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Having trouble as of late when I'm doing a set change and filling up the reservoir with air bubbles!! I know to tap the reservoir an get the air bubbles to he top but I still can seem to get totally rid of them all. Has anyone the same problem or any tips to help please. Thanks in advance for...

Last Friday morning something happened that I will never forget.....I found a young girl dead in the industrial yard where our warehouse is located crushed by a forklift. It makes me think back of all the moaning (sometimes justified) about being type1 and feel a sense of guilt....if having...

Hi all looking for a bit of advice on the protein supplement front. Any of you diabetics particularly type 1's have any experience of using it? Started back in the gym on an intense plan to build muscle and get seriously fit. I try eating natural forms of protein from food but there's only so...

Pizza has beat me. I eat a high carb diet 350g+ a day to cope with a strict exercise regime but I just can't cope with pizza at all. I use my dual wave option on my pump, pump in a bit extra too because of the high fat content but always under up with a high BG number. Has anyone any tips please?

Does anyone out there go to speak to a diabetes counsellor or even just a normal counsellor about their diabetes when feeling down about it. I've been diabetic now for 2 and a half years and well controlled using a pump but as of late I just feel **** (excuse my French) and sometimes just...

I'm a type 1 diabetic who has recently got his tonsils out. I got them taken out last Friday morning. For 24 hours I had to take steroid injection to reduce swelling as it was really affect me. Since the steroid my BG levels have been high teens which I expected them to go up but have also upped...

Finally after a lot of suffering I'm getting my tonsils removed next Thursday. Just wanted to know what others recoveries were like? Did you spend long in hospital? When did you finally feel better? Also did it help long term with general health and also diabetes related when you got them taken...

Finally after repeated bouts of tonsillitis I'm getting them out. Can anyone tell me how their recovery went after the surgery and how their BG levels were. Also have you seen a huge benefit since getting them removed? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi everyone just wondering if anyone else has felt these symptoms and if it was anything to do with their type1 diabetes!? Lately I've been getting these horrible short sharp headaches for a few seconds and then they go, also suffering with weakness in my body and struggling with my...

I am normally on a half unit of nova rapid for every cp I eat but lately just at breakfast I've found my post meal readings high so I changed to a 1:1 ratio. After 2 hours my reading was 6.6 but then an hour later I was hypo. So this morning I used a 0.75:1 ratio and after 2 hours I was 19.2...

I recently received a nova echo pen off my diabetic team capable of giving half units and showing me how much I last injected. My BG levels went through the roof when using it so I'm now back to my previous pen. Does anybody here use one and how do they find it? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I've a feeling my backround insulin needs tweaking!! I take a spilt dose if levemir of 6 in the morning (7am) and 8 in the evening (7pm). I then take nova rapid with meals at a ratio of 0.5:1. 1:1 for breakfast if I haven't been exercising the evening before. I've noticed I'm perfectly in range...

Something I've come across as my time as a type1. I really don't think enough emphasis is put on exercising to help manage our disease. I'm on my off season at the moment so I'm doing heaps of running and soon to be back in the gym to tone up. I've noticed my levels are excellent when I exercise...

Has anyone had constant cases of tonsillitis that cause havoc with your BG levels? If you got them removed how was everything after the op as I presume you're on a more liquid diet for a few days although I hear it's got to eat solids as it helps with the healing process. Cheers Sent from the...

Hi just looking for a bit of advice on the following. Dinner yesterday BG was 6.7 and 3 hours later it was 5.7 then before bed checked and I rose to 9.3. I had nothing to eat since my dinner and bed. Didn't correct my 9.3 and when I woke I was 6.9. Anybody have any clues in what's happening...

I'm recently a DAFNE graduate which has be amazing and in think all type1's need to do this. Just wondering about after meal readings. I know we aren't suppose to check between meals but I did and I've a question on it. Levels were perfect this morning and 2 hours later they are are at 12.7. I...

Hey can anyone suggest a low carb beer in Ireland that tastes good?? Just home for Australia where I drank a beer called pure blonde which was seriously good and didn't effect my BG levels too much?? Cheers Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Yesterday I forgot to take my Levemir which I normally take at 5pm. Obviously my blood sugar was higher than normal when I next checked it at 7pm, 10.3. Before bed was 13.5 so I thought I was maybe ill hence the high and took 2 units of nova rapid. When I woke I was 16.7 and it was then I...

Hey guys hope everyone is well. I've recently been suffering from a chronic sore throat, I'm now on my second dose of antibiotics for 10 days. It's really started to effect my BG levels now for a month. Up until that by BG levels were really good, never above 7 and I was feeling great but now...

Bit of useful reading for anyone into sports in general especially if its cycling, also the trials and tribulations of type1. There's a book called Not Dead Yet by the amazing Phil Southerland, I would really encourage people to have a read of this. It's people like this are getting our disease...