmol). Now ive been discharged after 5 days in hospital (been out for 3 days) my blood sugars sit around 9-14 and sometimes spike to 17 in which...