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    Type one and depression

    Hello Tyler's I too have depression and some days I can't lift my big heavy head off the pillow, diabetes doesn't help but I wonder if they are linked ? A thing that took me a long time to grasp was, it's you and your family that matter, credit card companies and the rest will survive with out...
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    Struggling

    Hi people, Bebo I take it when your husband is on low carbs his insulin intake is also correspondingly small. When I was younger and into my 20s to 30s I played all sorts of sports and trained like a fanatic , never any issues and according to my readings I did not have to take an insulin (had...
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    Struggling

    Hi Bebo with regards to frozen shoulders, they are murder ! It must be funny watching me trying to get things from shelves in shops without lifting your arms hehe I would need plastic surgery to be as good looking as Herman !
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    Struggling

    Hello Bebo I am carb counting and injecting many times a day, generally is try to have many small snack types of carbs and inject accordingly but depends if I am mobile eg out shopping/ walking about. I am generally aware of carb intake ! Been on Dafne course also, what do you do ?
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    Depressed

    Hello Martin, I am a new member from Glasgow , and if that's not depressing enough, I am well and truly depressed, I have been t1 for 40+ years and now bits drop off in the cold weather (or summer) if you feel like a cry have one, but go and get help for your depression, I never did for years...
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    Struggling

    Hallloooo anybody / everybody news flash nausea stopped but so have Tramadol painkillers for my matching pair of frozen shoulders ! The very few complications I don't have yet is hair loss, on my lower legs yes but my auld heid is the envy of many a bald person ! I have had a lot of problems...
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    Struggling

    Thanks Bluetit, it's good to talk, keep up the good work ,
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    Struggling

    Hello fatgirl like your name, this bout of illness is been ongoing for 3 to 4 weeks, I am taking bg readings and they are not too bad and ketones are 0.1, 0.2, not too high. I am very dizzy, light headed and can't keep my balance or walk straight ( I think I was always like that hehe) and throw...
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    Struggling

    Hello, I am a new member from sunny Glasgow, and have been a type 1 for nearly 40 years ! I am on novo rapid and lev emir twice daily, but I am struggling to get stable low readings despite lots of novo rapid and for the past two to three weeks have felt rough ! Sick,dizzy, unsteady on my feet...