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Hi. Just saying I had my 1st Pfizer shot 2 days ago and not really noticing any problems. Lucky I guess. Type 1 for 6 years.

I found this article interesting https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926418 It is from the USA and meant for doctors, but it seems that there is still a lot that isn't known. Apparently no one has crunched the numbers on serious outcomes and fatalities on diabetic patients. As usual type 1...

As a type 1, I never leave home without something to deal with a hypo. I'm kinda shocked that people would. Where I live in rural New Zealand there aren't necessarily shops around to buy emergency sugar. I've spent today planting trees in a paddock (translate as field for those in the UK) about...

My specialist recommends that all her type 1 patients over 50 take a statin. My cholesterol has always been pretty good, but on her advice I started taking 10mg simvastatin about 2 years ago. I haven't noticed any side effects and my cholesterol results are very good ,even though I eat lots of...

I'm fairly new to Libre. I've had mixed success with sensors, a couple were great, 2 stopped working and 1 fell off. I started one on Tuesday, but it stopped working tonight after I knocked my arm against a door frame. I have another sensor , but am worried that I might knock it again. I was...

I don't think you are "over-thinking" things either. IF your diabetic team were actually T1 themselves,then they would understand that we have to think about SO many things related to our BG levels, carb intake, activities we are about to undertake, over and over every single day. The diabetic...

I I like the way you describe the circus act ☺ Also good to hear a professional admitting they don't know all the answers, because I'm pretty sure there hasn't been much research done on it all. Diabetes involves so much juggling between food, insulin, activity, stress, infection, then...

Hi. My diabetes came on at the same time as menopause ( I'd had gestational diabetes 12 years before ) Initially diagnosed type 2, then after a year diagnosed type 1 LADA. As soon as I went on insulin I got my 1st period in a year. While the experts said it wasn't linked, I suspect there is a...

I'm sorry, but I think any diet guidelines that describe some foods as "toxic" should be treated with scepticism.

Double the sample size, A+ and had to take fertility hormones to have my 1st 2 kids

I substitute pearl barley for rice. Its only 21% carb and low GI. I simmer it for about 30-40 minutes. It freezes ok, so when the rest of the family is having rice, I thaw and heat a serve of barley in the microwave. Easy

Agreed! Seeing MS close up makes me realise type 1 ain't so bad really. If only MS sufferers could do a few tests and injections a day and be normal.

The issue of injecting when away from home ( at work or eating out) reminds me of when I was breastfeeding. We shouldn't have to go somewhere unhygienic just because some people take offence. At the same time, whether it's injecting or feeding a baby, you can choose to do it discretely or make...

I'm interested in the possibility of vitamin D deficiency being linked type 1. I'm fair skinned and live in the south of New Zealand. My maternal grandfather died of skin cancer and my maternal relations all have lesions removed regularly (2 have had melanoma) . Because of the skin cancer risk...

I really don't understand why a diagnosis of GD is automatically assumed to be type 2. All they test for is how high blood glucose goes after a carbohydrate load. They have no idea whether it is because of insulin resistance or lack of insulin production. Type 1 and type 2 are separate diseases...

I always read the %carb and don't pay much attention to the words 'diabetic product '. As for sweet treats, here in the southern hemisphere there is a range of chocolate called 'well naturally'. Their dark chocolate is 5.4% carb. 2 pieces with a coffee hits the spot for me with virtually no...

Thanks for that interesting info Brendan. I've only been in insulin for 4 months and still got lots to learn. It's timing the snacks to suit the insulin (rather than my appetite) that is taking a bit of getting used to. Easy enough during the normal working week, bit harder during the holiday...

My first HbA1c after starting insulin 3 months ago, it was 6.5. The specialist said that was great. I was disappointed though, because I thought (obviously naively) that it might have been nearer to 'normal' .

Hang in there Louba84. You ARE in limbo and its horrible. Everything seems to move so slowly and its frustrating waiting. Like the others here have said, trust your instincts and be assertive. In pregnancy (as I understand it) our insulin resistance increases to allow glucose to remain in the...

Hi Jaxx, my journey started with an impaired glucose tolerance in my 1st pregnancy 20 years ago, then gestational diabetes 13 years ago. I was tested for GAD antibodies then, but at that time it came back negative. I was told that I was likely to get type 2 and had yearly blood tests. When my...