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Hi all, around 18 months ago I was told I had background retinopathy. Up to that point my control had been very average, with my Hba1c always being around 8. I am 23 now and since then with the addition of the freestyle libre, I manged to improve my control dramatically with my last couple of...

Hi all, I have recently been equipped with a freestyle libre and is providing massive benefit to me already. I have been on split doses of levemir for about 10 years, 28u in the morning and 32u before bed and thanks to the Libre can now see that both doses are running out after around 11...

Hi all. I've had type 1 for 15 years now and after a long period of denial I've decided to start looking after myself properly. For the last 4 weeks I've managed to maintain an average reading of 7.1mmol/L, however this week I was struck with the cold and my bloods have been haywire. Despite...

I've always taken the bog standard 1/4 bottle of lucozade whenever I go low, but since I've started my training programme and want to cut out fizzy drinks does anyone have a better suggestion? Even a non fizzy drink would be ok Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi guys, I use the Accu-Chek Aviva Expert and it is really good as it tells me how much to inject at meal times etc, but I need to change my carb to insulin ratio and have tried all day to change it with no luck! Does anyone know how to do this? thanks. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi guys, just out of interest what are your carb to insulin ratios? Mine is 1 unit for every 4g of carbs, is that really low or quite normal? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App