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As a Type 1 I try to keep to low carb. My favourite breakfast is chocolate chia pudding (you have to make it the night before to let the chia seeds swell), only 5 gram carb, and I top it with kefir/greek yogurt and some berries. I make my own low carb granola - you can find recipes on line -...

M favourite breakfast is chocolate chia pudding, just 5 gram carb. I add some berries and a dollop of kefir (vegans could use vegan yogurt) on top. I also like my homemade very low carb granola with almond milk (search low carb breakfasts on line.for recipes - there are lots out there)

Yes, we've all been there. As others have already said, it's an enormous learning curve, and I also found it quite an emotional shock. When I was diagnosed 11 years ago, I read everything about diabetes that I could get my hands on. The most helpful books I have found are 'Take control of Type 1...

Thanks for that. I do rotate the site and as I use a pump a fresh needle is automatic with each new set change. I think it's happened because I don't have a large skin area available, being small and thin. However, I haven;t been using my thighs now since the beginning of the year (8 months) and...

So there is light at the end of the tunnel, or flat at the end of the lumps...eventually. Thanks.

I-port looks brilliant and I hadn't heard of it before, but it's not relevant for me because I have a pump, which similarly only needs to be changed every 2/3 days. Unfortunately even at those intervals I get the "lipo" problem. But thanks.

Thanks for thoughts. My husband already does my CGM on my rear, but that's only once every 6 days. I know he would do my pump, but that's a lot more demanding, not only for replacing every 2/3 days but also being available to unplug me when I want to shower, dress, etc. The nurse said not my...

I've been on a pump for 9 years, and yes, I am on small doses, but my abdomen does have a resemblance to our mole-infested garden. It used to be nice and flat, my tummy that is, not the grass. A garden roller can be used on the mole, but...

I am small and skinny, so don't have much skin area for injection sites. My abdomen is now covered with "lipos" - fatty lumps - through over-use, and my Diabetic nurse has suggested I use the area above my belly button (and there's not much fat there either). I've already used up my thighs and I...

The odd thing is, they tell us everything backwards. If you don't have diabetes and you have a bowl of ice cream, your pancreas says 'Aha! here comes some ice cream so here comes the right amount of insulin to deal with that' (in a manner of speaking). but if you are diabetic, they tell you to...

I was also told that I would have to wait one year before going on a DAPHNE course, but my husband discovered an e-course (free) offered by the Bournemouth hospital (Bournemouth Diabetic and Endocrinology Centre). It was so helpful, easy to work through, and taught me so much about carb...

Welcome Jazz97! Yes, it's a tight-rope walk into the dark from now on, but take comfort that loads of Type 1s have been there before you and wobbled but not fallen off. I've been Type 1 for 10 years now and am still learning, because every day is different. The advice I got in hospital when...

Can guinea pigs become diabetic? I used to have lots of guinea pigs and rabbits and white mice, but those days are long gone. Never mind, the compost heap can benefit, or the blackbirds - they love apples.

Thanks, but I think this would be overkill for me. It seems I only need very small amounts of something to take me back up. How different we all are.

Yes, you sound a bit like me. If I'm below 4 and have a glucose tablet or a fruit pastille, I'll shoot up to 6. So I've learned not to do that unless I am down to 3-ish. I have to figure out something which will take me up just enough. And then it depends when the next meal is. Thanks for your...

I like that idea. I'll look out for the cherries next time I'm in Sainsbury's. Thanks.

Thanks, that's helpful. I do sometimes have a cracker with cheese. Also tried half a n apple but seems to be overkill so I'll need a bit of insulin as well. I keep being told I'm "very sensitive to insulin" but not how to respond to that information! Definitely a tight-rope walk which is why I...

Any helpful ideas as to what you can eat/drink when your BG is between 3.9 and 4.5 and sinking and you don't want to end up with a hypo, but neither do you want to eat and find your BGs riding up too fast? Do you take any insulin if you eat when your BGs are going down, and if so, how much? Or...

My consultant said he had no problem with me trying LCHF and/or Keto, but you do need to alter your insulin according to what you are eating (otherwise you will get hypos). If on a pump, like me, the pump does the calculation for you, otherwise you have to do carb counting and work out the...

I've been Type 1 for 10 years and my BGs have looked like the Himalayas. I've recently been given a CGM (from my Diabetes consultant) to go with my pump and using this I soon found that bread, pasta, potatoes - in fact anything with lots of carbs - shot my blood glucose up well into double...