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Hi everyone. Has anyone been diagnosed with lupus as well as being type 1 diabetic? I have recently had a blood test which showed raised antibodies suggesting that I may have lupus. However my doctor has told me that a further blood test needs to be done 3 months after the first one, if the...

Thanks for that link, it was very helpful

Hi everyone, I'm sure there is someone here who will be able to explain how a Lantus dose can work when it is split. I'm pretty sure I'm being a bit thick about this but I just can't seem to get my head around how this works. I currently take 1 injection of Lantus daily (20 units), however I...

Only ever had one bad one but it was exactly as how you described, the only difference being that when I came round, the paramedics had wrapped me in a hypothermia blanket because I was shivering so hard. It felt like my brain had recovered before my body as I seemed to be able to think fairly...

Hey, don't be so disheartened, it's been less than a week. Don't really know much about the LCHF diet but I'm sure some of the experts will be along shortly to help you!

Just had a very enlightening experience trying to get travel insurance for a 3 night short break to Hungary next week. Searched numerous websites with quotes ranging from the ridiculous ( £64.89 from diabetes.co.uk itself) to the nigh on impossible ( tesco refused to insure me). Finally found a...

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Sorry can't be much help, just wanted to say OH how I wish I was a size 10 again or even 10st4. Years ago when I was a size 10 I just wanted to be a size 8. Then when I was a size 12 I just wanted to be a size 10. When I was a size 14 I wanted to be a size 12 - I think you get my meaning. Why...

I'm exactly the same Riri, when I get stressed my blood sugars shoot through the roof - even if I only think of something stressful Its just the same. I now try to avoid anything that I know will stress me out even though that's easier said than done! Hope you have a better day today:mad::D

I have a mild form of neuropathy in both of my feet. I wouldn't describe the feeling as painful, it is more of a discomfort. It feels as though someone has put the inside of my foot in a vice and is squashing it all together. The discomfort feeling is always there, but more so when I'm sat down...

Sorry, but I seem to have hit a bit of a nerve there! If you care to read my original post again - I wasn't blaming anyone else for my 'fall off the wagon' as you so kindly put it and I certainly wasn't whingeing. Having been diabetic for over 30 years I have certainly had plenty of time to...

Thanks for those kind words of encouragement, just glad I don't live in your faultless world - it must be awfully lonely up there on that perch :angelic:

Sometimes I think a little bit of what you fancy does you good - as long as it is only a little bit! Personally I think that as diabetics we can be overly and sometimes harshly critical of ourselves and all that self control that we exercise can make us feel neglected, so a little bit of...

Thanks for the message! I also have oversensitve feet and tend to be a bit hap-hazard in checking them,. Will definitely pay more attention now!! Hope yours are feeling better soon :)

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Morning Zand, glad you enjoyed the Everton/Arsenal game, my partners a season ticket holder at Everton and he came home very grumpy last night! He's still going to watch it all over again on telly this morning though. I sometimes go with him to the away games (went to Leicester last week) but...

Hi Mark, a few years ago I went through a similar phase after having a very bad hypo whilst asleep. For a good while after I was terrified of going to sleep in case it happened again, I even got into the habit of setting my alarm clock to wake me after 2 hours so that I could check my be levels...

This sounds really horrible and harsh but.............would you rather be 11 stone and healthy or a 9 stone corpse because if you don't start taking your insulin that's how you will end up. Sorry if that sounds really blunt but I am speaking from personal experience - I had exactly the same...

The 30/500 co-codamol is basically 30mg of codeine and 500mg of paracetamol. If you take 1 co-codamol and 1 paracetamol you would not be increasing the paracetamol dose, you would just be losing 30mg of the codeine which is the bit that makes you lightheaded and sleepy. Just don't take more than...