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I have had my beloved freestyle Libre since October 14 but just recently I've been having horrendous skin reactions to the sensors. The last 3 have come off after only 4-5 days due to my skin literally weeping underneath. Can anyone advise anything I can do about this? Ideally a barrier of some...

Hi all I have finally made MrB go to drs to get himself checked for T2 as I've been worrying about him recently. He is overweight, tired and seems to be drinking and urinating more. As a T1 for 26 years I know about hba1c test etc so assumed Dr would request this. However he has been sent for a...

This might not be the right place for this question but I need some advice. I think I might have broken one of my toes. Is it worth going to A&E? Doesn't hurt to walk on but started to go purple on the top about half hour after I did it. Feels a bit throbby now (4 hours later). Don't want to...

This may sound really odd but..... In the last few days I have noticed that my fingers have a really sweet taste to them when I lick them. Kinda like icing sugar. Has anyone else come across this? I'm a bit freaked out by this as I googled it and it mentions it could be something to do with high...

I'm trying to low carb for a while to control my sugars a lot better. However I think I must be doing something wrong somewhere. My BGs seem to keep rising steeply in the evening. For example, I had 2 sausages, a handful of sweet corn, loads of lettuce cucumber and cheese with a little Caesar...

Although I've been t1 for about 25 years I'm just realising how rubbish I am really when it comes to diet. I'd like to give low carbing a go but have no clue where to start. I eat about 200g a day. I definitely don't want to lose weight (am 5ft 2 and just under 8 stone). Can anyone give me any...

Hi I'm new to this forum and am looking for some advice from anyone about a vitrectomy. I have been a T1 since i was 13 (38 now). I last had a retinopathy check up in July and was told all was ok but had a sudden big haemorrhage in one eye a month ago. Was told I have proliferative retinopathy...