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Hey guys, I’m not a massive drinker, i barley drink at all really but on the occasional party or occasion i do like a couple drinks. My usual go too is gin and slim line tonic because that doesn’t effect my blood sugars, does anyone else have any suggestions that also wouldn’t effect my blood...

Can type 1 diabetics drink chamomile tea? I keep seeing that it lowers blood sugars which in some cases can be good but for type 1 diabetics that could be bad lol does anyone know?

Hey everyone. I suffer a lot with anxiety, mainly health anxiety which i think stems a lot from having type 1 diabetes. I’ve had it for 9 years now but i think the older i get the more anxious it makes me about my health. I’m looking into seeing a therapist about this because it’s not healthy...

Hey I have been getting really wrong readings lately with my Libre sensor. They are much lower than my blood testing kit (contour next). I have rung abbott 3 times now in the last month or so and it’s getting a bit ridiculous, it gets to about 9-8 days left and the readings start becoming...

Hi guys, I’m living with type 1 diabetes, have done for 9 years now, and for the last few weeks my sugars are so high in the mornings (i even set alarms now just to check they haven’t gone too high). Take last night, i went to bed at 8.9 mmol, i woke up at 4 at 10.7mmol so i injected a small...

Hi guys, does anyone have any recommendations on how to prevent the flu. I get the flu jab but is there anything else i can take or do to take extra precautions?

Hi guys, recently for the past week i would say, i have a had an overly sensitive foot and bottom leg. i have felt this feeling before years ago but it just went away but it has stuck around and i’m not a bit concerned, i have been type 1 for nearly 9 years now, i know there’s a chance it could...

Hello, Can anyone give me some advice on how to lower my Hba1c? Has anyone had high levels before and brought them down?

Hello, Does anyone have any recommendations on vitamins that help boost the immune system? As a type 1 diabetic i am often prone to getting sick or getting colds and i was thinking of someone i could take to maybe reduce that?

Hello, I’ve been type 1 diabetic for 9 years now and i also have coeliac disease. Since having coeliac disease my b12 has lowered from 440-180, so i went on b12 tablets to get them up a bit (as advised by my GP) and my blood test last week is now showing my B12 as 1207! Which is off the charts...

Hello, For the last couple nights my sugars have been sky rocketing in the evenings around 10pm to about 16mmol and not coming down. For the last 2 nights i have set alarms every 3 hours over night to wake up and check them and every time i inject but every time there still within the 13-16...

Hi guys, My sugars have been really bad lately for no particular reason. They are almost always high and anything i eat big or small they will either go low very fast and then go straight back up to about 17/18 mmol or they will just stay in the 13-17 zone. my levels are usually pretty good and...

Hello, I have said previously that my GP have changed my glucose monitor to the Glucomen Areo. I am not getting on with it at all. I have compared with my Contour one and they vary so much. It often tells me that i’m much lower than i am and i just don’t trust it. Does anyone know who i can...

Hello, I have been feeling dizzy for the past 6-12 months now. I have had so many tests done to check food intolerances, vitamin levels ect. I also have coeliac disease and am type 1 diabetic. I also get really bad bloating no matter what i eat. I could eat 1 rice cracker and i’ll look about 5...

Hey guys, I know diabetics are meant to get the flu jab each year, but are we also meant to have pneumonia jabs? Or can we pay to get pneumonia jabs? I read somewhere that we are meant to get both but i have only ever had the flu jab?

Hi everyone, Need some advise here.. I usually take 16 units of levemir at around 10pm every night, and then take my novarapid as and when i eat during the day. But my blood sugars will start to rise on there own constantly, and by the time i get to around 8pm-9pm my sugar levels will rise to...

Hi guys me again! I have type 1 diabetes have been now for 8 years. I struggled a lot at the beginning not really accepting it but for the last few years i’ve been trying my best to get my sugar levels at a good range. I struggle a lot with this and am currently just trying to get my long...

Hey Does anyone have any good sugar free hot chocolates or low carb/sugar?

Hey Guys, I’m type 1 diabetic, have been for 8 years now and i’m soon going to be moving out into my first home. I’ve always lived with my mum and brother who are always in but will now be living with my partner who works a lot and isn’t in till late some nights. I struggle with anxiety a lot...

Hi guys, Just wanted a bit of advise on what people do in the hot weather with there blood sugars? Do they rise or drop? Mine seem to drop but i want to try and avoid this as it’s getting hotter where i live now and want to enjoy sitting in the sun!