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Hi guys, Odd question, on Saturday morning I woke up with terrible cramp in my right calf, after this had passed it became apparent to me I was in a hypo, I tested my bloods and they were 3. My right calf was then painful and stiff for the next 2 days. I just wondered if this has happened...

Hi everyone, I was just after a bit of advice as I've tried google but for once can't find an answer! I currently use a Guardian link 2 Sensor as a CGM with my Medtronic pump. I am trying to connect this sensor to my phone and subsequently to my Apple Watch (series 4). I have downloaded the...

Hi all, Hope you may be able to help me! On diabetes day this year (14th November) I am planning on adding something to our intranet at work to try and help raise awareness. I need some material or links that I can put in my article that will attract attention whilst being an easy read so...

Hi all, I was diagnosed with type 1 when I was 10. I am now 20. My diabetes has never been what I would describe as ‘well controlled’ as much as I have tried. I am on a pump and a sensor but have frequent hypos and also frequent highs. I have just been told I have peripheral neuropathy in...

Hi all, In February I am going abroad for the first time (I'm 19 and people struggle to believe that, but its true!) I am type 1 diabetic on an insulin pump. I was just wondering if anyone has any advice, I know I've got to take plenty of supplies, and I understand I need to get a letter from my...

Hi all, Just wanting a bit of advice and to hear if anyone has had a similar experience as me. On Friday I had a 2 hour hypo. Started around 6am and didn't hear pump alarm until 7.30 (which is a separate issue). I spent the day being completely out of it and sleeping, but the main issue is my...

Hi all, haven't been on the forum for a while but could really do with some advice! In mid April I went for a run and when I came back I had a wheezy cough which progressed and ended up in me not being able to breathe or talk. My partner ended up calling an ambulance and I was rushed into resus...

hi all! I have recently come back to this forum, and after looking I don't think I have posted since 2011! I am 17 years old and have been type 1 for 7 years now. I have noticed recently, about the last 6 months or so that I often get a burning sensation in the middle of my foot. there does not...

hiya guys, havnt been on here for a while, but im confused and i thought that id come to the best people for advice. last year i asked my consaultant ( at clinic) about a insulin pump and he didnt seem to keen on it. i was talking to my psycholigist about 3 weeks ago and she asked...

hiya i am chloe and i have been diabetic for a year and 3 months now and i am 11 at the moment i am struggling with my injections and i cry alot of the time and i bruise alot when i do it, i just wondered if anyone had some advice? it would really help. chloe. xx

hi its flojo1234 i havent been on for a while as i have been a bit busy. i have had my arm in plaster for three weeks and it hasnt been easy to do blood tests or injections! my mum has helped me but it has been slightly difficult at school and when everyone is at work. :roll: and i didnt get to...

hi flojo1234 here (again!) i was just wandering if anyone has the same thing as i do? i get quite upset with my injections at 7:30pm but i am mostly fine with the others. sometimes my ones before i eat do give me a bit of trouble but my 7:30pm one always seems to sting that little bit more. i am...

hiya its flojo here. i decided ( as i was feeling a bit down about being diabetic) i would write down a list of all the good things about being a diabetic. so here it goes!: 1. people who are diabetic have a very healthy lifestyle in all sorts of areas, ( eating, fitness,skin health e.t.c) 2.at...

hi, i have only been diagnosed with diabetes since october 6th so i am a bit new too everything!If there are any tips or advice you could give me please do! from chloe

hi everyone, its chloe again. :P my hair has started to fall out. i have spoken to the diabetes nurse and she said it was proberbly down to stress. has anyone elses hair fallen out? i am just a bit worried about it. from chloe

i LOVE snack a jacks, they are great! i love the salt and vinegar flavour, there my favourites. does anyone else like them! i know that i do! chloe. P.S. please, please post back. :lol:

hi everyone me again, i had the flu jab today. it was quite scary and it hurt a little bit. it was my first one. after that i checked my blood sugar before lunch and it was 2.6. just wanted too know if anyone else has had the flu jab and your opinions on it...

hi everyone its me chloe, guess what? i have just had my first hypo. it was realy scary! it was 2.4! i had a mars bar and some lunch and i checked my blood 20 minutes afterwards and it had gone up to 7.7! phew! from chloe. P.S...

i have just come out of hospital after a dramatic 2 day stay. i am 10 years old. on monday morning i went to the doctors because i had been weeing alot and had been being very thirsty, i had also lost quite a bit of weight. i went to the doctors (as i was saying) on monday and i did a urine...