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Hello everyone, cut a long story short I was diagnosed with t1 officially in 2012, was misdiagnosed with gestational diabetes in 2010, despite my weight being 7 stone and sugars of 30 plus for 2 years... Healthy babies etc all good. I was approved an insulin pump in March 2017, but changed back...

Hi everyone, quick post but I'm so glad I've gone low carb, only day 5 but already my meter average is down from 7.9 to 6.8, my fasting readings are more consistent, I'm going to bed around 6.5 and waking between 5.9 and 6.5, I haven't had a morning reading lower than 7.1 in 2 years! I've also...

Bit of background, i have 3 little ones under 4, i was diagnosed with GD in 2010 my first pregnancy, in my second pregnancy i was diagnosed with type 1 at 16 weeks (they suspected slow onset type 1 due to my BMI/no family history etc and the antibody tests came back positive. Aside from the...

I don't even know where to begin. I can't cope with this anymore. I'm pregnant and i've had t1 for 3 years, recently come out of my honeymoon period so on insulin, i can't live normally, i'm ill with anxiety over hypos, its taking over my life. I'm 24 weeks along and my control has been...

I've struggled with high readings so far, this is my 3rd baby and it has been difficult for me to stay away from 9's and 10's alot of the time :( I'm just over 15 weeks and in the past few days i've had to half my insulin amounts (i'm type 1) I thought insulin resistance was supposed to make...

Hi everyone, i'm type 1 and this is my third baby, both previous pregnancies were easy compared to this time round, i didn't have a reading over 8mmol last time, now this time its all been haywire from word go!! Really greatful for your advice so here goes xx I just feel like giving up! Can get...

Hi everyone, i'm wondering if there are any type 1 diabetics who are pregnant? This is my 3rd baby, was originally diagnosed with GD in my first pregnancy, but when they realised i didn't follow the characteristics with age/weight/no family history etc i had blood tests which confirmed slow...

Hi everyone, i'm thinking low carb is the way to go for me, i've done low carb today keeping my readings around 4.7 - 5.5mmol throughout the day. I'm short of time as i have two small children, an 8 month old and a 2 year old, so don't always get the time to make adventurous things. Does anybody...

Hi everyone, i've done low carb before but only in my honeymoon period where i was taken off insulin completely. Sadly my honeymoon has come to an end now (i consider 3 years a good run with 2 pregnancies :lol: ) My question is, i know with a good carb intake, if we were to have a night time...

Hi everyone i'm wondering where you all buy your almond flour from? Is there anywhere which sells it for a reasonable price? I'm sure i saw someone mention Aldi do it but i had a look today and couldn't see it in my local store. Thanks in advance :)

Hi everyone, i'm sorry this may be a long one, but i'm still uncertain as to whether i'm type 1 or type 1. I'l do a timeline of events. First pregnancy 2010, aged 18, i drank loads of lucozade to help my morning sickness (probably about 500ml a day until the last 2 months. Diagnosed with...

I have an idea :D Name as many low carb foods to the thread as you can!! I thought it would be a good idea for some inspiration, so we can get new ideas for meals etc Eggs Mince Cheese Quorn Chicken Pollock Fish And the list goes on..

Hi everyone, i'm pretty new to the forum but i've been diagnosed t1 a couple of months back. Thinking about xmas i will miss all the chocolates/sweets etc and my mum has been making me blueberry cakes with no sugar, they seem fine for my levels so im wondering if anybody knows of any gingerbread...

Hi, i'm wondering if anyone else is in the same situation? I wrote a long post in the Greetings/intro thread, it seems more common that gestational diabetes develops into type 2, but did anybody end up with type 1 diabetes after GD?

Hi everyone! I'm somewhat new (registered in July) basically i'm going to give a not so brief intro :wave: somewhat confused about my diabetes.. I'm 20 years old with 2 children, basically this all started with my first pregnancy, 2010 when i was 25 weeks pregnant, at a routine antenatal check...

Hi everyone, i have 3 meters, the bayer contour, bayer contour XT, and the Lifescan onetouch verioIQ. I've noticed the VerioIQ reads higher than the Bayer contour, and the Contour XT is in the middle! For example, just to check this morning, first thing i tested with all 3 (i don't normally...

What was it like? I was diagnosed last tuesday and from wednesday they put me on 10 units of lantus as basal, and 4 units of novorapid with meals. I was hypoing loads so sunday i reduced to 5 units basal, 2 units of novo with meals. Hypoing alot still (around 6x a day/night) so reduced to 4...

Hi everyone, i was diagnosed Type 1 last tuesday, was taken to hospital my sugars were 26mmol. In a&e i was tachycardic, my heart was between 130 - 170 for approx 3 hours, i was also severely dehydrated. Since tuesday when it all began, i've felt very unwell in myself, my vision is off, i keep...

Hi everyone, i was diagnosed type 1 on tuesday 17th july. i'm 20 years old. Its quite a long one so i'l start somewhere :crazy: 2010 i found out i had what they thought was gestational diabetes with my first son, 34 weeks along. No history of diabetes in my family and my BMI was 20.0 at 34...