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I am just wondering if any libre users could advise? Could I reasonably trial the libre using a single sensor and downloading the app to my Samsung phone (with NFC)? Would I be missing out on anything important by not buying the reader or is the experience the same? I don't care about people...

I'm wondering if anyone knows if there are any hormones involved in increasing our blood sugars during acute illness apart from cortisol?Are there other hormones/chemicals that play a role in increasing our blood sugars?

Hi I'm going travelling for 4.5 months in Europe. I'm wondering if anyone here has managed to get prescriptions of insulin/test strips etc for an extended period to take away or were your doctors unhelpful/unwilling? Thanks

Hi I'm trying to calculate how much insulin I'd need to take away with me when I go travelling. I use pre-filled insulin pens (levemir and novorapid). Am I right in thinking that there are 300 units in a single pre-filled pen or is it 100 units? Also when doing calculations, how much would...

Hi I'm just wondering if there is any way to have a pump if your control isn't that bad and you don't have lots of hypos? My Hba1c is usually between 6.6% and 6.9% so not what they would consider 'poor control', however I take around 9-11 injections a day in order to get that level. I can't...

If you had to choose between a small portion of brown rice or about 4 baby new potatoes - which would least spike your blood sugars? Thanks Goji

Hi This question was asked to me by someone with T1 who is on Novorapid and Levemir. He wanted to know whether when looking at a packet, why you don't count the "Carbs as sugars" rather than just the "Carbs". For example, on a packet of brownies it says: "Carbohydrates per brownie 15.3g of...

I would like to know where most Type 1s get their diabetes care? There is a move in my area for all type 1s to be seen at GP surgeries only (unless they have a pump). In the case of my GP surgery - this means only seeing a practice nurse once a year for a very basic assessment. I feel this...

I normally take 11 units at bed and 4 units of levemir around 11am. Today I took 11 units in the morning by accident. So I had 11 units last night and 11 units this morning. This is 7 units over my normal dose. I am not sure what to do as this is the first time I have misdosed my basal insulin...

New article in GPPulse magazine today says that tighter control ie Hba1c of 6% or lower increased 5 year mortality by 19% in Type 2s. What do you think the reasons could be for this? I thought that having tighter control was supposed to improve diabetic complications etc...

Just wondering how do you know the difference between hyperglycaemia and DKA? I went out for dinner and midway through I couldn't remember if I'd taken my insulin or not. So I opted to play it safe and take a low dose of 5 units (normally I would take about 8-9 to cover the meal I ate). Well an...

The Daily Fail reports today that GPs in one area are trialling a new service where diabetics send reports of their blood test results via email to their GP. While I don't agree with email replacing a consultation (as outlined in the rest of the article) perhaps this signifies a positive thing...

Hi I'm just wondering, has anybody felt like vomiting or actually vomited due to a hypo? I had a bad one the other day and I felt so sick to my stomach. I'm not sure if it was due to having to eat soooooo much sugar so quickly, or whether it was as a result of the hypo itself. My BS went down...

This video is short and interesting on the deficiency in thiamine that is found in diabetics of both types. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRaFjdeuZk

Hi Just wondering, is Type 2 diabetes a progressive disease? ie. Does the body become more and more insulin resistant with age or does it level out at some point? thanks goji

Hi Just wondering - is the microalbumin urine test something that Type 1s should get? If so how often do you do it? Also is it sent off to a lab or is it something your GP tests in the surgery? Thanks Goji

Found this article today that says: http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/ ... reRepublic I don't see how they could have got so many type 1 diabetes diagnoses wrong? Why would anyone classed as Type 1 not be put on insulin? Goji

Hi Just wondering if other Type 1's hypo warning signs are always consistently the same or do they change? I have noticed that my hypo warning signs can be less strong when I am lying down or sitting for extended periods. It's only when I stand up that I get really strong symptoms. If I'm...

Hi I'm interested to know whether Type 1s on here get monitored by a specialist at a hospital clinic or by a GP? When I first got diagnosed with diabetes, I always went to the local hospital clinic. In recent times, it seems that GPs want to take over care of diabetics with Type 1 (they...

I was reading this sad story today about a woman with Munchausen's by proxy, who among other things, managed to trick doctors into believing that her young son had diabetes. Apparently she did this by adding glucose to her son's urine. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 999018.ece I'm...